Classic Queen Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Em

 1. Steve walks warily downA the street, with the brim pulled way down low.

Em

  Ain't no sound butA the sound of his feet, machine guns ready to go.

  Are you ready, Care you ready for this, G

  are you hangingC on the edge of your seat? G

C G A

  Out of the doorway the bDullets rip, to the sound of the beat. Yeah!

Em A E

  Another one bitesA the dust. Another one bites the dust.

  And another Eone gone, and another one gone , another one bites the dust. A

F♯m

  B Em – A – Em – A

Hey, I'm gonna get you too, another one bites the dust.

 2. HoEmw do you think I'm going to get along, without you, when you're gone. A

  You tookEm me for everything that I had, and kicked me out on my own. A

C G

  Are you happy, are you satisfGied, how long can you stand the heat?

C G A

  Out of the doorway theD bullets rip, to the sound of the beat. + CHORUS

  AnEmother one bites the dust. Another one bitEmes the dust.

  AnEmother one bites the dust. Another one biteEms the dust.

 3. There are plenty ofEm ways you can hurt a man, and bring him to the ground. A

  You can beat hiEmm, you can cheat him, you can treat him bad,

  and leave him when he's down. A

C G

  But I'm ready, yes I'm ready fGor you, I'm standing on my own two feet.

C G

  Out of the doorway the bullets Drip, repeating the sound of the beat.

(2). CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE_________

D D G

 1. G This thing called love, I just can't handle it,

D G C

  G this thing called love, I must get round to it,

  I ain't readDy, crazy A♯little thing caClled love. D

 2. This thing D(this thing) called love (called love),

  it crGies (like a baby) in a cradle all nCight. G

  it swiDngs (woo woo) it jives (woo woo),

  it shakGes all over like a jelly fishC G

  I kinda likeD it - crazyA♯ little thing cCalled love. D

  There goes my baby, she kGnows how to rockC'n'roll, G

  she drives me crazy, she A♯gives me hot and cold fever - E

  she leaveAs me in a cool cool sweat. A F E A

D G C

 3.G I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks,

D G

  take a back seCat, hiGtchhike and take a long ride on my motorbike,

  until I'm ready D- crazy liA♯ttle thing callCed love. D

Bb - D - Bb - E - A + repeat verse 3 + repeat verse 1

  CraA♯zy thinCg called love, yeDah yeah ! (repeat 5x and fade

)

(3). FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS_________

G B7 Em G7 C F C

G D

1. Another red letter day,

Em Bm

  sDo the pound has dropped and the children are creating.

C The other half ran away, Am

D C G

  taDking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber.

G Got a pain in the chest. DoctB7or’s on strike. Em

  What you need is a rest. G7

Am D

  D7 It’s not easy, love, but you got friends you can trust.

 FriCends will be friends, A

G Em

 when you’Gre in need of love they give you care and attention.

D Friends will be friends,B7

 when you’re through withEm life and all hope is lost, C

G A C - D - - - - - - -- - -

hold out your hand, cause friends will be friends --- right to the end.

G B7 Em G7 C F C

G D

2. Now it’s a beautiful day,

  the poEmstman delivered a letter fromBm your lover. D

C Only a phone call away, Am

D C G

  you try to traDck him down, but somebody stole his number.

G It’s a matter of fact, B7you’re getting used to life Em

  without him in your own way. G7

Am D

  It’D7s not easy, love, ‘cause you got friends you can trust.

 FriCends will be friends, A

G Em

 when you’Gre in need of love they give you care and attention.

D Friends will be friends,B7

 when you’re through withEm life and all hope is lost, C

G A C - D - - - - - - -- - -

hold out your hand, ‘cause friends will be friends --- right to the end.

G F C A♯ G

 3.C InsA♯trumental = verse 2 (except last line which is sung again)

G D Em Bm D

C Am D C G D

G B7 Em G7

Am D

  D7It’s so easy now ‘cause you got friends you can trust.

+ CHORUS +

 FriCends will be friends, A

G Em

 when youG’re in need of love they give you care and attention.

D Friends will be friends,B7

 when you’re through withEm life and all hope is lost, C

G A C

 hoDld out your hand, ‘cause right to the end --- friends will be friends.

+ CHORUS as instrumental (2x)

(4). I WANT TO BREAK FREE_________________

 1. I want to break free, I wanCt to break free,

I want to break free from your lies, you're so self satisfied,

  I don't need yFou. I've got to break free. C

G F G

  C God knows, God knows I want to break free.

 2. I've fallen in love, IC've fallen in love for the first time,

  and this time I know it's for real, I've fallFen in love, yeah. C

  God knows, GGod knowsF I've fallen in love. G C

  It's straGnge but it's true, F

  I caGn't get over the way you love me like yoFu do,

  but I havAme to be sure, when I walk out that dDoor.

F G Am G

  Oh, how GI want to be frAmee, baby, oh how I want to be free,

G F oh, how I want Gto break free. C

 3. But life still goes on, C

I can't get used to, living without, living without, living without you

  by my side, FI don't want to live alone, hey. C

  God knows, G got Fto make it on mGy own. C

G F G

  SoC baby can't you see, I've got to break free.

I've got to break free, I want to break free, yeah,

I want, I want, I want, I want to break free....

(5). RADIO GA GA__________

D Em G Em G D

  G D Radio.

 1. I'd sitD alone and watch your light,

  my onEmly friend through teenage nights,

G Em

  G aDnd everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio.

 2. You gave tDhem all those old time stars,

  through wars oEmf worlds, invaded by Mars,

  you made 'Gem laugh, you made 'em cry,

Em G D

  D you made us feel like we could fly (radio).

  So don'tD become some background noise,

  a bacFkdrop for the girls and boys,

  who just Gdon't know or just don't care,

  and justE complain when you're not there.

  You had yDour time, you had the power,

  you've yet tAo have your finest hour. Radio (radio) G D G D

G D G D G

 ADll we hear iGs, radiDo ga ga, radio goo goo, radio ga ga.

G D G D G

 AllD we hear is, radio ga ga, Radio blah blah,

C G A Bm

 RadioG whAat's new?D Radio, someone still loves you!

 3. We watch Dthe shows, we watch the stars

  on vEmideos for hours and hours.

  We hardlGy need to use our ears,

  how musiEmc changes through the yearGs. D

  Let's hopeD you’ll never leave old friends,

  like alFl good things on you we depend.

  So sticGk around ‘cause we might miss you,

  when we groEw tired of all this visual.

  You had yDour time, you had the power.

  you've yet tAo have your finest hour. Radio (radio). G D G D

G D G D G

 ADll we hear iGs, radiDo ga ga, radio goo goo, radio ga ga.

G D G D G

 AlDl we hear isG, radio Dga ga, radio bloo bloo, radio ga ga.

G D G D G

 ADll we hear is, radio ga ga, radio blah blah.

C G A Bm A

GRadiAo what's Dnew? someone still loves you!

D D Em G

  Radio ga Emga. G DRadio ga ga. Radio ga ga.

  D F G E YouD had your time, you had the power.

  you've yet tAo have your finest hour. Radio (radio). …. G D G D

(6).WE WILL ROCK YOU___________

 1. BudAmdy, you`re a boy, make a big noise playing

in the street, gonna be a big man someday.

You got mud on your feet, you big disgrace,

  kicking your can all over the plaGce. SingingAm

Am G Am G

 WeAm will, we will rock you, we will, we will rock you.

 2. BuAmddy, you`re a young man, hard man shouting

in the street, gonna take on the world someday.

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace,

  waving your banner all over the place.G Am

Am G Am

 We willAm, we will rock you, singing we will, we will rock you.

 3. BuAmddy, you`re on old man, poor man pleading

with your eyes, gonna make you some peace someday.

You got mud on your face, you big disgrace,

  somebody better take you back in your place.G Am

Am G Am

 We wilAml, we will rock you, singing we will, we will rock you,

 everybody we willAm, we will Grock you,Am come on

 We will, we wiGll rock you. F D

(7).BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (abridged version)______

Em Is this real life, A is the just fantasy?

D7 Caught in a landslide, no escape from rGeality.

  OEmpen your eyes, look up to the sG7kies and see ! C

  AmI'm just a poor boy, I needD no sympathy, because I’m

  EG♯asy comGe, easy gF♯o, liGttleG♯ high,G litF♯tle loGw,

C G A

  D any way D7the wind Gblows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.

 1. MamaG, just killedEm a man,

  put a gunAm against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead. D

G Em Am

  Mama, life hCad just begun, butD now I've gone and thrown it all away.

  MamCa, uh, uGh, Amdidn't mean to Dmmake you cry,

  if IG'm not back again thiG7s time tomorrow, C

G Am Fm

  CarryDm on, GcarrG7y on as if nothing really matters.

 2. TooG late, my Emtime has come

Am C

  seDnt shivers down my spine, body's achin' all the time.

  GoodGbye everybody, I've got to go, Em

  gotta leaAmve you all behind and fCace the truth. D

  MamCa, uh, uGh, Am IDm don't want to die,

  I sGometimes wish I'd never been bG7orn at all. C

G Am Dm G G7

 - G - Am - Dm - G - G7….

(8). FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS______________

D G

  Are you gonnaG take me home tonight? AAh, down beside that red firelight.

  ADre you gonna let it alGl hang out?

D A

  Fat boDttomed girls you make the rocking world go round.

D G

 1. I was jDust a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad.

  But I knew love before I left my nursery. A

D G

  Left alone wiDth big fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny.

  Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me. A D

 2. I've been singing Dwith my band, across the wire, across the land D

  I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the way. A

  But their beautyD and their style, went kind of smooth after a while, D

  take me to them lovely ladies every tiAme. D

D G D

 Oh! Won't you Gtake me home tonight. OhA! Down beside your red firelight,

 ODh! And you give it aGll you got.

D A

 Fat boDttomed girls you make the rocking world go round.

 Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go roundA D

 3. Now your mortgages Dand new homes, and the stiffness in your bones, D

  ain't no beauty queens in this locality. A

D G

  Oh, butD I still get my pleasure, still get my greatest treasure,

  heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me. + CAHORUS D

(9).IS THS THE WORLD WE CREATED_________

C C Em C7 F Fm C

Am G

 1. JusFt look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed,

Am take a look at all the sufferinGg we breed. F

C So many lonely faces scattered all arFound, Dm

  seEarching for what they need. - - - F Dm

C Em F

  Is tGhis the world we created, what did we do it for ?

Am Em Dm

  GIs this the world we invaded against the law ?

C Em C7

  SFo it seems in thFme end, is this what we're all living for today ?

  The world that we created ? C

Am G

 2. F You know that every day a helpless child is born,

Am G

F who needs some loving care inside a happy home.

C F

Dm Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne,

  waiEting for life to go by. - - F- Oh. Dm

C Em F

  Is this thGe world we created ? We made it on our own.

Am Em Dm

  Is thisG the world we devastated, right to the bone ?

C Em C7

  If there's a God Fin the sky looking down, what can he think of

  what we've done to Fmthe world that he created. C

(10).KILLER QUEEN__________________

 1. She keeps Moet et ChAmandon in her pretty cabiGnet,

  'AmLet them eat cake' she says, just like MarieG Antoinette. C

  A built-in remedGy for Kruschev and C7Kennedy, F

  At anytiFmme an invitaCtion you can'tDm decline. G

E Am G7

  Caviar and cigB7arettes, wellEm versed in etiquette, extraordinarily nice.

 She's a Killer GQueen,Bm gunpowdeEmr, gelatine Bm

 dEmynamite with a laser bBmeam.

 GuaraEnteed to blow your mAind. Anytime G

F♯ Bm E

 Recommended Gat the price, insatiable an appetite. Wanna try?

 2. To avoid Amcomplications she never kept the saGme address,

  Am in conversation she spoke just lGike a baroness. C

G C7

  F Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah

  TFmhen again, incidentallyC, if you're that way incliGned.

  Perfume came naturally froEm Paris. Am

G7 C B7

  For caEmrs she couldn't care less, fastidious and precise. + CHORUS

3. Instr.: (= lines 1-4 of verse 2)

G C7 F Fm C G

E Am E

  DAmrop of a hat she's as willing as playful as a pussy cat,

G C G

  thCen momentarily out of action, temporarily out of gas.

B7 Em D G D

  To absolutely drEmive you wi...ld, wi...ld. (She's all out to get you)

+ CHORUS)

(11).WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS____________

 1. I've paid my dues, Am timeG after time, Am

G Am G

  IAm've done my sentence, but committed no crime.

G And bad mistakes, C I've Fmade a few C

F C G

Am I've had my share of sand kicked in my face,

  bDut I've come through. G

  (And I need to go on and on and on and oG7n.) A A7

D F♯m Bm

 WeA are the champions my friends,

 and we'llD keep on fighting F♯mtill the end. G B7

EmWe are the championAs, we are theGm champions, A

 nDo time for loserCs, 'cause we are the Fchampions ~ ~ G

Em Dm ( - Em - Dm - Em

Dm - Em )

of the (world (not when refrain is repeated!)

 2. I've taken my bows, Am and myG curtain calls, Am

G Am

  G you brought me fame and fortune and everything,

  that goes with it, I thank you all. Am

G C F

  But itC's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise,

F C G

  I consider itA a challenge before the whole human race

D G

G7 and IA ain't gonA7na lose. (And I need to go on and on and on and on.)

+ CHORUS + CHORUS

(Queen)