Under Pressure Tabs & Lyrics by Queen

Under Pressure

guitar tabs lyrics

Queen

Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
As tabbed by Andrewrocku

This was/still is a great tune and somehow has always reminded me of Christmas. Probably
because of the general message. This theory is obviously not my own because I've heard
it a lot this last year played in Christmas commercials. A brilliant Queen Mercury/Bowie
partnership loaded with hip melody and tons of feeling, this song never received the
noway near exposure and success I feel it deserved. Though it's bass line & hip
clap/snap bottom was stolen by a flash-in-the-pan rapper who had a huge hit with it
... yet denied infringing copyrights claiming his version's bassline included one

"extra" note. I ALWAYS break this one out for the holidays!


[Figure 1] - Bass Line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap (do this
with feet if you do not have four hands)
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
E----10--10--10---10-10-10---5------|

[Figure 2 Played once for INTRO and during VERSE]
D A G A
E------------5-------|---9------------|----7-----------|---5---------------|
B------7-------------|--------10------|---------8------|--------5----------|
G----7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9--|--7---7-----7---|-6---6----7-6-4----|
D--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------7--|
A--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|

D - or Figure 2
Um boom ba bay
A
Um boom ba bay
G
Um Um boom ba bay bay
A

D
Pressure
A
Pushing down on me
G
Pressing down on you
A
No man ask for

D
Under pressure
A
That burns a building down
G
Splits a family in two
A
Puts people on streets

D
Um ba ba bay
A
Um ba ba bay
G
Dee day duh
A
Ee day duh

bridge
G
It's the terror of knowing
A
What this world is about
G
Watching some good friends
A
Screaming let me out!
G A
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
D
Pressure on people
G A
People on streets

[Figure 1 bassline x3]
Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay

D - or Figure 2
Chippin' around
A
I kick my brains round the floor
G
These are the days
A
It never rains but it pours

D
Ee do bay bup
A
Ee do bay ba bup
G
Ee do bup
A
Bay bup

D
People on streets
A
Dee da dee da day
G
People on streets
A
Dee da dee da dee da dee da


G
It's the terror of knowing
A
What this world is about
G
Watching some good friend
A
Scream let me out!

G
Pray tomorrow
A
takes me high high higher


G
Turned away from it all
C
Like the blind man
G C
Sat on a fence but it don't work
G
Keep coming up with love
A
But it's so slashed and torn
C F
Why?
G F
Why?
A
LoveLoveLove!

A
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
D G A
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
D G A
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
D A D A
Why can't we give love give love give love?
G A D A G A
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
G A D
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
A G
And love dares you to care
A D A
For the people on the edge of the night
G A
And love dares you to change our way
D A
Of caring about ourselves

G A
This is our last dance
G A
This is our last chance
D A G
This is ourselves
Under Pressure
[Figure 1 bass line x3]
D A
Under Pressure
D G A D
Pressure