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Queen
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★4.8(8)

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

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Queen - Play the game guitar tab

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Duration Legend

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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

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h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

- natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

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| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

Gtr I (E A D G B e) - 'Bryan May - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr II (E A D G B e) - 'Bryan May - Lead w/dist'

Gtr III (E A D G B e) - 'Bryan May - Solo w/dist'

0:50

Gtrs I, II

Q=78

Bb C B Bb A Ab G Ab F Bb C

2/4 4/4

H. Q H H Q Q H H H Q Q W

||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-----3-|-5------|------------|--------------------------|-----3--|--5--||
||-----1-|-3--2~--|--1---------|--------------------------|--3--1--|--3--||
||-------|--------|-----5--4~--|---3-----------------4\---|--1-----|-----||

| Gtr III

| |---3---|

| W W H +E Q. +Q S S S S S H +H W

||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|-------16b==|=====-16-15-13----13------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|---------------15----15b==|========|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||

1:38

Gtrs I, II

Bb C B Bb A G C F

H. Q H H Q Q Q Q Q H.

||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||---3-|--5-----|-----------5\-|--------||
||---1-|--3--2--|--1--------3\-|--3-----||
||-----|--------|-----5--3-----|--1-----||

2:05

Gtrs I, II

Ab Bb C C B C C B C C B C C B Bb

H Q Q S S E S S E S S E S S E W

||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------6--8--|------------------------------|--8--|
||------4--6--|--8-8-7--8-8-7--8-8-7--8-8-7--|--6--|

A A Ab A A Ab A A Ab A B C A Ab

S S E S S E S S E E E E E W

|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|--6--||
|--5-5-4--5-5-4--5-5-4--5--7--8--5--|--4--||

Gtrs I, II

C

W W W W

||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||--10-----|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||--8------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|

| Gtr III

|

| H H E E E S S E Q S S Q Q Q +S E S Q Q H

||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|--6--8--6--8h0-------------|-----8b-8~~-------|-----13b--13r--|
||-----7b~~|---------------7b-7~~------|-------------7b-7-|--5~-----------|
||--5~-----|-----------------------7-6-|--5~--------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|

|

| 2/4

| Q E.+T T S E. +S E. +E S S S S S S H Q Q

|-------------------------15b-|----15-12-----------------|-------|
|--15b--15r--13-15------------|----------15b=r-13--------|-------|
|------------------12~~-------|-------------------14-15~~|-(15)\-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|

4/4

Ab Bb C

H H W

|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|--6---------8--------------------------------|--10--------------|
|--4---------6--------------------------------|--8---------------|

|

| |--3---| |--3---|

| Q E. S S +S +S S T T T T S S S S S S +Q. H

|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------13p12h13p12p11h12-10-|--10p9------------|
|--------10-12b===r--10-----------------------|--------10-(10)---|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|

W W W W

|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|

|

|

| W H E E +S S +T T S Q. E H H S E. S S S S

|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-----|--------7b==r--7b==r--5---|--5~~------|------12b=r-9-------|
|-----|------------------------7-|-----------|--------------12----|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|-----------------12-|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|

W 2/4 W

|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|

| |-bend-a-semitone-|

| Q +E S S +Q E E 2/4 E T +T S T T T T T T T T

|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------15~---15b-15-|--15b-15br-13--15h16p15p13h15p13----13---|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------15------|
|--10~~\----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|

4/4 W W W

|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|

|

| |----3---|

|4/4 H Q S E. +H E E E S S E +H. E S S

|------------------13b~|-----(13)-13-12-----------|---------------|
|----------------------|----------------15-13-----|---------17----|
|-----15b~~------------|----------------------12~~|-----5s19------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|

W W W

|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

|

|

| Q Q Q. S S S S Q. Q. S S E S S S E E E E +S S S

|---------------20-20-|-20-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------20b=======|====22-20b~~-21-21p20-|---------5---------------|
|--19b~~--------------|----------------------|-----------7b-7-7b=r-5s4-|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------5-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-3-5s7-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

W W

|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||

|

|

| Q Q H 2/4 +W

|-------------|--------||
|-----8~~-6~~-|-~~~~---||
|--5~~--------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||

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