Tuning: G C E A

Under Pressure by Queen + David Bowie (1981) Tempo: 114 BPM, Key: D, Genre: Rock Intro/Verse/Outro Strum: d---D-u---u-D-u- Bridge Strum d-d-d-d- d-d-d-d- Verse 3 & 4 Strum: d-d-d-du- Arpeggio Picking: pluck strings G-C-E-A-E-C once per chord Intro Riff 1: Bass line (Top two High G, bottom two, Low G) A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-----| or A|-5--5--5--5-5-5--0--| E|-----------------5--| E|--------------------| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2-----| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2--0--| G|-----------------2--| or G|--------------------| Intro Riff 2: Ukulele #5, played every 3 measures A|-------| E|-3--5--| C|-2--2--| G|-------| [Intro] Intro Riff 1 & 2 with Chords and piano chords | D | D | D | D | D | | D | D | D | D | D | | D | D | D | D | D | [Verse 1]

^DDoom doom bah deh ^ADoom doom ba deh ^GDoom doom bah ^ADeh deh ^DPressure … pushing ^Adown on me … Pressing ^Gdown on you, no man ask ^Afor Under ^Dpressure … that burns a ^Abuilding down … Splits a ^Gfamily in two Puts ^Apeople on streets ^DMmmm bah bah deh ^ADoom bah bah deh ^GPlee deh dah ^AEe deh dah, that's Ok

[Chorus]

It's the ^Gterror of knowing what the ^Aworld is about ^GWatching some good friends screaming … "^ALet me out!" G A D↓ D↓ G↓ A↓ Pray to-morrow gets me higher, Pressure on people, people on streets

[Interlude] Bass line (Top two High G, bottom two, Low G) A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-----| or A|-5--5--5--5-5-5--0--| E|-----------------5--| E|--------------------| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2-----| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2--0--| G|-----------------2--| or G|--------------------|

^CDay day de mm hm ^GDa da da ba ba ^FOkay

[Verse 2]

^DChipping around, ^AI kick my brains around the ^Gfloor (Ooh____________________________________) ^GThese are the days it ^Anever rains but it pours (Ooh_________________________________) ^DEe do bay bup, Ee^A do bay ba bup Ee do^G bup, bay bu^Ap Ooh________________________________________ ^DPeople on streets … Dee da Dee ^Ada day (Ooh___________________________) ^GPeople on streets … Dee da Dee ^Ada dee da dee da (Ooh____________________________________)

[Chorus]

It's the ^Gterror of knowing what the ^Aworld is about ^GWatching some good friends screaming … "^ALet me out!" Pray to-^Gmorrow gets me ^Ahigh, high, high___________ D↓ D↓ G↓ A↓ Pressure on people, people on streets (high_____________

[Bridge] NC G↓ C↓ G↓ C↓ Turned a-way from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work G↓ C↓ Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn

^FWhy? - ^GWhy? - ^FWhyyyyyyy^Gyyyyyy^Fyyyyy? ^ALove, love, love, love, love (Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?) ^AInsanity laughs under pressure we're breaking

[Verse 3]

^ACan't we g^Dive ourselves one more ^Gchance? ^A ^AWhy can't we ^Dgive love that one more ^Gchance? ^A ^AWhy can't we ^Dgive love, give love, ^Ggive love, give love ^DGive love, give love, ^Agive love, give love?

[Verse 4]

^ABecause ^Glove's such an ^Aold fashioned ^Dword and love ^Adares you to ^Gcare for The ^Apeople on the (people on streets) ^Dedge of the ^Anight ^AAnd love (people on streets) ^Gdares you to ^Achange our way of ^GCaring a-^About ourselves ^GThis is our ^Alast dance G A D↓ D↓ A↓ G↓ A↓ This is our last chance This is our - selves___

N.C.

Under pressure

[Outro] Outro Riff 1: Bass line (Top two High G, bottom two, Low G) A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-----| or A|-5--5--5--5-5-5--0--| E|-----------------5--| E|--------------------| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2-----| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2--0--| G|-----------------2--| or G|--------------------|

Under ^Dpressure ^D D | G A | Under pressure D | D | D↓ G↓↓ A↓ | Pressure

[Finger snaps to fade …]

Queen - Under pressure