Under Pressure tab by Queen

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

(bass riff)

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-0--0--0---0-0-0----|
A|-----------------0--|
E|--------------------| x 14  (before vocals come in)



Or

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-5--5--5---5-5-5-0--|
E|--------------------| x 14




(Piano riff)

e|----------|
B|-15---15--|
G|-12---14--|
D|------12--|
A|----------|
E|----------| (repeated through out the song)




(guitar riff)

(comes in after six repeats of the bass riff)

e|----5------------9----5--------------7-------------------5-------------------|
B|---------7---5-----5--------5-------------8-----8----------------------------|
G|-7-----7---7--------------7---7---7-----7-----7---7----6-------6h7--6--4--2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|





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

   D                A                G                A
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--|
B|-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|-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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


🎸 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|-------|-------------|
B|-------|-------------|
G|-----7-|-------------|
D|-------|-7-----------|
A|-------|-------------|
E|-------|-------------|


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



e|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
B|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
G|--4----------6----------4----------6----------4---------6--|
D|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
A|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
E|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|



e|-------------3-----5-----------------|
B|----7--------3-----5-----------------|
G|------7------4-----6-----------7-----|
D|--7----7-----5-----7--------------7--|
A|--------5----5-----7-----------------|
E|-------------3-----5-----------------|



🎸 Bridge:

(guitar, just before Freddie says okay)

e|------|
B|---3--|
G|--2---|
D|------|
A|------|
E|------|


🎸 Verse 3:

guitar:

e|----5------------9----5--------------7-------------------5-------------------|
B|---------7---5-----5--------5-------------8-----8----------------------------|
G|-7-----7---7--------------7---7---7-----7-----7---7----6-------6h7--6--4--2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3



🎸 Verse 4:

e|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
B|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|
G|--4----------6----------4----------6----------4---------6--|
D|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
A|--5----------7----------5----------7----------5---------7--|
E|--3----------5----------3----------5----------3---------5--|



e|-------------3-----5-----------------|
B|----7--------3-----5-----------------|
G|------7------4-----6-----------7-----|
D|--7----7-----5-----7--------------7--|
A|--------5----5-----7-----------------|
E|-------------3-----5-----------------|




🎸 Verse 5:

e|-----3--------3------3-------3-----|
B|------0--------1------0-------1----|
G|-------0--------0------0-------0---|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|----------3---------------3--------|
E|-3----------------3----------------|



e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--7-5-------7-------3-----5-----3-------7|
A|-------7p5--7-------3-----5-----3-------7|
E|------------5-------1-----3-----1-------5|



🎸 Verse 6:


e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--7---------------|
D|----7-------------|
A|----5------5---7--|
E|-----------3---5--| x 2


e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--7-------7--------7---|
D|----7------7--------7--|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| x 3


🎸 Verse 7:

e|----------------------|
B|--7-------7-------7---|
G|---7-------7-------7--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------| (continued in background) x 3



(also,)



e|---3---5---5--|
B|---3---5---7--|
G|---4---6---7--|
D|---5---7---7--|
A|---5---7---5--|
E|---3---5---5--| x 4




e|---3-----5-------5-----3--5--|
B|---3-----5-------7-----3--5--|
G|---4-----6-------7-----4--6--|
D|---5-----7-------7-----5--7--|
A|---5-----7-------5-----5--7--|
E|---3-----5-------5-----3--5--|


🎸 Outro:

(guitar)


e|----------------------|
B|--7-------7-------7---|
G|---7-------7-------7--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------| (continued in background) x 3


(piano)

e|--7--------|
B|----7------|
G|--9---7-9--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|




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(x)- Dead note

(h)- Hammer on

(p)- pull off

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