Under Pressure tab by Queen

Tabs

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

(bass riff)

e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|-0--0--0---0-0-0----|
A augmentedA|-----------------0--|
E MajorE|--------------------| x 14 (before vocals come in)


Or

e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|-5--5--5---5-5-5-0--|
E MajorE|--------------------| x 14

(Piano riff)

e|----------|
BB|-15---15--|
G+G|-12---14--|
D MajorD|------12--|
A augmentedA|----------|
E MajorE|----------| (repeated through out the song)



(guitar riff)

(comes in after six repeats of the bass riff)

e|----5------------9----5--------------7-------------------5-------------------|
BB|---------7---5-----5--------5-------------8-----8----------------------------|
G+G|-7-----7---7--------------7---7---7-----7-----7---7----6-------6h7--6--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

🎸 Verse :
(piano- all other parts are played the same as in the intro)
(played in staccato)

  D MajorD        A augmentedA        G+G        A augmentedA
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
BB|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G+G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


🎸 Bridge:

(all is played the same accept on the last beat, a guitar plays this going into the second verse)

(It is repeated in the second verse when Freddie sings "pray tomorrow takes me higher")
e|-------|-------------|
BB|-------|-------------|
G+G|-----7-|-------------|
D MajorD|-------|-7-----------|
A augmentedA|-------|-------------|
E MajorE|-------|-------------|


🎸 Verse 2:
(guitar strums the chords in the background)


e|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
BB|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
G+G|--4----------6----------4----------6----------4---------6--|
D MajorD|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
A augmentedA|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
E MajorE|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|


e|-------------3-----5-----------------|
BB|----7--------3-----5-----------------|
G+G|------7------4-----6-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--7----7-----5-----7--------------7--|
A augmentedA|--------5----5-----7-----------------|
E MajorE|-------------3-----5-----------------|


🎸 Bridge:

(guitar, just before Freddie says okay)

e|------|
BB|---3--|
G+G|--2---|
D MajorD|------|
A augmentedA|------|
E MajorE|------|


🎸 Verse 3:

guitar:

e|----5------------9----5--------------7-------------------5-------------------|
BB|---------7---5-----5--------5-------------8-----8----------------------------|
G+G|-7-----7---7--------------7---7---7-----7-----7---7----6-------6h7--6--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3


🎸 Verse 4:

e|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
BB|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
G+G|--4----------6----------4----------6----------4---------6--|
D MajorD|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
A augmentedA|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
E MajorE|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|


e|-------------3-----5-----------------|
BB|----7--------3-----5-----------------|
G+G|------7------4-----6-----------7-----|
D MajorD|--7----7-----5-----7--------------7--|
A augmentedA|--------5----5-----7-----------------|
E MajorE|-------------3-----5-----------------|



🎸 Verse 5:

e|-----3--------3------3-------3-----|
BB|------0--------1------0-------1----|
G+G|-------0--------0------0-------0---|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------3---------------3--------|
E MajorE|-3----------------3----------------|


e|-----------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-5-------7-------3-----5-----3-------7|
A augmentedA|-------7p5--7-------3-----5-----3-------7|
E MajorE|------------5-------1-----3-----1-------5|


🎸 Verse 6:


e|------------------|
BB|------------------|
G+G|--7---------------|
D MajorD|----7-------------|
A augmentedA|----5------5---7--|
E MajorE|-----------3---5--| x 2


e|-----------------------|
BB|-----------------------|
G+G|--7-------7--------7---|
D MajorD|----7------7--------7--|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------| x 3


🎸 Verse 7:

e|----------------------|
BB|--7-------7-------7---|
G+G|---7-------7-------7--|
D MajorD|----------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------| (continued in background) x 3


(also,)


e|---3---5---5--|
BB|---3---5---7--|
G+G|---4---6---7--|
D MajorD|---5---7---7--|
A augmentedA|---5---7---5--|
E MajorE|---3---5---5--| x 4



e|---3-----5-------5-----3--5--|
BB|---3-----5-------7-----3--5--|
G+G|---4-----6-------7-----4--6--|
D MajorD|---5-----7-------7-----5--7--|
A augmentedA|---5-----7-------5-----5--7--|
E MajorE|---3-----5-------5-----3--5--|


🎸 Outro:

(guitar)


e|----------------------|
BB|--7-------7-------7---|
G+G|---7-------7-------7--|
D MajorD|----------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------| (continued in background) x 3


(piano)

e|--7--------|
BB|----7------|
G+G|--9---7-9--|
D MajorD|-----------|
A augmentedA|-----------|
E MajorE|-----------|



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(x)- Dead note

(h)- Hammer on

(p)- pull off

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