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Queen - I Can't Live With You
Innuendo
1991

Chord diagramA augmentedA great song by Queen and I found only one tab for it and since it
was incomplete I'm trying to finish it now.
I used Persechini Bruno's version as a starting point.
I decided to cut the guitar parts into riffs so it is
easier to follow. (At least I hope so...) Anyway, here you go:

Standard tuning (EADGBE)

Notes:                 Chord formations:
/ - slide up           Chord diagramE MajorE    (079997)
\ - slide down         Chord diagramA augmentedA    (x02220) or (577655)
h - hammer-on          Chord diagramA minorAm   (x02210) or (577555)
p - pull-off           Chord diagramBB    (x24442) or (799877)
b - bend string        Chord diagramC majorC    (x35553)
r - release            Chord diagramG+G    (355433)
~ - vibrato            Chord diagramD MajorD    (x57775)
                       Chord diagramF#m7F#m7 (244252)
Riff 1 (in chorus)
E-----------------------------|
B--9-9--9--9--9\--(2)---------|
G--9-9--9--9--9\--(2)---------| (I can't live with you...)
D--9-9--9--9--9\--(2)---------|
A--7-7--7--7--7\--(0)---------|
E-----------------------------|

Riff 2 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------| (I'm having a hard time...)
D----4----2/3/4---------------|
A----4----2/3/4---------------|
E----2----0/1/2---------------|

Riff 3 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------| (You may think that I don't care...)
D-----------------------------|
A---1-/2-/3-/4---7p4----------|
E---------------------4-------|

Riff 4 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G----6------------------------| (I travelled a long road...)
D----7----5/6/7---7--7--------|
A----7----5/6/7---7--7--------|
E----5----3/4/5---------------|

Riff 5 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------| (But nothing's what it seems...)
D----------------------7------|
A--/4-/5-/6-/7---10p7--7------|
E-----------------------------|

And so the song goes like this:

[INTRO] at 0:01
Riff 1  (2x)

[CHORUS] at 0:06
Riff 1    Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramBB
Riff 1    Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramBB
Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Riff 1  (2x)

[VERSE 1] at 0:26
Riff 2  (2x)
Riff 3
Riff 4  (2x)
Riff 5

[PRE-CHORUS] at 0:47
Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramD MajorD    (2x)
Love is say-ing  ba-by...
Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC  -  Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramA augmentedA | Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramA augmentedA | Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramA augmentedA
Lo-ver  turns to  ha-ter...

[CHORUS] at 01:03
(Riff 1 1x at the end!)

[VERSE 2] at 01:21
(Same as VERSE 1)

[PRE-CHORUS] at 01:42
Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramD MajorD       (2x)
Hold on baby...
Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G  | Chord diagramC majorC  -  Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramA augmentedA | Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramA augmentedA | Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramA augmentedA | Chord diagramBB
Passions screaming  hotter...            ...gotta   do...

[BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I'm not sure about this part...)
Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#m7F#m7   Chord diagramBB

[SOLO] at 2:18
Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramBB
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------12--10p9---------------------------------|
G---7b9~~~---------------9------------------------------|
D--------------------------9---9b11~~9--7--6------------|
A----------------------------------------------9--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
    Chord diagramE MajorE                     Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramBB
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------11b13r11p9-----9-13b14r13--11----------|
D------------9---------------11-------------------------|
A---7---9h11--------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
    Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramBB
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------/12------------|
G---9----9---9--14~~-12p11h12~~-11p9h11-----------------|
D----------9--------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

[CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
     Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
E---------------------/9---/10--/11--/12--15b16----|
B---/7--/9--/10--/12--/10--/12--/13--/14--16b17----|
G---/7--/9--/11--/13-------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
(I think it's actually played by two guitars, one starting from
the Chord diagramG+G string going to the B, the other is from Chord diagramBB to E...)

[CHORUS] at 2:50

[OUTRO] at 3:15
Riff 1  Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramBB  to fade

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Well that's it, not 100% precise but that's the way we play it and
I think it's fairly close. At least it sounds OK.
There are many guitar fills in the song that I haven't
transcribed so you gotta figure them out for yourselves.

If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections please
send it to me: [email protected]

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