Queen - Under pressure
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Tuning: E A D G
UNDER PRESSURE (Bassline)
As recorded by Queen & David Bowie
(From the 1982 Album HOT SPACE)
Words and Music by Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Brian May & John Deacon
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Deacon - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
PM-----------------|
W E E E S S E e Q 14x
G|----------||---------------------------||
D|----------||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-------o||
A|----------||o-------------------12----o||
E|----------||---------------------------||
[1st Verse]
PM------------------------------------------------
E E E S S E e Q E E E S S E e Q
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|
A|-------------------12----|-------------------12----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
E E E S S E e Q E E E S S Q Q
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12---------|
A|-------------------12----|--------------------12\----|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S e E e E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-0---|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0----|
E|------------------|------------------|
E E E S S E E Q E E E S S e E e E
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|---------------------||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2---9\--|-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-0---||
E|-------------------|---------------------||
[Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-5---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. Q Q. E +Q Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-2----------|-3----5-(5)------|
PM------------------------------------------------
E E E S S E e Q E E E S S E e Q
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|
A|-------------------12----|-------------------12----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------------------------|
E E E S S E e Q E E E S S E e Q
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12---------||
A|-------------------12----|-------------------12------||
E|-------------------------|---------------------------||
[2nd Verse]
PM------------------------------------------------
E E E S S E e Q E E E S S E e Q
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|
A|-------------------12----|-------------------12----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
E E E S S E e Q E E E S S E E E E
G|-------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12------------|
A|-------------------12----|-------------------12-12S9\---|
E|-------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E Q
G|--------------------|------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7\-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0----|
E|--------------------|------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E S S E E e E e E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-0---|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E S S E E Q E E E S S Q E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
D|------------------|------------------|-------------5-----|-----------------||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0----|-4-4-4-4-4-4--x-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-0-||
E|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
[Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
D|-5---------------|-------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|-------------5---5--|
A|-----------------|-------------------|------------5-5-|--------------------|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)---3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. Q Q. E +H
G|------------------|-------------------------|------------|---------------|
D|------------------|-------------------------|------------|---------------|
A|------------------|-------------------------|------------|---------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3S7/-|-15-15-15-15-15-15S12\-0-|-2----------|-3----5-(5)----|
[Bridge]
+H +E E Q H. Q Wx3
G|-----------------||------------|--------|
D|-----------------||-5----------|--------|
A|-----------------||------------|--------|
E|-(5)----(5)------||------------|--------|
H. +Q Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-16-------(16)S=|=6\------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-17-------(17)S=|=7\------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|----------------|---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|
E|----------------|----------15\--|---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-0----0-(0)-0-0-0--|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1S3S7S13/-|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|
[3rd Verse]
E E E E E E Q Q E. S E E E E
G|-----------------------||------------------|
D|-----------------------||------------------|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12\----||-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------3--||------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q E. S E E E S S Q E E +E E E E Q E. S E E E S S
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|------------------|-5--5--5-5-x-5-3---|------------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5-3----|
E|-3--3-5-(5)---3---|-----------------5-|-3--3-5-(5)-x-3---|-----------------5--|
Q E E +Q Q Q E. S E E E S S Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-------------5--|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4----4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-3--3-5-(5)-----|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|------------6-----|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------7---7-|------7-(7)---7---|-----------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-0-|-5----5-(5)---5---|-4--------------4-|-2----2-4-5-4-2--|
E|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E E E S S E E E E Q. E E E S S S S
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-0-|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------|
[Chorus]
E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q
G|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0---------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
E|---------0--14\--||-3----3-3--/13\--|-\3----3-3--/10\--|-3--3-3-3-3-/10\---|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E W
G|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|------|
D|---------5-5-5-5-|----------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|------|
A|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|------|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------0-|-2----|
[Outro]
PM------------------|
Q E E +Q Q E E E S S E e Q 6x Wx7
G|----------------||---------------------------||--------*|
D|----------------||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-------o||--------*|
A|----------------||o-------------------12----o||--------*|
E|-3--3-5-(5)-----||---------------------------||--------*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| S - shift slide
| PM - palm muting
| x - muted
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