Another One Bites The Dust

Words and music by John Deacon

Transcribed by Andrew Paul Cherry

Grammy award for best cross-over record, thanks to the bass riff stolen/ loaned/ borrowed/ influenced by Chic's "Good Times."

Anyway, here is the intro riff, and the primary verse riff:

 
G--------------------------- 
D--------------------------- 
A--------------------------- 
E-53-0-0-0--00-0-3-5

This is played throughout the song, about a million times. the second riff (pre-chorus) is:

 
G---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D--------------5-----------------------------------5------------------ 
A-3-3--3-45------3-3--3-45-----3-3--3-45-------------------- 
E---------------3-----------------3-----------------3--5-5--5-67- 
 ready. . .        hanging. . . outta. . . .     to the. . .

Play riff 1 here, 3 times, then play the following bit:

 
G------------------- 
D------------------- 
A------------------- 
E-2---765-5---2 
   Hey gonna. . .

During the instrumental break, riff 1 is played a few times, but in concert, John Deacon plays the below riff, while Brian May improvises all over the D-scale.

 
G----------------- 
D----------------- 
A----------------- 
E-0-2-3-2-0-0

He alternates back and forth between that and riff 1 for the solo, then returns to the verse.

Good plucking!