Under Pressure Queen
Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
As tabbed by Andrewrocku
This was/still is a great tune and somehow has always reminded me of Christmas. Probably
because of the general message. This theory is obviously not my own because I've heard
it a lot this last year played in Christmas commercials. A brilliant Queen Mercury/Bowie
partnership loaded with hip melody and tons of feeling, this song never received the
noway near exposure and success I feel it deserved. Though it's bass line & hip
clap/snap bottom was stolen by a flash-in-the-pan rapper who had a huge hit with it
... yet denied infringing copyrights claiming his version's bassline included one
"extra" note. I ALWAYS break this one out for the holidays!
(Figure 1) - Bass Line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap (do this
with feet if you do not have four hands)
E-----------------------------------| B-----------------------------------| G-----------------------------------| D-----------------------------------| A-----------------------------------| E----10--10--10---10-10-10---5------|
(Figure 2 Played once for INTRO and during VERSE)
[D] [A] [G] [A]
E------------5-------|---9------------|----7-----------|---5---------------| B------7-------------|--------10------|---------8------|--------5----------| G----7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9--|--7---7-----7---|-6---6----7-6-4----| D--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------7--| A--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------| E--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D - or Figure 2
Um boom ba bay
[A]Um boom ba bay
[G]Um Um boom ba bay bay
[A]
[D]Pressure
[A]Pushing down on me
[G]Pressing down on you
[A]No man ask for
[D]Under pressure
[A]That burns a building down
[G]Splits a family in two
[A]Puts people on streets
[D]Um ba ba bay
[A]Um ba ba bay
[G]Dee day duh
[A]Ee day duh
bridge
It's the te[G]rror of knowing
What this world [A]is about
Watc[G]hing some good friends
Screaming let me[A] out!
Pray [G]tomorrow takes me h[A]igher
[D]Pressure on people
People [G]on stree[A]ts
(Figure 1 bassline x3)
Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay
D - or Figure 2
Chippin' around
[A]I kick my brains round the floor
[G]These are the days
[A]It never rains but it pours
[D]Ee do bay bup
[A]Ee do bay ba bup
[G]Ee do bup
[A]Bay bup
[D]People on streets
[A]Dee da dee da day
[G]People on streets
[A]Dee da dee da dee da dee da
It's the t[G]error of knowing
What this world[A] is about
Wat[G]ching some good friend
Scream let [A]me out!
[G]Pray tomorrow
takes me high high hig[A]her
[G]Turned away from it all
Like the bli[C]nd man
[G]Sat on a fence but it don't w[C]ork
[G]Keep coming up with love
But it's so slas[A]hed and torn
[C]Why?[F]
Why[G]? [F]
[A]LoveLoveLove!
[A]Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give [D]ourselves one more [G]chance?[A]
Why can't we g[D]ive love that one more [G]chance?[A]
Why can't we [D]give love [A]give love [D]give love?[A]
[G]Give love [A]give love [D]give love [A]give love [G]give love [A]give love?
Cause love[G]'s such an [A]old fashioned [D]word
And love [A]dares you to [G]care
For the [A]people on the [D]edge of the [A]night
And love [G]dares you to [A]change our way
Of [D]caring ab[A]out ourselves
[G]This is our la[A]st dance
[G]This is our la[A]st chance
[D]This [A]is our[G]selves
Under Pressure
(Figure 1 bass line x3)
[D]Under P[A]ressure
[D]Pre[G]ssu[A]re[D]
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