Life Is Real (song for Lennon)
Words and music by Freddie Mercury
Transcribed by Gonzalo Plaza
This guitar tab is imitating the piano chords-arpegio.
During the Intro and the lines with the chords G G/F# E- E-/D there's a
E---15---15---15---15---etc.
B--------------------------
1.Guilt stains on my pillow,
2.blood on my terraces
5.Sleeping is my leisure
6.Waking up in a minefield
SOLO (2 times)
15.Music will be my mistress
16.Loving like a hore
18.Life is real, life is real, life is real, so real
G G/F# E- E-/D
E------3---------3----------0--------0--
B------3---------3----------0--------0--
G---0-----0---0-----0-----0---0----0---0
D--------------------------------0------
A---------------------------------------
E-3---------2-----------0---------------
3.Torsos in my closet, shadows from my past
7.Dream is just a pleasure dome, Love is a roulette wheel
17.Lennon is a genious, Living in ev'ry pore
C C/B C A-7
E-----0-------0-------0-------0--
B-----1-------1-------1-------1--
G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0
D--------------------------------
A-3-------2-------3-------0------
E--------------------------------
4.Life is real, life is real, life is reeeal, so real
8.Life is real, life is real, life is reeeal, oh yeah
G G/F# B- D F/C C G
E------3---------3----------2--------3---------1---------0------2
B------3---------3----------3--------2---------1---------1------2
G---0-----0---0-----0---4-----4---3-----3---2-----2---0-----0---0
D-------------------------------0-------------------------------0
A---------------------2-------------------3---------3-----------2
E-3---------2---------------------------------------------------3
In similar way the arpeggio continues...
B- Bb+5 D/A G
9.Success is my breathing space I bought it all myself
F#7
10.I will price it I will cash it I can take it or leave it
D C/D B-
11.Loneliness is my hiding place breastfeeding myself
F#/A# D/A E-
12.what more can I say I have swalowed the biter pills
G G/A D C/D D C/D
13.I can taste it I can taste it life is real life is real
F/C C F/C C
14.life is real
Chords:
G 320033 G/F# 220033 E- 022000
E-/D xx0000 C x32010 C/B x22010
A-7 x02010 B- x24432 D xx0232
F/C x33211 Bb+5 xx433x D/A x00323
F#7 242322 C/D xx0010 F#/A# 4x4322
G/A x00022