Queen - Keep Yourself Alive

      "Keep Yourself Alive" (Brian May)
 From "Queen" (1973)

[Intro]

F | A   |C D| G C |F5|

[Verse 1]

       F                                Bb            F
I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way,
            F           F/A             Bb          F
"Mind you grow a little wiser, little better every day",
            C                            Db
But if I crossed a million rivers and I rode a million miles,
          Ab                                  C
Then I'd still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile...

[Verse 2]

        F                           Bb            F
Well I sold a million mirrors in a shop in Alley Way
        F          F/A           Bb        F
But I never saw my face in any window any day.
          C                              Db
Now they say your folks are telling you "be a superstar",
       Ab                             A5
But I tell you just be satisfied and stay right where you are!

[Chorus]

 D                 G
Keep yourself alive (yeah)
 D             A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)
       D       D/C#      Bm       G
It'll take you all your time and money
  A5           D
Honey you'll survive.


[Break]

| A   | C D | F5  |


[Verse 3]

           F                          Bb          F
Well I've loved a million women in a belladonnic haze
       F              F/A              Bb             F
And I ate a million dinners brought to me on silver trays.
        C                             Db
Give me everything I need to feed my body and my soul,
          Ab                          C
And I'll grow a little bigger, maybe that can be my goal?

[Verse 4]

       F                               Bb           F
I was told a million times of all the people in my way,
        F                             Bb           F
How I "had to keep on trying and get better every day!",
           C                              Db
But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles,
          Ab                        A5
Then I'd still be where I started, same as when I started...

[Chorus]

 D                 G
Keep yourself alive (come on)
 D             A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)
       D       D/C#      Bm       G
It'll take you all your time and money
  A5           D
Honey you'll survive. (shake!...ow!)

[Solo]

| F  Bb | F C |
|F F/E Dm Bb | C F | x2

[Chorus]

D                 G
Keep yourself alive (wow)
 D              A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)
       D       D/C#      Bm       G
It'll take you all your time and money
     A      D         E5
to keep me satisfied.

[Bridge] *

N.C.
Do you think you're better every day?
N.C.
No, I just think I'm two steps
                  A
nearer to my grave

[Chorus]

 D                 G
Keep yourself alive (come on)
 D             A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)
 D        D/C#      Bm       G
take your time and take my money,
  A5           D
Honey you'll survive.

 F                 Bb
Keep yourself alive (come on)
 F              C
Keep yourself alive
 F  F/E Dm Bb
All you people,
  C             F
Keep yourself alive!

  D                G
Keep yourself alive (come on}
  D            A5
Keep yourself alive
       D       D/C#      Bm         G
It'll take you all your time and a money
     A5          D
To keep me satisfied.

  B                E
Keep yourself alive,
  B             F#
Keep yourself alive.
 B  B/A#  G#m E
All you  people
 F#             B
Keep yourself alive

[Outro]

 B
Take you all your
 B
time and money,honey
 B
You will survive
 B
Keep you satisfied
 B
Keep yourself alive....


* At end of bridge, bass and
guitar climb scale once from E
to A above E octave.