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Keep Yourself Alive

Queen
Tab
4.1(13)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

left guitar

C C# G# C xxx C C# G#

midle guitar fill

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-5h7---5----------------|
A|--------7\6---3-----5\--|
E|----------------5-------|

left and right guitar

D A D C# B G A A D

(guitar fill (two guitars arr. for one))

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--right----left-------------------------------------|
D|-11p9h11p9-7--8--9/12--12---16r14p12---------12-14--|
A|-------------------------------------14---14--------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

(right guitar)

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1----------------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2/10---11--b12vv-10\7--5--6--7---9b10-9v---7--5--|
D|-3----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|-1----------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5--6--7-7-9b10---7-------------|
D|--------7-----------7-----------------------10-8-7-5-3--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

(left guitar I)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13---15-16-17vvv-15b18--15-13--15-----------------13b15---13-11-10--------|
G|------------------------------------14p12-14p12-10------------------12b14--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14r12p10----10----12b14--b14--b14r12p10----10---12b14--b14-b14-14r12p10----|
D|----------12-----------------------------12------------------------------12-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------13-------13-------13-------13---------------------------|
G|-12b14--12-----12b14----12b14----12b14----12b14-----14r12p10--------------10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------12p10--10h12----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(left guitar II)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3p2p0h2h3p2p0h2----10---11-12-b13---13r11_p10----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------10-10-9-9-7----12b14--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-10--------------------10--10--10--10----10------10--10--10----10----9---|
D|-------12-10---8--8--7-------------------12--------------------12----12-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-10--9--7--10--7-------------|
D|----------------10-8-7-5-3---|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

(left and right guitar)

(D (G) D A D F# B G A A E)

(right guitar)

e|-----------------|
B|-------14b15-14--|
G|-------14b16-14--|
D|-----------------|
A|-0---0-----------|
E|-----------------|

(right guitar)

e|----------------------------14-15-16-b17vv--|
B|----------------14-15-16-17-----------------|
G|-------13-14-16-----------------------------|
D|-14-16--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

(left guitar)

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------12-13-b14vv--|
G|-------------------11-12-13-14--------------|
D|----------11-12-14--------------------------|
A|-11-12-14-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

(midle guitar)

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------14-15-16-b17vv--|
G|----------------13-14-15-16-----------------|
D|----------14-16-----------------------------|
A|-14-16-17-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

(right guitar)

D (G) D A D F# B G A A D

(left guitar)

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-7--8--9/12--12---------12---12h14p12----12--|
A|------------------12h14---------------14-----|
E|---------------------------------------------|

(right guitar)

F (A#) F C F A D A# C C

D (G) D A D F# B G A A D

B (E) B F# ... B ...

(left guitar)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9p7--8--9/12--12--14-14b16--14-14b16--14-14b16---b16---14-12b---9--8-9---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------7--------------------------------7-----7-----7-----7--------------------------|
B|------------10p7--10b12--b11v---7-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9b11-------------------------------9b11---b11---b11---b11---11r9p7---9---7--------4--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------9---------9\---4--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| x Dead note

| / Slide up

| > Accented note

| p Pull-off

| r Release

| b Bend

| \ Slide down

| h Hammer-on

| (n) Ghost note

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