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Song title:      Love of My Life
Original Album:	 A Night At The Opera

Words and Music by Freddie Mercury
Copyright © 1975 Queen Music Ltd.
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is as indicated.


INTRO:
Chords:
C7        x3535x    C    x3555x          Bb/D  xxx677    G7    xx546x
F         xx756x    Bb5  xx8 10 11 x     F5    xx578x    G7/B  xx98 10 x
C/E       x7555x    F7   xx 10 8 10 x    Bb    688766    G7/D  xx 12 10 12 x
G7sus4/D  x5557x    Bb/F xxx 10 11 10    F/A   x0888x


[play: 4/4| C7 F C7 F | C7 F C/E G7sus4/D | C |

          | F Bb5 F7 Bb5 | Bb/F F Bb/D F5 | Bb F/A | G7 G7/B G7/D G7 |]


VERSE1:
Chords:
C  x35553    G7/B xx98 10 x        Bb   688766
Am 577555    G7/D xx 12 10 12 x    Gm7  3x333x or x 10 x 10 11 10
Dm x57765    C7/6 8x89 10 x        C7   8x898x or x35353
G7 xx546x    F    xx 10 10 10 x


4/4 | C                      | Am
      Love of my life - you've hurt me,

     | Dm                | G7  G7/B G7    G7/D
You've broken my heart and now you  leave me.

| C          C7/6         | F
  Love of my life can't you see?

       | Dm             Am
Bring it back, bring it back.

    | Bb       F         2/4| Bb    Am  Dm  4/4| Gm7  C7          | F  Bb  F |
Don't take it away from me, because you don't    know what it means to me.


[play: 2/4| C7 F |  4/4| Bb F/A | G7 G7/B G7 G7/D |]


VERSE2:
Chords:
C  x35553    G7/B xx98 10 x        Bb   688766
Am 577555    G7/D xx 12 10 12 x    Gm7  3x333x or x 10 x 10 11 10
Dm x57765    C7/6 8x89 10 x        C7   8x898x or x35353
G7 xx546x    F    xx 10 10 10 x


| C                   | Am
  Love of my life don't leave me,

     | Dm               | G7  G7/B G7   G7/D |
You've taken my love, you now de - sert me,

| C          C7/6         | F
  Love of my life can't you see?

       | Dm             Am
Bring it back, bring it back,

    | Bb       F         2/4| Bb    Am  Dm  4/4| Gm7  C7          | F  C7  F |
Don't take it away from me, because you don't    know what it means to me.


[play: 2/4| C7 F |  4/4| F7 Bb/D | F F7 Bb5 | F Gm7 F |]

[play: [Fill1]]


Fill1
2/4               4/4
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-10------9-------|-8-----------------------10------|
|-----------------|---------10-----8h10p8-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



BRIDGE:
Notes:
Csus4/9 is U.S. notation for Csus4add9 - used here for brevity.

Chords:
Dm       x57765           Gm/F     13 x 12 12 11 x or xx3333
Am       577555           A7       5x565x
Bb       688766           F#m7b5   x9 10 9 10 x or 2x221x
F        xx 10 10 10 x    Gm7      x8878x or 3x333x

C        8 10 10 988 or x32010
Csus4/9  x30011
C7       8 10 8988 or x32310


4/4| Dm                   | Am
     Who will remember when this is blown over

  | Bb                    | F  Gm/F  F  A7
And everything's all by the way?

| Dm              | Am                    | F#m7b5
  When I grow older I will be there at your side to remind you how

| Gm7              | C Csus4/9 C    C7 |
  I still love you. (I still   love you.)


Notes:
The G7sus4/D is just an inversion of G7sus4 where D (its 5th) is in the bass.
Almost impossible to play on an acoustic, so you could play another, say,
x5556x (or one of your choice).

Chords:
F         xx 10 10 10 x       C    8 10 10 988 or x35553
C7        x35353 or 8x898x    Bb5  xx8 10 11 x
C/E       x7555x              F7   xx 10 8 10 x
G7sus4/D  x5556x              Bb/F 11333x or xxx 10 11 10

Bb    688766
Gm    x 10 12 12 11 10 or xxx878x
C7/E  xx2313


[play: | F C7 F |  2/4| C7 F |  4/4| C7 F C/E G7sus4/D |

       | C | F Bb5 F7 Bb5 | Bb/F C7 | Bb F Bb F | F7 Bb5 F7 Bb5 |

       | F | % |  2/4| F7 Bb5 F7 Bb5 |  4/4| Gm | F | C7/E | % |]



OUTRO:
Notes:
On the original, the final F is played as a rolling harp-glissando but here,
you might just want to play an extravagant arpeggio...

Chords:
Dm  x57765           Gm7   3x333x
Am  577555           C7    x35353 or 8x898x
Bb  688766           Gm    xx878x or x 10 12 12 11 10
F   xx 10 10 10 x    Bbm6  6x566x 

| Dm          Am         | Bb            F
  Back, hurry back, please bring it back home to me be-

3/4| Bb    Am  Dm  4/4| Gm7  C7          | F
   - cause you don't    know what it means to me - 

| Dm             | Am             | Gm Bbm6 | F |
  Love of my life, love of my life.