{t:Under Pressure}
{st:Queen and David Bowie (1981)}
{c:riff: bass line (high G top two, low G bottom two)}
{sot}
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------5-|-------------5-|
C|-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
G|-------------2-|-------------2-|
{eot}
{c:riff: piano chords}
{sot}
A|-----|
E|-3-5-|
C|-2-2-|
G|-----|
{eot}
{c:intro: bassline with piano chords (x2)}
[D]Um boom ba bay
[A]Um boom ba bay
[G]Um Um boom ba bay bay
[A]/ / / /
{c:verse 1, strum: | d---D-u---u-D-u- |}
[D]Pressure, pushing [A]down on me,
Pressing [G]down on you, no man ask [A]for.
Under [D]pressure, that burns a [A]building down,
Splits a [G]family in two, puts [A]people on streets.
[D]Um ba ba bay, [A]um ba ba bay,
Dee [G]day duh, ee day duh [A]/ / /
{c:strum: | d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d- |}
{soc}
It's the [G]terror of knowing, what this [A]world is about
[G]Watching some good friends screaming, "[A]Let me out!"
Pray to-[G]morrow gets me [A]higher
[D]Pressure on people, people [G]↓on the [A]↓streets.
{eoc}
{c:bassline x2}
{c:verse 2}
[D]Chippin' around, [A]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
{c:strum: | d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d- |}
{soc}
It's the [G]terror of knowing, what this [A]world is about
[G]Watching some good friends screaming, "[A]Let me out!"
Pray to-[G]morrow gets me [A]higher
[D]Pressure on people, people [G]↓on the [A]↓streets.
{eoc}
{c:bridge - slow strums then eighths}
Turned a-[G]↓way from it all, like a [C]↓blind man
[G]↓Sat on a fence, but it [C]↓don't work
Keep [G]coming up with love, but it's so [C]slashed and torn
{c:Freddy Mercury}
Whyyyy? [F]/ / / / [G]/ / / / [F]/ / / / [G]/ / / / [F]/ / / /
{c:David Bowie | d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d- |}
[A]Love love love love love love love!
[A]Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking.
{c:Freddy Mercury}
Can't we [D]give ourselves one more [G]chance? [A]
Why can't we [D]give love that one more [G]chance? [A]
Why can't we [D]give love, give love, [G]give love, give love
[D]give love, give love, [A]give love, give love
{c:David Bowie}
'Cause [G]love's such an [A]old fashioned [D]word and love
[A]Dares you to [G]care for the [A]people on the
[D]Edge of the [A]night and love [G]dares you to [A]change our way of
[G]caring a-[A]bout ourselves
[G]This is our [A]last dance
[G]This is our [A]last dance
[D]This is [A]our-[G]↓selves [A]↓
{c:bassline x3}
Under pressure,
Under pressure,
Pressure
{c:finger snaps to fade}
