Shanes Queen Site : Queen are Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John DeaconShanes Queen Site : Queen are Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John DeaconShanes Queen Site : Queen are Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon

Home

Queen
- Queen Background Info
   - Freddie Mercury
   - Brian May
   - Roger Taylor
   - John Deacon
- Queen Discography
- Queen Videography
- Queen Books & Bibliography
- Queen Chords & Tabs
- My Queen Recordings

Queen Interactive
- Top 50 Songs : Vote
- Queen Polls
- Queen Quiz
- Queen Gift-store
- My Queen Amazon Store
- Vote for this site

Queen Links
- Official Queen Sites
- Queen Fan Sites
- Queen Fan Sites (Foreign)
- Queen Fan Clubs
- Queen Related Forums
- Queen Tribute Bands
- Queen Collector Sites
- Suggest a Queen Site

Queen Fun
- Queen Character Test

Other Relevant Pages
- General Music Info
- Playing Piano Chords
- My Personal Site

08th July ; On this day ...

- in 1980 (Tue), Queen played USA, Los Angeles, Forum, on the Game North American tour.
Let Me Entertain You
vs
Doing All Right

Current Champion
1. Don't Lose Your Head
2. A Kind Of 'A Kind Of Magic'
3. I'm Going Slightly Mad

- View Results -
2006's Top 100 Songs...

Hot or Not Results 2006
Freddie Mercury Forever
Want to see your Queen website here ... simply link to this site on your website. Click Here for more!.


You Take My Breath Away : Piano Chords

You Take My Breath Away

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

Transcribed by Shane McDonald : (shanemcd@shanemcdonald.org)

Click Here for Album Information, Track Listings, Prices, and Reviews  - Day at the Races by Queen
Back to the Main Tab Page

Intro : Song starts with Ooohs, loosely based around the chord of Cm7.  
Piano comes in after the 3rd phrase of the intro , "Yooouuu, Take my Breath Away".
Notes : 
* If you see the ^ symbol after a note or chord it means use the higher octave note/chord.

* Cm7RIFF this is the Cm movement used at the start of the song and repeated through-out.
The Notes... :  C  Eb  G  Ab  D  F   C^  G    C  Eb  G  Ab  D  F   C^ G  Eb  Eb^  D  Bb  C^  G
* Cm7-RiffB is same but starts from this C----^

 

Piano Intro : Cm7   Cm7   Cm7RIFF   Cm7RIFF
Cm           Dm Dm7-5        Cm
Look into my eyes and you'll see 
         Fm7  Cm-RiffB
I'm  the only one
       Bdim        Cm
You've captured my love
Bdim      Cm
Stolen my heart
Bb         Eb
Changed my life
Fm7                  Bb7
Everytime you make a move 
               Eb/G
You destroy my mind
                Gbdim7
And the way you touch
          Fm7             Fm 
I lose control and shiver deep inside
NC                 Cm Cm7RIFF
You take my breath away.
Cm       Dm Dm7-5    Cm
You can reduce me to tears
       Fm7   Cm-RiffB
With a single sigh
      Bdim           Cm
Every breath that you take -
    Bdim           Cm
Any sound that you make
     Bb            Eb
Is a whisper in my ear
Fm7                    Bb7
I could give up all my life 
             Eb/G
for just one kiss
              Gbdim7
I would surely die
          Fm7               Fm 
If you dismiss me from your love
NC                 Cm Cm7RIFF
You take my breath away.
                Bb    Ab/Bb
So please don't go 
      Bb            Ab/Bb    Bb
Don't leave me here all by myself
              Eb
I get ever so lonely from time to time
       Ab
I will find you
C                Fm                   Fm/G
Anywhere you go, I'll be right behind you
Abdim                       Eb
Right until the ends of the earth
Eb/G        Gbdim                    Fm7
I'll get no sleep till I find you to tell you
         Fm                  Cm
That you just take my breath away.
Instrumental :    ; indicates 1 bar
Cm  Dm Dm7-5 ;  Cm   Dm  ;   Cm  Dm Dm7-5 ;  Cm   Dm  ;  Bb  Ab/Bb ;  Bb  Ab/Bb ;  Bb  Ab/Bb ;  Bb  Eb ; Eb
       Ab
I will find you
C                Fm     Fm/G
Anywhere you go, Oooooooohhhh____
Abdim                       Eb
Right until the ends of the earth
Eb/G        Gbdim                    Fm7
I'll get no sleep till I find you, to tell you when I found you,
NC     Cm7RIFF
I Love You.         -> Keep Sustain pedal on last 8 or so notes on the riff and leave piano Fade...
Fades in afterwards - On Vocal Loop  "Take My Breath" x 22 times (approx) looped from zero volume.

Give these chords and tab a rating by clicking the appropriate Star
Give This Tab a 1 Star Vote - Only OKGive This Tab a 2 Star Vote - AverageGive This Tab a 3 Star Vote - Good / Very GoodGive This Tab a 4 Star Vote - ExcellentGive This Tab a 5 Star Vote - Fantastic

Buy Queen Music, Books and Videos using the links on this Page from Amazon. Queen Music, Cd's and Books


Shanes Queen Site - queen.shanemcdonald.org :|: email: webmaster(at)shanemcdonald.org :|: Queen are, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor.

Vote for Shanes Queen Site on QueenFans.com Topsites - Click Here to Vote for Shanes Queen Site


Hits since Jan 01st, 2005
Queen Network Banner
Member of the Queen Network

.