Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie As tabbed by Andrewrocku This was/still is a great tune and somehow has always reminded me of Christmas. Probably because of the general message. This theory is obviously not my own because I've heard it a lot this last year played in Christmas commercials. A brilliant Queen Mercury/Bowie partnership loaded with hip melody and tons of feeling, this song never received the noway near exposure and success I feel it deserved. Though it's bass line & hip clap/snap bottom was stolen by a flash-in-the-pan rapper who had a huge hit with it ... yet denied infringing copyrights claiming his version's bassline included one "extra" note. I ALWAYS break this one out for the holidays! (Figure 1) - Bass Line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap (do this with feet if you do not have four hands)
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(Figure 2 Played once for INTRO and during VERSE) D A G A
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G----7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9--|--7---7-----7---|-6---6----7-6-4----|
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D - or Figure 2 Um boom ba bay A Um boom ba bay G Um Um boom ba bay bay A D Pressure A Pushing down on me G Pressing down on you A No man ask for D Under pressure A That burns a building down G Splits a family in two A Puts people on streets D Um ba ba bay A Um ba ba bay G Dee day duh A Ee day duh bridge G It's the terror of knowing A What this world is about G Watching some good friends A Screaming let me out! G A Pray tomorrow takes me higher D Pressure on people G A People on streets (Figure 1 bassline x3) Day day day da da dup bup bup Okay D - or Figure 2 Chippin' around A I kick my brains round the floor G These are the days A It never rains but it pours D Ee do bay bup A Ee do bay ba bup G Ee do bup A Bay bup D People on streets A Dee da dee da day G People on streets A Dee da dee da dee da dee da G It's the terror of knowing A What this world is about G Watching some good friend A Scream let me out! G Pray tomorrow A takes me high high higher G Turned away from it all C Like the blind man G C Sat on a fence but it don't work G Keep coming up with love A But it's so slashed and torn C F Why? G F Why? A LoveLoveLove! A Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking D G A Can't we give ourselves one more chance? D G A Why can't we give love that one more chance? D A D A Why can't we give love give love give love? G A D A G A Give love give love give love give love give love give love? G A D Cause love's such an old fashioned word A G And love dares you to care A D A For the people on the edge of the night G A And love dares you to change our way D A Of caring about ourselves G A This is our last dance G A This is our last chance D A G This is ourselves Under Pressure (Figure 1 bass line x3) D A Under Pressure D G A D Pressure
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