{t:Under Pressure}
{st:Queen and David Bowie (1981)}
{sot}
   Bass Line Riff (with optional piano chords)

A|-5-5-5-555-0----|-5-5-5-555-0-------|--5-5-5...
E|----------------|---------------(3)-|-(5)- 
C|----------------|---------------(2)-|-(2)- 
G|----------------|-------------------|-----
{eot}

{c:Intro (Play riff 5x)}
[/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/]
[/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/]
[/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/]


{c:Verse 1 (Strum | d - D u - u d u |)}
[/] [D] Um boom ba bay [/] [A] Um boom ba bay
[/] [G] Um Um boom ba bay bay [/] [A]  ...


[/] [D] Pressure, pushing [/] [A] down on me,
Pressing [/] [G] down on you, no man ask [/] [A] for.
Under [/] [D] pressure, that burns a [/] [A] building down,
Splits a [/] [G] family in two, puts [/] [A] people on streets.


[/] [D] Um ba ba bay, [/] [A] um ba ba bay
Dee [/] [G] day duh, ee day duh [/] [A]  ...


{c:Bridge 1 (Strum | d d d d d d d d |)}
It's the [/] [G] terror of knowing, what this [/] [A] world is about [/] 
[/] [G] Watching some good friend scream [/] [A] "Let me out!" 
Pray to-  [/] [G] morrow... takes me [/] [A] higher... 
Pressure [/] [D] on people, people [/] [G↓] on the [A↓] streets. [/]


{c:Bassline Riff x2}
{sot}
   Bass Line Riff (with optional piano chords)

A|-5-5-5-555-0----|-5-5-5-555-0-------|--5-5-5...
E|----------------|---------------(3)-|-(5)- 
C|----------------|---------------(2)-|-(2)- 
G|----------------|-------------------|-----
{eot}


{c:Verse 2}
[/] [D] Chippin' around, [/] [A] I kick my brains 'round the floor [/]
[/] [G] . These are the days  [/] [A] it never rains but it pours [/]
[/] [D] Ee do bay bup  [/] [A] ee do bay ba bup [/]
[/] [G] Ee do bup [/] [A] bay bup [/]
[/] [D] People on streets  [/] [A] Dee da dee da day [/]
[/] [G] People on streets  [/] [A] Dee da dee da dee da dee da 


{c:Bridge 1 (Strum | d d d d d d d d |)}
It's the [/] [G] terror of knowing, what this [/] [A] world is about [/] 
[/] [G] Watching some good friend scream [/] [A] "Let me out!" 
Pray to-  [/] [G] morrow... takes me [/] [A] higher... 
Pressure [/] [D] on people, people [/] [G↓] on the [A↓] streets...


{c:Bridge 2:}
Turned a- [/] [G↓] way from it all, like the [/] [C↓] blind man [/]
[/] [G↓] Sat on a fence, but it [/] [C↓] don't work
Keep [/] [G] coming up with love, but it's so [/] [C] slashed and torn (Why?...) [/] [A] ... [/]
[/] [F]  [/] [F]  [/] [F]  [/] [F]  [/] 


{c:David Bowie}
[/] [A] Love love love love love [/] love love! ... [/]
In- [/] [A] sanity laughs under [/] pressure we're cracking.


{c:Freddy Mercury...}
Can't we [/] [D] give ourselves one more [/] [G] chance? [A] Why can't we [/]
[/] [D] give love that one more [/] [G] chance? [A] Why can't we [/]
[/] [D] give love, give love [/] [G] give love [A] give love [/]
[/] [D] give love, give love [/] [A] give love, give love


{c:David Bowie...}
Cause [/] [G] love's such an [/] [A] old fashioned [/] 
[/] [D] word and love [/] [A] dares you to [/]
[/] [G] care for the [/] [A] people on the [/]
[/] [D] Edge of the [/] [A] night and love [/]
[/] [G] dares you to [/] [A] change our way of  [/]


[/] [G] caring a- [/] [A] bout ourselves [/]
[/] [G] This is our [/] [A] last dance [/]
[/] [G] This is our [/] [A] last chance [/]
[/] [D] This is our- [/] [G↓] selves [A↓] ... [/] Under


{c:Bassline Riff x4}
{sot}
   Bass Line Riff (with optional piano chords)

A|-5-5-5-555-0----|-5-5-5-555-0-------|--5-5-5...
E|----------------|---------------(3)-|-(5)- 
C|----------------|---------------(2)-|-(2)- 
G|----------------|-------------------|-----
   Pressure!                     Under   (Pressure)

{eot}


[G↓] [A↓]
{c:finger snaps to fade ...}


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#Last Updated 19/05/2021 JJ
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