Under Pressure (Piano Chords)
Under Pressure
Words and Music by Queen / David Bowie
Transcribed by Shane McDonald : (shanemcd @ shanemcdonald.org)
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Riffs
Bass Line Intro & Riff: (Bass Guitar)
G------------------------
D--12-12-12--12-12-12----
A---------------------12-
E------------------------
Bass Line Intro & Riff: (Standard Guitar)
E---------------------
B---------------------
G---------------------
D--0-0-0--0-0-0-------
A---------------0-----
E---------------------
Intro Guitar Riff # 2:
D A/D G/D A/D
E|------5------|-------5------|--------3------|------0-------------|
B|----------7--|-5---------5--|--3---------3--|--2-----3--2--0-----|
G|----7---7----|---6-----6----|----4-----4----|----2------------2--|
D|--0----------|-----0--------|------0--------|--0-----------------|
A|-------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
Intro :
Bass Line Intro Riff x 6
Bass Line Intro Riff + Intro Guitar Riff x 2
D A/D
Pressure, pushing down on me
G/D A/D
Pressing down on you no man ask for
D A/C#
Under pressure - that burns a building down
G/B
Splits a family in two
A
Puts people on streets
D A
mmm bah bah bah beh, mmm bah bah bah beh,
G/D A
dee dey-dah, dah dey-dah, thats OK
G
It's the terror of knowing
A/G
What this world is about
G
Watching some good friends
A/G
Screaming (let me out)
G A/G
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
D G A/G (Play Bass Riff x 4)
Pressure on people - people on streets
D A/D G/D
Chippin'around, Kick my brains around the floor
A/D D
These are the days, It never rains but it pours
D A
dee do bah beh, dee dah bah bah beh,
G/D A
deeh boh-bah, bah-loh
D A/C#
People on streets, e-da-dee-doh-dee
G/B A
People on streets, e-da-dee-doh-dee-doh-dee-doh
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 - gets me high and higher
D G A
Pressure on people - people on streets N.C
G C
Turned away from it all like a blind man
G C
Sat on a fence but it don't work
G C
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Am F G F G
Why - why - why
A
Love
A
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
G D G A
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
G D G A
Why can't we give love that one more chance
G D G A G D A/C#
Why can't we give love
G/B A D
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
A/C# G/B
and love dares you to care for
A D A/C#
The people on the edge of the night
G/B A
And love dares you to change our way of
G/B A
Caring about ourselves
G/B A
This is our last dance
G/B A
This is our last dance
D G A
This is ourselves
(Play Bass Riff x 4)
Under pressure
G A (piano)
Under pressure
Pressure
Album Outro/Ending : G A
Concert Ending : Last Line is simply No Chord on the word "Pressure"
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