Bohemian Rhapsody Chords & Tabs
by Queen
[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
General Pattern:
BPM: 71
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101]
Riff parts (last time play 1st bar twice):
BPM: 138
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 202, 202]
Artist: Queen
Song: Bohemian Rhapsody
Album: A Night At The Opera (1975)
Provided By Ben Brown
Capo 3
This is meant to be a simpler way to play a highly complex song. Not all the chords may sound 100%
true to the record, but that was not my goal in this tab. Some of the chords may look more difficult
at first for beginners, but most of them are actually a lot easier to play than they look. Authors, please
refrain from complexifying any part of the song if you can help it. I'm 100% open to changes but want to
keep this simple. There are far more accurate tabs if that is something you're looking for. Thank you,
and I hope you enjoy!
[Intro]
Em7
Is this the real life
A7
Is this just fantasy
D7 Am7 D7
Caught in a landslide
G
No escape from reality
Em
Open your eyes
G7 C
Look up to the skies and see
Am D7
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
G# G F# G
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
G# G F# G
little high, little low,
C G/B Bbdim7 D7/A
Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me,
G
To me
[Verse]
G Em
Mama, just killed a man,
Am
Put a gun against his head,
Am D
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead,
G Em
Mama, life had just begun,
Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Am/F
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
C G Am
Mama ooooh,
Dm
Didn't mean to make you cry
G C
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
G Am Fm C
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
G
[Verse]
G Em
Too late, my time has come,
Am
Sends shivers down my spine
Am D
Body's aching all the time,
G Em
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Am/F Am/E
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
C G Am
Mama ooooh (any way the wind blows)
Dm
I don't want to die,
G C
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Solo]
| C G | Am | Dm | G |
| C G | Am | Dm | Bb Bb A G# G | F# |
[Interlude 1]
B F# F F# B F# F
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
F# B F# B F# F F# B F#
Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
A# F A C# F#
Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me
N.C.
Galileo, Galileo
N.C.
Galileo, Galileo
N.C.
Galileo, Figaro - Magnifico
G# G F# G G# G F# G
I'm just a poor boy, no-body loves me.
F C Cdim C F C Cdim C
He's just a poor boy from a poor fami-ly.
F C/E D G F
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
G# G F# G G# G F# G C G
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah!
C G G C G
No, we will not let you go. Bismillah!
G G C G G
We will not let you go. Bismillah! We will not let you go.
G G D#7
Will not let you go. Will not let you go. Ahhhhhhhhh
G#m F# B A# D# G C C
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, mama mia, mama mia
C G C F B Em G
Mama mia, let me go. Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,
[Riff]
| C | C | C | D |
[Interlude 2]
G C G Bb
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
G C F
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Dm G Dm G
Oh, baby - can't do this to me, baby
Dm G Dm G C
Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here
[Riff/Instrumental]
|(C) | C | C | D | N.C.|
| Ab | F | G | G | G |
| C G | Am E Am | E Am G C | B Em | F C |
[Outro]
Am Em
Nothing really matters,
Am Em
Anyone can see,
Am Fm F/G C
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me,
[Instrumental]
|(C) F/C | C Cdim |
| G/B Gm/Bb | A Bbdim | A A7 D |
[Coda]
G D/F# Ddim/F Em7 D
Any way the wind blows ...
G x-x-5-4-3-x
D/F# x-x-4-2-3-x
Ddim/F x-x-3-1-3-x
Em7 x-x-2-0-3-x
