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/ Queen / Innuendo (1991) / I Can't Live With You guitar tab

Queen - I Can't Live With You
Innuendo
1991

A 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           E    (079997)
\ - slide down         A    (x02220) or (577655)
h - hammer-on          Am   (x02210) or (577555)
p - pull-off           B    (x24442) or (799877)
b - bend string        C    (x35553)
r - release            G    (355433)
~ - vibrato            D    (x57775)
                       F#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----2/3/4------|
A----4----2/3/4----2/3/4------|
E----2----0/1/2----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...)
D-7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7--|
A-7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7--|
E-5-----------3/4/5-----------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    A     B
Riff 1    A     B
D    A 
Riff 1  (2x)

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

[PRE-CHORUS] at 0:47
 C - G | C - G | C - G | D    (2x)
Love is say-ing  ba-by...
C - G | C  -  G | C - G | D - A | D - A | D - A
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
C - G | C - G | C - G | D       (2x)
Hold on baby...
 C - G  | C  -  G | C - G | D - A | D - A | D - A | B
Passions screaming  hotter...            ...gotta   do...

[BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I'm not sure about this part...)
E    A    
Am   G
B    A    F#m7   B

[SOLO] at 2:18 
 E    A   B    E                 A         B
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------12--10p9---------------------------------|
G---7b9~~~---------------9------------------------------|
D--------------------------9---9b11~~9--7--6------------|
A----------------------------------------------9--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
    E                     A             B
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------11b13r11p9-----9-13b14r13--11----------|
D------------9---------------11-------------------------|
A---7---9h11--------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
    E           D          G          B
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------/12------------|
G---9----9---9--14~~-12p11h12~~-11p9h11-----------------|
D----------9--------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

[CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
     D                 A
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 G string going to the B, the other is from B to E...)

[CHORUS] at 2:50

[OUTRO] at 3:15
Riff 1  A   B  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: halmaig@hotmail.com


Queen albums
1995 Made In Heaven
1991 Innuendo
1989 The Miracle
1986 A Kind Of Magic
1984 The Works
1982 Hot Space
1980 The Game
1978 Jazz
1977 News of the World
1976 A Day At The Races
1975 A Night at the Opera
1974 Queen II
1974 Sheer Heart Attack
1973 Queen
Pre Ordained
Innuendo tabs
01Innuendo tabbass tab
02I'm Going Slightly Mad tabbass tab
03Headlong tabbass tab
04I Can't Live With You tabbass tab
05Don't Try So Hard tabbass tab
06Ride The Wild Wind tabbass tab
08These Are The Days Of Our Lives tabbass tab
09Delilah tabbass tab
10The Hitman tabbass tab
11Bijou tabbass tab
12The Show Must Go On tabbass tab

 

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