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The Show Must Go On

Queen
Bass Tab
★4.7(16)

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Tab1

Bass1

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

Intro

G|----|----16p14-|12-----|(12)---|----|----|
D|-R--|----------|-------|-------|-R--|-R--|
A|----|----------|-------|-------|----|----|
E|----|----------|-------|-------|----|----|

Verse

Empty.......spaces

G|---------|--------|------19-18-16----|-------------------12/14/12-----------|
D|---------|--------|---------------19-|-17----12-------12----------12--------|
A|---------|-2------|------------------|----------10--------------------10--9-|
E|---------|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|------9/s11s\9-----|---------11-----11-|------|
D|----9----------9---|------11-----11----|------|
A|-7---------------7-|-9-----------------|-7----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|------|

Another hero,

G|-----------|-------|--------------|-12-------11-|
D|-----------|-9-----|-----------12-|-------------|
A|---------9-|-------|-10-----------|-------------|
E|-7---------|-------|--------------|-------------|
G|-9------9-------|--------11-------|----------------|
D|----------9-----|-----11------11--|-------------7/-|
A|------------7-8-|-9-------------9-|7--7-7-7-7-9----|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

Chorus

G|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
A|-2---2-2--|-2---2-2--0-|----------|--------------|
E|----------|------------|-3---3-3--|-3---3-3---32-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------9-----|------------------|-----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----9-----9-|------------------|-9/--|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-7-----------|-----------------9|-----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-----|

Verse

Whatever....happens

G|---------|---------------|------------/6---|-------2-----|-----------------|
D|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-|-----------------|
A|---------|-4---4-4-4-4-4-|-4-------4----74-|-0-----------|-0-----0-0-0-----|
E|---------|---------------|-------4---------|-------------|-------------4-4-|
G|---------------|----------------|------------|
D|-----------4---|--------6---6---|------------|
A|-------------4-|------6------64-|------------|
E|-2----2-2------|-4--------------|-2---2-2--2-|

I guess I'm... (I'm learning... I'm learning...) (Turning.. turning..)

G|---------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------|-4----4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|---------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-4-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-4-----------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|

Chorus

G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---2h4-2-0-------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|--5----------2-0-----------0-|
A|-2---2-2-----22-|-2-4-5-4-2----0-|-----------------|-----------------2-0---0-2---|
E|----------------|----------------|-3---3-3-3----33-|---------------------3-------|
G|---------------|-----------------|------------|------------------|
D|-2-------------|----------4---44-|-222--2-----|------------------|
A|----2----------|--------4--------|--------2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22-|
E|------0-----00-|-2-222-----------|----------0-|------------------|

Guitar Solo

G|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------4-4-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
A|-2-2-4-4-5-5----5-5-4-4-2-2-0-0-|---------------5-|-----------------|
E|--------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|
G|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0---0-|

Refrain

G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------3---3-3-|-2-----------2-0-|
A|---------------|----------0----|-----------------|---------0-------|
E|-1---111---1-1-|-0-0-0-0-----3-|-1-1-1-1---------|---0-0-0---------|

I can fly

G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|-444-4-4-4-4-4-4--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
E|------------5-5-5-|------------------|

Chorus

G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-222-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-222-2-2-2-2-2--20-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|------------------|-----------222--20---|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--------|
A|------------------|------225---------20-|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-22-|-0-0-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------0-0-0-0|
G|-----------------|-42-2-4---2-----42-2-4---2---|---------------|
D|-----------------|---4--------4-----4--------5-|---------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3-|

Ooooh...I'll top the bill.. I have to find the will to...

G|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|---------222--2--2--|-----------------|
A|------------------|--------2---------2-|-----------------|
E|-3-333-333-332-22-|-0-0-0--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

(1st drum roll) (2nd drum roll)

(On, with the..On, with the..) SHOW!!!! (Show must go...

G|-----------------|--------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|----------|
D|-----------------|--------------|------------------|-R--------|
A|---------------2/|-7------------|------------------|----------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0---0---|--------------|------------------|----------|

on...)

G|----|-----|-----|-----||
D|----|-----|-----|-----||
A|--2-|-(2)-|-(2)-|-(2)-||
E|----|-----|-----|-----||

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| (n) Ghost note

| p Pull-off

| R Rest

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