Bohemian Rhapsody
Words & Music:
Freddie Mercury
The "Queen" issue
of Guitar Legends not only has a full transcription of this (including
piano parts arranged for guitar), but a detailed article on the intricacies of
playing the guitar parts for this song.
[a capella, but
harmonized with the given chords]
Gm7
C7
Is this real
life? Is this just fantasy?
F7
Bb
Caught in a
landslide, no escape from reality.
Gm [instruments enter here] Bb7
Eb Ab Eb
Open your
eyes----------------, look up to the skies and see.
Cm
F
I'm just a poor
boy, I need no sympathy because itÕs
B Bb A Bb
B
Bb A Bb
Easy come, easy
go, little high, little low.
Eb
Eb/D C#dim7
F7/C
Bb
Anyway the wind
blows, doesn't really matter to me----, to me.
Bb
Gm
Cm
Mama, I just
killed a man, put a gun against his head,
F7
Pulled my trigger,
now he's dead.
Bb
Gm
Cm
B+ Eb/Bb A AbM7 Eb/G
Mama, life had
just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away.
Eb Bb/D Cm
Fm
E+ Ab/Eb Ddim
Mama, ooooooo,
didn't mean to make you cry,
Bb Bb6 Bb7 Eb
If I'm not back
again this time tomorrow,
Bb/D Cm Abm
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ebdim
Ebsus4 Bb
Carry on, carry on
as if nothing really matters.
Too late, my time
has come, send shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time.
Bb
Gm Cm G+5/B
Eb/Bb Adim Abm7 Eb/G
Goodbye everybody,
I've got to go, gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Eb Bb/D Cm Fm
C/E Ab/Eb Ddim Bb Bb6 Bb7 Eb
Mama, oooooo, I
don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
INSTRUMENTAL OVER:
Eb Bb/D Cm Fm C/E Ab/Eb Ddim Bb Bb6 Bb7
Eb Gm/D Cm Fm C/E Ab/Eb Ddim Db Db/C Db/B Db/Bb
A [faster
tempo, this is the staccato Òoperatic sectionÓ]
D/A A Adim A D/A
A Adim
I------ see a
little-- silhouetto of a man.
A D/A A D/A A Adim A D/A A
Scarmouche! Scarmouche! Will you do the fandango?
C# G#/C C/E E/G# A
Thunderbolt of
lightning, very, very frightening me!
N.C.
Galileo! (Galileo!) Galileo! (Galileo!)
Galileo! Figaro! Mangnifico! Oh, oh, oh!
B Bb A Bb B Bb A Bb
I'm just a poor
boy nobody loves me.
Ab/Eb Eb Eb¡
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Eb¡ Eb
He's-- just a poor
boy, from a-- poor family!
Ab Eb/G
F7
Bb Ab/Eb Eb Cdim Bb7sus4b9
Spare him his life
from this monstrosity
B Bb A Bb B Bb Bbdim
Easy come, easy
go, will you let me go?
Bb5 Eb Bb5
Eb Bb Bb+ Bb7 Bb+
Bb
Bis---mil---lah! No! We will not let you go! (Let him go!)
Bb5 Eb Bb5
Eb Bb Bb+ Bb7 Bb+
Bb
Bis---mil---lah! No! We will not let you go! (Let him go!)
Bb5 Eb Bb5
Eb Bb Bb+ Bb7 Bb+
Bb
Bis---mil---lah! No! We will not let you go! (Let him go!)
Bb Bb+ Bb7 Bb+ Bb
Bb+ Bb7 Bb+ Bb
F#7
Will not let you
go! Let me go! Will not let you go! Let me go! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Bm A5 D
Db Gb Bb5 Eb5 N.C.
Eb
Ab Eb Bb
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! Oh, Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia, let me go!
Bb Eb Ab
D7 Gm
Bb
Bb5
Bb Bb7
Beelzebub has a
devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
[even faster
tempo for the ÒWayneÕs World head banging sectionÓ]
Eb [3 measures] F7 [1 measure]
Bb7
Eb/Bb Bb
Eb Bb Db
So, you think you
can stone me and spit in my eye.
So, you think you
can love me and leave me to die.
Fm Bb Fm
Bb
Oh, baby, can't do
this to me, baby.
Fm7
Bb Fm7
Bb
Eb
Bb7
Just gotta get
out, just gotta get right out of here.
Eb [3 measures] F7 [1 measure]
[segue to the
first section reprise, slowly]
Eb Bb/D Cm G Cm G7 Cm Bb7 Eb D Gm Ab Eb
Cm
Gm Cm Gm
Nothing really
matters, anyone can see.
Cm
AbM Ab/Bb Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Nothing really
matters, nothing really matters to me
Ebdim
Bb/D DbM13 C Dbdim7 C F
Bb F
Fdim C7sus4 F
Anyway the wind
blowsÉ