Queen - Bohemian rhapsody
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury 1975
This is my acoustic take on the Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody.
It's based on this You Tube video posted in 2012 by Greg Wyard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9o6HnPa2GA
This is the first of 5 parts to my arrangement - the iconic Intro section.
My Part 1 video is here: https://youtu.be/ClGgMuq4dtk
The other 4 parts are available as videos and as a pdf file with tab screen shots and
annotations/advice on playing techniques etc. Email me for details: mlydiat@gmail.com
I play this in G (as here); capo 3 if you want to play along with Queen
(though you will need a cutaway acoustic for later sections!)
Bohemian Rhapsody Part 1
4/4
Em7 A
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e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|3---3---3---3-------3-----------|2---2---3---2-0-----------------|
G|0-------------------------------|--------2-------2-------2-------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|----2---------------2-----------|
A|----2---------------2-----------|0---------------0---------------|
E|0---------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
Is this the real life? Or is it fantasy?
D7 G
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e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|1---1---1---3-------1-----------|0---0---1---0-------------------|
G|2-------------------------------|--------------2-0---------------|
D|0---------------0-------0---0---|----0-------------------0-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------3-----------2-----------|
E|--------------------------------|3---------------3---------------|
Caught in a land -slide No es - cape from reali-ty
Em G
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e|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
B|0---0---0---0-------0-------0---|0---0---1---3-------------------|
G|------------------------0-------|--------------------0-----------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|
A|----2---------------2-----------|----2---------------2-----------|
E|0---------------0---------------|3---------------3---------------|
O - pen your eyes Look up to the skies and
C F C Am
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e|0-------------------------------|0---0---0---0-------0-----------|
B|1-----------1-------1-----------|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-------2-------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|
D|----2-----------3-------2-------|----2---------------2-----------|
A|3-----------------------3-------|0---------------0---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
see I'm just a poor boy
D D7 Ab G F# G
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e|--------0---------------2---3---|4---4---3-------2---2---3-------|
B|3---3-------3-1-----------------|4---4---3-------2---2---3-------|
G|----------------2---------------|5---5---4-------3---3---4-------|
D|0---------------0---------------|6---6---5-------4---4---5-------|
A|--------------------------------|6---6---5-------4---4---5-------|
E|--------------------------------|4---4---3-------2---2---3-------|
I need no sympathy 'cos I'm ea -sy come ea -sy go
Ab G F# G C G
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e|4---4---3-------2---2---3-------|0---0---0---0-----------3-------|
B|4---4---3-------2---2---3-------|1---------------3---------------|
G|5---5---4-------3---3---4-------|--------0-----------------------|
D|6---6---5-------4---4---5-------|----2-------------------0-------|
A|6---6---5-------4---4---5-------|3-------------------2-----------|
E|4---4---3-------2---2---3-------|----------------3---------------|
Li-ttle high li-ttle low An-y way the wind blows
Gdim D D7
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e|--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|
B|2---2---2---2---3---------------|------------1-----------3-------|
G|3---3---3-------2-------2-------|--------2-----------------------|
D|2---2---2---2---0---------------|0---4---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
doesn't really ma - tter to me to
G6
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e|----------------0---------------|----------------0---------------|
B|------------0-----------3-------|------------0-----------3-------|
G|0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|
A|----2---------------2-----------|----2---------------2-----------|
E|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
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