Bohemian Rhapsody

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[Intro]
(slowly)

Em7                     A7
Is this the real life?  Is this just fan - ta - sy?
D7                        G
Caught in a land - slide, no escape from re - a - li - ty.
Em7             G7                       C (C4)
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
Am7                  D7
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, because I'm
G#   G     F#   G   G#     G     F#     G
easy come, easy go, little high, little low.
C          G/B        Bbdim (A7/A#)    D7          D
Anyway the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.


[Verse 1]
G6             Em9                  Am9
Mama      just killed a man, put a gun against his head,
          D
pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
G6                 Em9              Am    Am   Am/G#
Mama,     life had just begun, but now I've gone and
Am/G   Am/F# Am/F#   Am/F   Am/E
thrown it all      a - way.

[Chorus]
C     C/B      Am         Dm           Dm/C# C B
Mama, ooh_________  didn't mean to make you  cry.
   G                            C               C/B         Am
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, car - ry on, car - ry on
      Fm            C          F C D7/F# F
as if nothing really matters.

[Verse 2]

G6             Em9                  Am9
Too late,      my time has come, sends shivers down my spine,
        D
body's aching all the time.
B6                 Em9              Am    Am   Am/G#
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go, gotta leave you all
Am/G   Am/F# Am/F#   Am/F   Am/E
Behind and face the truth.

[Chorus]
C     C/B      Am         Dm           Dm/C# C B
Mama, ooh       I don't want to die,

  G                                  C             C/B         Am
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all, car - ry on, car - ry on
      Fm            C          F C D7/F# F
as if nothing really matters.


[Solo]
Eb  Bb/D  Cm  Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5  Bb7  Eb  Bb/D  Cm  Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5
Db Db/C Db/B Db/Bb


[Opera]

A  D A     Adim      A           D       A    Adim
   I see a lit - tle sil - hou - et - to of a man.
A           D      A           D      A        Adim   A     D     A
Scar - a - mouche, Scar - a - mouche, will you do the Fan - dan - go?
Db/Ab           Ab7       C/G        E7          A
Thunderbolt and lightning very, very fright'ning me.
N.C.
Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo - Figaro, Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh...

B   Bb     A    Bb      B    Bb      A     Bb
I'm just a poor boy and no - bod - y loves me.
Ab/Eb Eb     Ebdim Eb  Ab/Eb  Eb   Ebdim     Eb
He's  just a poor  boy from a poor fam - i - ly.
Ab            Eb/G           F7                Bb
Spare him his life from this mon - stros - i - ty.
Ab  Eb/G  F#dim  Fm7

B    Bb    A    Bb  B        Bb     A    Bb    Eb    Bb
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?  Bis - mil - lah!
Eb  Bb      Eb/Bb  Bb7   Eb/Bb Bb    Eb
No, we will not    let   you   go. - Let him go!  Bismillah!
Eb
We will not let you go. - Let him go!  Bismillah!  We will not let you go. - Let me go.
Eb
Will not let you go. - Let me go.  Will not let you go. - Let me go.

F#7
Oh-oh-oh-oh...

Bm  A7  D   Db7 Gb7 Bb7 Eb  N.C.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh mama mia, mama mia,
Eb   Ab/Eb  Eb  Ddim  Cm7  Bb7       Eb        Ab        D7        Gm        Bb7
Mama mi  -  a,  let   me   go.  Be - el - ze - bub has a devil put aside for me,
Bb7
for me,       for me.

[Interlude]
(4/4)
| Eb |   |   | F |

Bb                                   Eb         Bb          Db
   So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.
Bb                                  Eb7         Ab
   So you think you can love me and leave me to die.
Fm         Bb        Fm                       Bb
Oh,        baby,        can't do this to me,  baby.
Fm             Bb   Fm             Bb          Eb
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.
(4/4)
| Eb |   |   | F | Gb Ab A | B7 | Ab7 | Bb7 |

[Outro]
(slowly, a tempo)
Eb    Bb/D    Cm  Bdim7 Cm    Bdim7 Cm   Bb7  Eb  D  Gm  Ab  Eb
Ooh_____________  Ooh   yeah, ooh   yeah
 Cm            Gm       Cm         Gm
Nothing really matters, anyone can see.
 Cm            Abm      Ab/Bb                     Eb
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me.

Eb  Ab  Eb  Ebdim
Bb/D  Bbm/Db  C7  C7-9  C7  F

Bb    F       Abdim Gm7
Any - way the wind  blows.
F

TAB
INTRO

| Em7 | A7 | D7 | G |        1 pennata 4/4
 chords - bass
 °°°°°°°° °°°°°°°°  °°°°°°°°  8 ottavi
|Em7     |G7      |C  (C4) C|

|Am7     |D7      |G#   G  | F#   G | G#     G | F#     G|
°°°° °°°°  °°°°           °°°
|C   G/B | Bbdim (A7/A#)  D7  |D

STROFA
  G6            Em9             Am9           D
e|-------0------|------2---0---|------7--5---|------2-------|
B|------0---3---|-----0--------|-----5-------|----3-----3---|
G|-----0--------|----0---------|----5--------|---2-2--2---2-|
D|----0---0---0-|---2----2---2-|---7---7---7-|--0-----------|
A|--------------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
E|--3-----------|-0------------|-------------|--------------|

  G6            Em9             Am9 Am9/G#,G  Am9/F# Am9/G#,G
e|-------0------|------2---0---|-------------|--------------|
B|------0---3---|-----0--------|----1---1--1-|----1---1---1-|
G|-----0--------|----0---------|----2---2--2-|----2---2---2-|
D|----0---0---0-|---2----2---2-|---2-2--2--2-|---2-2--2---2-|
A|--------------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
E|--3-----------|-0------------|-------4--3--|--2---1---0---|

RITORNELLO
  C         C/B  Am             Dm  Dm/C#,C,B  G
e|---0----------|-----0-----0--|---1--------1|---3-----3----|
B|---1----------|-----1-----1--|---3--------3|---0-----0----|
G|--0-0---0---0-|----2-2---2-2-|--2-----2----|--0-0---0-0---|
D|--------------|--------------|-0-----------|--------------|
A|-3----3---2---|-0-------0----|-----4-3--2--|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|-3----3-------|

  C     C/B      Am      Fm      C    F   C    D7/F# F
e|---0-----0----|-----0-----1--|----0-----------------------|
B|---1-----1----|-----1-----1--|----1---1---1----1-----1----|
G|--0-0---0-0---|----2-2---1-1-|---0----2---0---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--2---3---2----4----3-------|
A|-3----2-------|-0------------|-3--------------------------|
E|--------------|--------1-----|----------------------------|

Bohemian Rhapsody chords and lyrics

Free chords for Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
(slowly)
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
Eb  Bb/D  Cm  Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5  Bb7  Eb  Bb/D  Cm  Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5
Db Db/C Db/B Db/Bb
[Opera]
N.C.
Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo - Figaro, Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh...
Ab  Eb/G  F#dim  Fm7
[Interlude]
(4/4)
| Eb |   |   | F |
(4/4)
| Eb |   |   | F | Gb Ab A | B7 | Ab7 | Bb7 |
[Outro]
(slowly, a tempo)
Eb  Ab  Eb  Ebdim
Bb/D  Bbm/Db  C7  C7-9  C7  F
F
TAB
INTRO
| Em7 | A7 | D7 | G |        1 pennata 4/4
 chords - bass
 °°°°°°°° °°°°°°°°  °°°°°°°°  8 ottavi
|Em7     |G7      |C  (C4) C|
|C   G/B | Bbdim (A7/A#)  D7  |D

Bohemian Rhapsody Chords by Queen

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