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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (Words and Music By F. Mercury) 1975
Is this the real life etc..
Bb6 C7 F7 Bb Gm7 Bb7 Eb Ab/Eb Eb Cm7 F7
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Easy come... Doesn't really matter to me, to__
Cb Bb A Bb Cb Bb A Bb Eb Bb/D Edim/Db F7/C
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me. Ma-ma just killed a man, put a gun against.. pulled my
Bb6 Gmadd9 Cmadd9
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6-----|6----|6--------------|3----------------------|8------------------------|
trigger, now he's dead. Ma-ma Life had just begun but
Cm F7 _-_ ..sl.. Bb6 Gmadd9
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now I've gone and thrown it all a-way Ma-ma, oooh,
Cm Cm/B Eb/Bb Am7dim5 Abmaj7 Eb/G Eb Bb/D
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3------------------2--------1--|--0---------------------|--------------------|
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didn't mean to make you cry if I'm not back a-gain this
Cmadd9 Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5 <bar cont.
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time to-mor - ow, carry on, carry on, as if no-thin' really mat-
Bb7 Eb Bb/d Cm Abm
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1--1--1--1-...-6------------5-----------|-3---------11-- --11.sl.14--|
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-ters
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Adim/Eb Bb7sus4/Eb Bb6 Too late, my
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time has come, sends shivers down my spine, bo-dy's aching all
the time
Gmadd9 Cmadd9 Cm <bar cont.
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Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go got to leave you all
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behind and face the truth Ma-ma, ooh <anyway the wind..>
Cm/B Eb/Bb Am7dim5 Abmaj7 Eb/Gb Eb Bd/D Cmadd9
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I don't wanna die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5 Bb Bb7
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<GUITAR SOLO 1>
Eb Bb/D Cmadd9 Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5 Bb Bb7
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6----5---5-|-3------|-------------------------|-1--1-1-1--1.sl.6----------8---|
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Eb Bb/D Cmadd9 Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5
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6---6---6-6-5--5-5-5--5-|3----3--3- -3--------|-----------------------|
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I see.. of a man scara-mouche, scara-mouche
Db Db/C Db/Cb Dm7dim5 A D/A A D#dim/A A D A D
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4----4--3----2-----1-----|-0--|--------------------------|---------------------
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will you do the fan-dan-go? Thunderbolt and Light'ning very
very fright'ning
A D#dim/A A D/A A Db/Ab Ab C/G E7
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me. Ga-li-le-o Ga-li-le-o, Ga-li-le-o Fi-ga-ro Magnifi -co
oh oh
A NC Ga-li-le-o Cm7 (Harmo-
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oh oh I'm just a poor boy, no - body loves me He's just a poor boy
from a
nies) Cb Bb A Bb Cb Bb A Bb Ab/Eb Eb Adim/Eb Eb Ab/Eb
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poor fa-m-i -ly spare him his life from this mon- stro -si-ty
Eb Adim/Eb Eb Ab Eb/G F7 Bb Ab Eb/G
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6-------6------6-|------------------------------|-8--6--5----------|
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Easy Come, easy go will you let me go? Bis-
Adim/Gb Bb7sus4 Cb Bb A Bb Cb Bb A NC
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mil - lah. No we will not let you go.Let him go Bis - mil -ah. We
Eb Bb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb/B7 Bb Eb
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6-----------6-------|-------------------------------|--------6-----------|
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Will not let you go Let him go. Bis - mil - lah. We will not let you
go
Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb/Bb Bb Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb/Bb Bb
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Let me go never, never,never, let me go oh, oh, oh, oh, no no no
no
Bb (Never) Bb Bb/Eb Bb7 Eb/Bb Bb F#7 (Harmonies) Bm A D Db7
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no no no. Oh ma-ma mia, ma-ma mia Ma-ma mi-a let me go. Be -
Gb Bb Eb NC Eb Ab Eb Bb7/D Cm Bb
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4--------------------|--------------------|6-------------------------|
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el- ze-bub has a Devil put a-side for me_____ for me________
for
Eb Ab D7 Gm Bb7
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6----6--6----4----|-5-5---5---5---------|----------------|----------------|
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me__________ <SOLO 2>
|T.S| Eb
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6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---|---3-4-6-8---|---3-4--6-8-----|---3-4-6-8-----|
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye._______
F Bb Eb
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So you think you can love me and leave me to die
T.S Db T.S. Bb Eb Ab Gm
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|---|-6------|---|--6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6|-6--6-6-6----------------|-4-4-4--4--3|
Oh______________ Ba - by, Can't do this to me ba - by
F Bb F Bb
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1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1|-------------------|1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|-------------------|
Just gotta get out, Just gotta get right out of here
F Bb F Bb Eb
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1---1--1--1--1-----------------|1---1--1--1----------------|--3-4-6-8-6------|
F Gb Ab
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6--------------|-8---------------7--8-|-9--11--13-11--13--15--13--15--16-|
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Cb7 Ab7 Bb7 rit. T.S Eb Bb7/D Cm G7/B Cm
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14---|-11---|--13--|-------|-4-|-6------6-5--5----5-|-3--3-----2-----3--|
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Nothing really mat-
G7/B Cm Bb Eb D Gm Ab Eb Cm
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2------3---------8--6---|-5--------5-----|--------6---6-5-|-3------------------
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-ters anyone can see nothing really matters, nothing really
matters to
Gm Cm Gm Cm Abm Bb11
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me......
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Adim/Eb Bb/D Bbmin/Dd C C7b9 C7 F
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Any - way the wind blows
Bb/F F Ddim/F C7sus4 F
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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london calling Average |
#1 by london calling at Sep 8, 2006 at 2:36 AM EST |
| I have no idea of the this songs meaning BUT I love it. I think I love it so much because it's so complex. At first I just found it to be a very sad song. Then, like damioniqnis, I also thought the song was about Freddie's battle with AIDS. BUT when I was introduced to this song I had no idea of its original date of recording and Freddie Mercury dies shortly after. Paulo points out that this song was written ten years before Freddie was aware of his HIV status but it could be possible that he was speaking of the epidemic in general or a friend. And it is not known when Freddie was actually diagnosed. Hell, I have no idea...lol! This song is so complex! From the changes in tempo to their use of sarcasm. Hey, I guess that makes it a Queen hit, right? This, without a doubt is one of my favorite songs ever. Although it would be nice to comprehend the lyrics. ;) *Just found this site tonight (by accident) and it's GREAT! | |
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Link Floyd Wanna Be |
#2 by Link Floyd at Oct 15, 2006 at 6:48 PM EST |
| An epic, from beginning to end...headbanging in Wayne's World notwithstanding. | |
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Rory Wanna Be |
#3 by Rory Burlet at Oct 23, 2006 at 12:05 AM EST |
| I have to agree with pkjun to a point. If Freddie said it wasn't about anything, then it wasn't about anything, but to me it sounds just like a simple story. A guy kills another guy and goes through the stages of denial. Meh. As for all you morons who say that shit about AIDS... don't be retarded. AIDS wasn't even KNOWN until 1985. I mean, for chrissakes, that's like saying that a song written in 1950 is about the Internet. And gorgood especially... you offend me with your ham-fisted interpretations of the lyrics into bullshit sexual innuendos. And Bo. Dude. Learn to speak English. Seriously. | |
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M.Fett Wanna Be |
#4 by M.Fett B.Fett at Oct 29, 2006 at 4:31 PM EST |
| I think it's doubtful that it's to do with his battle with aids considering he wrote it ten years before he found out he had aids :) | |
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James Wanna Be |
#5 by James Valentine at Jan 10, 2007 at 7:47 PM EST |
| ... I guess I was wrong... it still works though... | |
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dale Average |
#6 by dale clayton at Feb 3, 2007 at 9:39 PM EST |
| O.K. bear with me. I know this was written before his AIDS was diagonosed, I think it can fit. Any way the wind blows. His bisexuality Killing a man by putting his gun to his head. His "gun" could be his manhood, and pulling the trigger now he's dead.. Could be his"climatic moment" infected someone else. and they died shivers up and down his spine body aching all the time are his symptoms. Leaving you all behind to face the truth is his dying and his final judgement. | |
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Connor Average |
#7 by Connor Larkin at Feb 24, 2007 at 9:03 AM EST |
| Want my overanalyzed take? It's pretentious, silly and yes, overanalyzed, and completely destroys the entire song! It turns a cool song into another piece of dirt and manages to be glaringly wrong in the way! Okay, let's make it the classic stages of acceptance after a shock. He just killed someone. Duh. It's in the lyrics. First comes shock. Note the 'is this the real life / is this just fantasy' it opens with and the dreamlike tune it's in. (from this point on, it's all within his head. All of it.) Note also the 'I need no sympathy' melodramatic nobleness he takes on in a play to get sympathy. He comes back to the world, and immediately tries to turn to the childhood source of sympathy, his mother. He tries again to act like a hero, telling her 'nothing really matters' (in his mind, of course. it's all in his mind.) The chill of what he has just done rips across him, and at the first glimpse of pain he immediately goes into the classic 'I wish I was never born!'-type complete theatrical show, hoping once again for sympathy. Now comes the weird (albeit exceedingly cool) part. The trial. First his 'judges' (representing the severity and harsh reality of the consequences) come forth, half-threatening him with taunts of "scaramouche / scaramouche / will you do the Fandango" (it's defined above) He crumples, first expressing shock. Then, he twists his earlier defeated hero's claims to say "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me" in a direct appeal to reality. His other side, however, rushes in to try to save him from himself, begging the judges to release him. He appeals, and is rejected. His consul appeals several times in turn to allow him to stay in his own dreamlike state of deconnectedness. The judges continue to strike down his pleas, growing more and more forceful, until he finally realizes that he has lost. First is a generic "well, I lost. I'm going to hell, and I've got a demon with my name on it" first realization. Then comes the anger phase. He strikes back at the world and himself with guitars in the background (note the playing of a much stronger version of the theme from the opening "mama" part) . He then tries to escape outright, claiming he's "just gotta get out / just gotta get right out of here". However, after a crecendo, he realizes that he's not about to win anything or survive anything, so he simply resigns. It's very similar to the opening sequence--although instead of a dream, he seems much more lucid in this state. He repeats much of what he's said earlier, only now he either believes it or has no choice but to accept it. There. I think it's an interpretation of the process gone through after a shock. It's quite obviously wrong, but I can't help but thinking it. Besides, it's my favorite song. Let me warp it however I want ;) | |
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Jake Average |
#8 by Jake m at Apr 15, 2007 at 1:34 AM EST |
| a controversially great song.. from my perspective anyway. among the best alongside led zeppelin's immortal "stairway to heaven". | |
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StreetwiseProfe Wanna Be |
#9 by StreetwiseProfessor at Jun 3, 2007 at 11:41 AM EST |
| note to PKJUN, I like your interpretation Gor | |
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