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Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

      
Words and music by John Deacon
Transcribed by Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de)
About the sounds and other Info's:
Guitar 1: Fat tube-distortion plays fills
Guitar 2: The same as guitar 1
Guitar 3: Clean funk sound, rhythm guitar
Guitar 4: With a little bit of overdrive, a very dry sound. Plays the
same as the bass line and is palm muted throughout!
"." means "staccato"
x=muffled strings
On the record, all guitars are tuned one semitone up to F, Live it's
played like here in Em.
Often used riff(Git.4)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|=Riff 1 ----------------|----5--7--------| 7---7---7------7|7-7---7---------| ----------------|----------------|

4/4(Tempo:110)
After four bars only bass and drum:
Gtr.4: Riff 1: Play (5x)
Riff 3 End Riff 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ---------5------|----------------|---------5------|----------------|Riff 1 3-3--3-45-------|3-3--3-45-------|3-3--3-45-------|----------------|three times ------------3---|------------3---|------------3---|5-5--5-67-------|

. . . . . . . .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
----------------|----------------|-------------- gtr.2----------------|----------------|-------------- ----------------|----------------|-------------- ----------------|----------------|2------------- ----------------|------------5---|2------------- ----------------|------------3---|0------------- ----------------|--------2-------| gtr.3----------------|--------5-------| ----------------|--------2-------| ----------------|--------4-------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| gtr.4----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|RIFF 1 four times..... -----9987-7-7---|-----------5----| 9---------------|9---------------| ----------------|----------------|

. . . . .
Riff 2 end
Riff 2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
+
77-x77xx77x7-7-x|7-7-7-78-x5x450x|7xxx7xxx7xx7-7xx|7-7-7-78-x5x45-- gtr.3 88-x88xx88x8-8-x|8-8-8-8x-x5x45-x|8xxx8xxx8xx8-8xx|8-8-8-810x5x45-- 99-x99xx99x9-9-x|9-9-9-99-x5x45-x|9xxx9xxx9xx9-9xx|9-9-9-99-x5x45-- 99-x99xx99x9-9-x|9-9-9-97-x7x67-x|9xxx9xxx9xx9-9xx|9-9-9-97-x7x67-- 77-x77xx77x7-7-x|7-7-7-7--------x|7xxx7xxx7xx7-7xx|7-7-7----------- ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

. . . . . . . . .
Gtr.4 Riff 3......
1:22
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|---------------- ----------------|---------------- ----------------|----------------(Guitars 1 + 2!) ----------------|---------------- -------------5--|---------------- -------------3--|0---------------

.
Five bars tacet......
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|---------------- ----------------|----------------|---------------- gtr.1 ----------------|----------------|---------------- --------7-7-7---|----------------|2--------------- 9-------7-7-7---|------------5---|2--------------- 9---------------|------------3---|0--------------- ----------------|--------5-------|---------------- ----------------|--------5-------|---------------- gtr.2 ----------------|--------4-------|---------------- --------7-------|--------4-------|---------------- 9----999--------|----------------|---------------- ----------9-9---|----------------|---------------- P.m------ ----------------|----------------|---------------- ----------------|--------2-------|---------------- gtr.4 ----------------|--------2-------|---------------- -----9-87-7-7---|--------2-------|---------------- 9---------------|--------0-------|---------------- ----------------|----------------|----------------

. . . .
From 1:40 to 2:28 Interlude,
At 2:28 gtr.4 with Riff 1 four times and riff 3(one time)
At 2:37 gtr.3 with Riff 2
2:53
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|---------------- ----------------|---------------- gtr.1 ----------------|---------------- and 2 ----------------|2--------------- -------------5--|2--------------- -------------3--|0---------------

four bars tacet.....
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- gtr.1 ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ----------------|----------------|------------5---|---------------- ----------------|4-------7-7-7---|------------5---|7--------------- ----------------|2-------5-5-5---|----------------|----------------

.
----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- gtr.2 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|--------7-7-7---|----------------|2--------------- ----------------|-------97-7-7---|------------5---|2--------------- --------------9-|2---------------|------------3---|0---------------

.
|77xx77xx77xx77xx
|88xx88xx88xx88xx
gtr.3 |99xx99xx99xx99xx
|99xx99xx99xx99xx
|77xx77xx77xx77xx
|----------------

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
7-7-7-75-x5-45--|77xx77xx77x7-7xx|7-7-7-75-55545-- 8-8-8-85-x5-45--|88xx88xx88x8-8xx|8-8-8-85-55545-- (GTR:3)9-9-9-95-x5-45--|99xx99xx99x9-9xx|9-9-9-95-55545-- 9-9-9-97-x7-67--|99xx99xx99x9-9xx|9-9-9-97-77767-- 7-7-7-7---------|77xx77xx77x7-7xx|7-7-7-7--------- ----------------|----------------|----------------

Five bars tacet,then end!

Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queen/another_one_bites_the_dust_tab.html

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