From: AWDP@ib.rl.ac.uk
Subject: BASS TAB + CHORDS: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Well... I've been taking so much tablature and information from this newsgroup
that I thought I'd better repay the favour. I hope this bass transcription is o
f some use to at least somebody in the world and I guess some guitarists may be
able to use the names of the chords given. If this is of any use to you, please
post a reply either to the newsgroup as an article or E-Mail me personally, I
really would appreciate any sensible comments. Also, if antbody else wants some
more Queen transcriptions, I may be able to help. Look forward to hearing from
people,
Cheers!
Alex Petrie. awdp@ib.rl.ac.uk
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (Words and Music By F. Mercury) 1975
Is this the real life etc..
Bb6 C7 F7 Bb Gm7 Bb7 Eb Ab/Eb Eb Cm7 F7
---------------------------|-----|----|----|----|----|------------|----|----|
---------------------------|-----|----|----|----|----|------------|----|----|
---------------------------|-----|----|----|----|----|------------|----|----|
---------------------------|-----|----|----|----|----|------------|----|----|
Easy come... Doesn't really matter to me, to__
Cb Bb A Bb Cb Bb A Bb Eb Bb/D Edim/Db F7/C
-----------|------------|---------|-------------------------|------------------
-----------|------------|---------|-------------------------|------------------
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me. Ma-ma just killed a man, put a gun against.. pulled my
Bb6 Gmadd9 Cmadd9
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------|-----|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
------|-----|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
6-----|6----|6--------------|3----------------------|8------------------------|
trigger, now he's dead. Ma-ma Life had just begun but
Cm F7 _-_ ..sl.. Bb6 Gmadd9
-------------------10---10------3-|-------------------|----------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
8---------------------------------|6------------------|3---------------------|
now I've gone and thrown it all a-way Ma-ma, oooh,
Cm Cm/B Eb/Bb Am7dim5 Abmaj7 Eb/G Eb Bb/D
-------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------------|-1----------------0-|
3------------------2--------1--|--0---------------------|--------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------4------3-|--------------------|
didn't mean to make you cry if I'm not back a-gain this
Cmadd9 Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5
Cm/B Eb/Bb Am7dim5 Abmaj7 Eb/Gb Eb Bd/D Cmadd9
---------------|----------------------|------------------|--------------------|
---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------..--|
-----2-------1-|-5----------4------3--|6-------------5---|-3------------3.sl.1|
---------------|----------------------|------------------|--------------------|
I don't wanna die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5 Bb Bb7
------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
-3----------2-----1------0----|-------------------------------------------|
------------------------------|-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1---1----1--1-1---1--|
------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Eb Bb/D Cmadd9 Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5 Bb Bb7
-----------|--------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------|--------|--3----2------1----0-----|-------------..---8--8-8-------|
6----5---5-|-3------|-------------------------|-1--1-1-1--1.sl.6----------8---|
-----------|--------|-------------------------|-----------------------------6-|
Eb Bb/D Cmadd9 Fm Fm/E Ab/Eb Dm7dim5
------------------------|------------------5---|-----------------------|
------------------------|----------__----5---5-|3-----2-----1-----0----|
6---6---6-6-5--5-5-5--5-|3----3--3- -3--------|-----------------------|
------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
I see.. of a man scara-mouche, scara-mouche
Db Db/C Db/Cb Dm7dim5 A D/A A D#dim/A A D A D
-------------------------|----|--------------------------|---------------------
-------------------------|-.--|--------------------------|---------------------
4----4--3----2-----1-----|-0--|--------------------------|---------------------
-------------------------|----|--------------------------|---------------------
will you do the fan-dan-go? Thunderbolt and Light'ning very very fright'ning
A D#dim/A A D/A A Db/Ab Ab C/G E7
---------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
---------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
---------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
---------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
me. Ga-li-le-o Ga-li-le-o, Ga-li-le-o Fi-ga-ro Magnifi -co oh oh
A NC Ga-li-le-o Cm7 (Harmo-
--------------------|----------|---------------------|------------|------------
--------------------|----------|---------------------|------------|------------
--------------------|----------|---------------------|------------|------------
--------------------|----------|---------------------|------------|------------
oh oh I'm just a poor boy, no - body loves me He's just a poor boy from a
nies) Cb Bb A Bb Cb Bb A Bb Ab/Eb Eb Adim/Eb Eb Ab/Eb
-----|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------
-----|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------
-----|--------------------|-------------------|6------6---6---6-----6-|--6---6-
-----|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------
poor fa-m-i -ly spare him his life from this mon- stro -si-ty
Eb Adim/Eb Eb Ab Eb/G F7 Bb Ab Eb/G
-----------------|------------------------------|------------------|
-----------------|-6-----6----6----5-5--6----5--|------------------|
6-------6------6-|------------------------------|-8--6--5----------|
-----------------|------------------------------|------------8--6--|
Easy Come, easy go will you let me go? Bis-
Adim/Gb Bb7sus4 Cb Bb A Bb Cb Bb A NC
---------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
---------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
---------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
---------------|--------------------|------------------------6--|
mil - lah. No we will not let you go.Let him go Bis - mil -ah. We
Eb Bb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb/B7 Bb Eb
--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|
6-----------6-------|-------------------------------|--------6-----------|
--------6-----------|-------------------------------|--6----------6------|
Will not let you go Let him go. Bis - mil - lah. We will not let you go
Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb/Bb Bb Eb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb/Bb Bb
----------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------|--------6---------|-------------------------
----------------------------------|--6-----------6---|-------------------------
Let me go never, never,never, let me go oh, oh, oh, oh, no no no no
Bb (Never) Bb Bb/Eb Bb7 Eb/Bb Bb F#7 (Harmonies) Bm A D Db7
---------|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------|
---------|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------|
---------|---------------------------|-------------------|--------5---4--|
---------|---------------------------|-------------------|7---5----------|
no no no. Oh ma-ma mia, ma-ma mia Ma-ma mi-a let me go. Be -
Gb Bb Eb NC Eb Ab Eb Bb7/D Cm Bb
---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
4--------------------|--------------------|6-------------------------|
--------6------------|---------------6--6-|--6-----5-----------------|
----6----------------|--------------------|-------------8---6--------|
el- ze-bub has a Devil put a-side for me_____ for me________ for
Eb Ab D7 Gm Bb7
------------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|
------------------|-------------5----5--|----------------|----------------|
6----6--6----4----|-5-5---5---5---------|----------------|----------------|
------------------|---------------------|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
me__________
|T.S| Eb
--------------------|---|-------------|----------------|---------------|
--------------------|12-|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|-tri|-tri-|-tri-|--|8--|-6--------5-6|-6----------5-6-|-6---------5-6-|
6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---|---3-4-6-8---|---3-4--6-8-----|---3-4-6-8-----|
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye._______
F Bb Eb
-------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
-------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
8------------|---------------------|-------6----6--6--6-6-|-------------------|
--5-6-8-10-8-|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6-6|-6--6----6------------|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
T.S Db T.S. Bb Eb Ab Gm
|---|--------|---|--------------------|-------------------------|------------|
|-6-|--------|12-|--------------------|-------------------------|------------|
|-8-|---4--4-|-8-|--------------------|------------6--6-6-6-----|------------|
|---|-6------|---|--6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6|-6--6-6-6----------------|-4-4-4--4--3|
Oh______________ Ba - by, Can't do this to me ba - by
F Bb F Bb
------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
------------------|1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|-------------------|1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|
1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1|-------------------|1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|-------------------|
Just gotta get out, Just gotta get right out of here
F Bb F Bb Eb
-------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
-------------------1---1--1--1-|---------------1---1--1--1-|6-----------5--6-|
1---1--1--1--1-----------------|1---1--1--1----------------|--3-4-6-8-6------|
F Gb Ab
---------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
---------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
6--------------|-8---------------7--8-|-9--11--13-11--13--15--13--15--16-|
--3--4--6--8--6|----5--6--8--10-------|----------------------------------|
Cb7 Ab7 Bb7 rit. T.S Eb Bb7/D Cm G7/B Cm
-----|------|------|-------|---|-----8----------7---|-------5-----------|
-----|------|------|-------|-4-|----8-8-------------|-------------------|
14---|-11---|--13--|-------|-4-|-6------6-5--5----5-|-3--3-----2-----3--|
-----|------|------|-------|---|--------------------|-------------------|
Nothing really mat-
G7/B Cm Bb Eb D Gm Ab Eb Cm
------------------------|------7---------|----------------|--------------------
-----------8-6-5--------|----7---7----5--|-6--6-----------|--------------------
2------3---------8--6---|-5--------5-----|--------6---6-5-|-3------------------
------------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------
-ters anyone can see nothing really matters, nothing really matters to
Gm Cm Gm Cm Abm Bb11
-------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
-------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
-------|3-----------------|3----------------------|---------------------------|
-3-----|-----------3------|---------------4-------|---------------------------|
me......
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Adim/Eb Bb/D Bbmin/Dd C C7b9 C7 F
-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|---------|
-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|---------|
-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|---------|
-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|---------|
Any - way the wind blows
Bb/F F Ddim/F C7sus4 F
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Transcribed by Alex Petrie awdp@ib.rl.ac.uk
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