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Under Pressure

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Step 1 / 53Position: 5
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[Figure 1]
(Bass line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap,
do this with feet if you do not have four hands)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Figure 2]
(Played once for Intro and during Verse)
e|-D-----------5-------|-A--9------------|-G---7-----------|-A--5---------------|
B|------7-------------|--------10------|---------8------|--------5----------|
G|----7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9--|--7---7-----7---|-6---6----7-6-4----|
D|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------7--|
A|--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
[Intro]
D (or Figure 2)
Um boom ba bay
AUm boom ba bay
GUm Um boom ba bay bay
A
[Verse 1]
DPressure
Pushing Adown on me
Pressing Gdown on you
No man ask Afor
Under Dpressure
That burns a Abuilding down
Splits a Gfamily in two
Puts Apeople on streets
[Bridge]
DUm ba ba bay
AUm ba ba bay
GDee day duh
AEe day duh
[Verse 2]
It's the teGrror of knowing
What this world Ais about
WatcGhing some good friends
Screaming Alet me out!
Pray Gtomorrow gets me hAigher
DPressure on people
People Gon Astreets
[Bridge]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
DChippin' around
Kick my Abrains round the floor
GThese are the days
It never Arains but it pours
DEe do bay bup
AEe do bay ba bup
GEe do bup
ABay bup
DPeople on streets
Dee da Adee da day
GPeople on streets
Dee da Adee da dee da dee da
[Verse 4]
It's the Gterror of knowing
What this Aworld is about
GWatching some good friends
Screaming Alet me out!
Pray toGmorrow
takes me Ahigher, higher, higher
DPressure on people
People Gon Astreets
[Verse 5]
GTurned away from it all
Like a Cblind man
GSat on a fence but it Cdon't work
Keep Gcoming up with love
But it's so Aslashed and torn
CWhy?F  
WhyG?F  
ALoveLoveLove!
InAsanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking
[Verse 6]
Can't we Dgive ourselves Gone more Achance?
Why can't we Dgive love that Gone more Achance?
Why can't we Dgive love Agive love Dgive love?A  
GGive love Agive love Dgive love Agive love Ggive love Agive love?
[Verse 7]
Cause Glove's such an Aold fashioned Dword
And love Adares you to Gcare
For the Apeople on the Dedge of the Anight
And love Gdares you to Achange our way
Of Dcaring abAout ourselves
GThis is our Alast dance
GThis is our Alast chance
DThis Gis ourAselves
Under pressure
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x3
A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
DUnder pAressure
DPreGssuAreD  
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