Bohemian Rhapsody
Words and music by Freddie Mercury
Guitar parts only
By Gonzalo Plaza R.
b means bend (first show is the fret from star and second the tone you have to
reach)
s means slide (play the first position and without stopping pressure on the
string slide the finger to the second note)
h means hammer on
p means pull of
() When a number is in brackets it means that you do the bend and then you keep
the string bended and pick again.
Chords used:
F (133211)
A# or Bb (688xxx) use this in the opera part
(688766) use this in the hard part
D# or Eb (x68886)
Bb (x13331)
The guitar starts in concert from the line:
-Too late, my time has come,
-Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
-Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go,
In this part Brian play some thing like:
E-16--14
B-14--15
G-14--14
D-14--16
A-15
E-
And play with this chords.. Then:
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
E-
B-
G-
D-
A-
E----------------------------------------5---4---3
Mama, ooh, I don't want to die,
E
B
G
D
A-6---5-----3-------2----1---0---1
E
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all(Solo)
E-------------------------------------------------------15-16-18b20
B--------------11----------------15-16-----15-16-18---18
G---10b12-10-8----12-12-12s17-17--------17----------17-
D-8
A-
E-
E-16-15-16-15h16p15--15--------------------------------------15-16-18
B------------------18--18-16-15-16p15--15------------15-16-18
G------------------------------------17--17-15--15-17
D
A
E
E--------------15-16-18b20-(20)
B------15-16-18------------------15-16----15-16---15-16-18---------18
G-15-17--------------------------------17------17
D----------------------------------------------------------15-17-18--
A
E
E
B-------------
G----18-18-18
D-18----------11h12p11
A---------------------12
E
A# A# A#
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
E
B
G
D
A-6-----3h5-6-6--------6-----3h5-6-8
E--3-4-6-------3-4-6-6--3-4-6-------5-6-8-8
A# D# A# D#
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye E
B
G-----------6b8
D-8-6-8-5
A--------8-5
E
A# D# A# D#
So you think you can love me and leave me to die E
B
G
D
A-8-6
E-6-4
F Bb
Oh, baby, E
B
G
D-3-5-3
A------5-3
E
can't do this to me, baby,E
B
G
D------3
A-1s3-5-5-3-3
E
F Bb F Bb
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
E
B
G
D-----------------------------------------------------------11--12
A-6-----3h5-6-6--------6-----3h5-6-8-----5h7-8-9s11-13-11-13--13
E--3-4-6-------3-4-6-6--3-4-6-------5-6-8
E-
B-----------------4-5---------------------------------6---6-8-9-8
G-----------4-6-8---------------------------5-7-5-7-8---5-------8
D-----4-6-7--------------------3h4p3h4p3-6-8--------------------8
A-6-7--------------------3-4-6-
E--------------------4-6
E----------------------------------------------11-15-14-15-17
B---8-11-------11---9-12
G--8---------10----8-----11-12-11-12--7-8-10-8
D-8--------12----10
A--------13-
E
Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me
E
B-8-5----------3-6
G-----5-5-5-3-2
D
A
E
F
Any way the wind blows