#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Under Pressure Original Album: Hot Space Words and Music by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and David Bowie Copyright © 1981 Queen Music Ltd. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) NOTES: Timing is 4/4. INTRO: Chords: D xx0775 Aadd11 xx09 10 9 or x5765x G/D xx0787 or xx0003 Aadd11* xx0655 [play:] D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-12--12--12--12-12-12--------------|-12--12--12--12-12-12--------------| |-----------------------12----------|-----------------------12----------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | [bass line continues...] [play: 4/4| D | Aadd11 | G/D | Aadd11* |] | D | Aadd11 | Boom, boom, bah, bah, Boom, boom, bah, bay | G/D | | Aadd11* G Bo bo boom, bah, bay, bah. VERSE1: Chords: G 3x0003 G/D xx0787 or xx0033 D xx0775 Aadd11* xx0655 Aadd11 xx09 10 9 or x5765x G/B x20033 | D | Aadd11 | G/D | Aadd11* Pressure pushing down on me, pressing down on you, no man ask for | D | Aadd11 | G/D | Aadd11* G Under pressure that burns a building down, splits a family in two, puts people on streets | D | Aadd11 | G/B | Aadd11* Boom, bah, bah, bay, boom, bah, bay, bay. Do day dah do day dah! That's okay! CHORUS1: Chords: G 3x0003 A x02220 A/G 3x2220 D xx0232 D/F# 2x023x | G | A/G | G | A/G That's the terror of knowing what this world is about, watching some good friends screaming, "Let me out!" | G | A/G | D/F# | G A Pray to - morrow gets me higher. Pressure on people - people on streets | D | % | D5 G Deh, deh, deh. Da, da, da, da, dum. O-kay! VERSE2: Chords: D xx0775 Aadd11* xx0655 Aadd11 xx09 10 9 or x5765x G 3x0003 G/D xx0787 or xx0033 A x02220 | D | Aadd11 | G Chippin' around, kick my brains 'round the floor | G/D | Aadd11 These are the days it never rains but it pours | D | Aadd11 Dee doh, da, doh, de-de, doh, dah, doh | G | Aadd11 Mm, dah , doh, ba, la, lop | D | Aadd11 People on streets, de, dah, de, dah, de, dah, de, dah | G | A People on streets, de, dah, de, dah, de, dah CHORUS2: Chords: G 3x0003 A x02220 A/G 3x2220 D xx0232 D/F# 2x023x A7 x02223 | G | A/G That's the terror of knowing what this world is about | G | A/G Watching some good friends screaming, "Let me out!" | G | A/G Pray to - morrow gets me higher, | D/F# | G A7 Pressure on people - people on streets BRIDGE: Chords: G 355433 F xx7565 or x33211 A x02220 C x35553 G/F x8978x Am7 x02013 Am x02210 Fmaj7 x33210 D x57775 | G | C Turned a - way from it all like a blind man | G | C Sat on a fence but it don't work | G | C Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn | Am | F | G/F | Fmaj7 | G/F Dm7 | Why__y, why, why__________________________? Am A Love, love, love, love, | A | Am7 In - sanity laughs under pressure we're cracking G | D | G Can't we give ourselves one more chance? | D | G A Why can't we give love that one more chance? G | D | G A | G D Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love? | A give love, give love OUTRO: Notes: I admit that F#m sounds better at the 14th fret when I originally played it for the big tab. So, try some different F#m voicings and see what you think. (e.g. xxx222, xx767x, xxx675, xxx 11 10 9). Chords: Bm x24432 G 3x0003 A x02220 or x 16 14 14 xx A/G 3x2220 F#m 2442xx or xx 16 14 14 x D xx0232 (A) | Bm | A | F#m 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word | A | Bm And love dares you to care for | A | F#m | A The people on the edge of the night | Bm | A | G | A/G And love dares you to change our way of caring a - bout ourselves | G | A/G This is our last chance. | G | A/G This is our last dance. | G | A/G | D This is our - selves, under pressure | G A | D | % | under pressure, ENDING: Acoustic piano: G A D G A |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-12--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-12------------------------------| |-----12----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----12--------------------------| |-12------12--14--------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-12------12--14------------------| |-------------16--------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------16------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-12--12--12--12-12-12--------------|-12--12--12--12-12-12--------------|-12--12--12--12-12-12--------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------12----------|-----------------------12----------|-----------------------12----------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-3-------3---5___-_______________| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | pressure