Liar Bass

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G
Key:	D
Capo:	no capo
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LIAR (Bassline)
As recorded by Queen
(From the 1973 Album QUEEN)
 
Words and Music by Freddie Mercury
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Deacon - Bass'
 
  [Intro 1]
  Q=86
  4/4          2/4
   Gtr I
   Wx7          W
G|------------|------|
D|------------|------|
A|------------|------|
E|------------|------|
 
 
  4/4
   W          W          W          Q  +E. S S e S +S  S E
G|----------|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------7-7-7-5-(5)---5-|
A|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0--(0)-------------7---|
E|----------|----------|----------|------------------------|
 
 
   S S e S e S S e S +S  S S S   S S e E S S S S S S S S S S
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)---5-5-|-7-7-7-7-----5-7-x-7---7-5---|
A|-----------------------7-----|---------7-7---------------7-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S e S S e S S e S
G|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----7-7---7-7-7-7-x-7---7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7--|
A|-0-0---------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
   E E S S S S S e S S S S S   S e S S e S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
 
 
  [Intro 2]
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|-7----|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|
 
 
   E E S E. E. S +S  S S S   E E S E. E. S +S  S S S
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---7-7-5--7--5-(5)-----5-|---7-7-5--7--5-(5)-----5-|
E|-0-----------------5-7---|-0-----------------5-7---|
 
 
   S S S S S E. S e S +S  S S S
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-5--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
E|-0-0---------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S e S S S S S S E S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   W          +W
G|---------------------------------|----------|--------||
D|---------------------------------|----------|--------||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--------|-(5)----||
E|---------------------------------|----------|--------||
 
 
  [1st Verse]
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|
 
 
   Q  E S S +Q   +S  S S S   E E E E S S S S S S E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------0-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|--------0-(0)--(0)-3-----|-----------------------|
 
 
   Q  E S S +S  S S S S S S S
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------0-2--|
E|--------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-3------|
 
 
   E E E E S S E E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e   Q  E S S +E  E S S S S
G|-------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------0-2-|
E|-------------------------------|--------0-(0)-0-0-3-----|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e   Q  E S S +S  S S S S S S S
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------------0-2--|
E|-------------------------------|--------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-3------|
 
 
                                                [Guitar Solo]
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   W           S E. +H.
G|---------------------------------|----------||-------------|
D|-------------------------------0-|-0--------||-------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|----------||-0-0--(0)----|
E|---------------------------------|----------||-------------|
 
 
   S E. +H.        W          Q..   S S e S S S S S
G|---------------|----------|------------------------|
D|---------------|----------|-------7-7-4-5-----5-6--|
A|-0-0--(0)------|-0--------|-0---------------7------|
E|---------------|----------|------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S S S   S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S
G|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-(7)-7-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----|
A|---------------7-----------------7-|-----------------------------7--|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S e S
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7---7-7-|-7-7-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7---7-7-|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S e S S S S S S e S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
                                     [2nd Verse]
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   Q  E. S Q  Q    Q  E. S Q  E E
G|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------------------------|----9----------|------------4-0-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-----7-5--5--|-3--3--x-2------|
 
 
   Q..   S Q  E. S   Q..   S Q  Q    H    Q  Q
G|-----------------|---------------|------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|------------|
A|-7-----7---------|-7-----7-------|-7----------|
E|---------5--5--5-|---------5--5--|------5--5--|
 
 
                            Faster  Q=156
                            3/4
   E E S S S S S e S S e S   E E Q  Q    E E Q  Q    E E Q  Q
G|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----4-5-6-7-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-5-5---------5-5-5---5-5-|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-------------------------|-5---------|-5---------|-5---------|
 
 
                       4/4
   E E Q  Q    W        E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------|--------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------|--------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------|--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-5---------|--------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
                     [Guitar Solo]
   E E E E E E E E    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-----------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-----------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-----------------||-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5---|
 
 
   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    +E  E E E   W          W
G|-------------|----------------|----------|------|
D|-------------|----------------|----------|------|
A|-------------|----------------|----------|------|
E|-5--5--5--5--|-7----(7)-7-7-7-|-5--------|-3----|
 
 
   H    +Q.   E   q  q  E E E E   E E E E E E Q    Q  E. S E E E E
G|--------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
D|--------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
A|------------5-|-7--7--7-7-----|----------------|-7--7--5-7-7------|
E|-2----(2)-----|-------------3-|-5-5---5---x-5--|---------------3--|
 
 
   E E E E E E E S S   q  E E q  Q    E E E E E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E
G|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------5-6-|-7--7-7-7-----|-------2---3---4-|-5--5--4-5-5-5---|
E|-5-5---5---5-------|--------------|-3-3-------------|---------------3-|
 
 
   E E E. S E E E E   q  q  Q  +S  S E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
A|----------------5-|-7--7--7--(7)-----|---------------0-|-5--5--4-5-5-5---|
E|-5-5-5--3-5-5-----|--------------0-2-|-3-3---3---3-3---|-----------------|
 
 
   Q..   S E E E E   H    E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-5-----5-5-5-----|------------3-|-5--5--5-5-5-5---|---------------3--|
A|---------------3-|-5----5-5-----|---------------3-|-5--5--5-5-5-5----|
E|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E Q    Q  E. S E E Q    E E Q  Q  Q
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
D|-5--5--5-5-5-5---|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A|---------------3-|-5--5--5-5-5-5--|-5--5--5-5-5-5--|---------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-0---------2---|
 
 
                   [Bridge]
   Q  E E E E Q     Wx25          H    S E. E. S   E E E S S S E. E S S
G|---------------||-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
D|--------2-1-2--||-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
A|----2----------||-------------|------7-5--7----|-----------------------|
E|-3-------------||-------------|--------------0-|-3-0-0-0-0-5-0--0-0-0--|
 
 
   S E. E S S S E. Q  a   E E Q  S E. E S S   S E. Q  S E. Q    Q  Q   Q  Q
G|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------7--|
A|------------7-5--7s=2-|---------------5-5-|-5-5--5--7-5--7--|-7--9--10-----|
E|-7-0--0-0-0-----------|-3-0-0--5-0--0-----|-----------------|--------------|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|----------------|-------------------------|
D|-9--11--12--13--|-14-16-17-16-14-16-17-16-|
A|----------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------------|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-14-16-17-16-14-16-17-16-|-14-16-17-16-14-16-17-16--|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-14-16-17-16-14-16-17-16-|-14-16-17-16-14-16-17-16-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    Q   Q   Q  Q
G|-------------------------|-----------------|
D|-14-16-17-16-14-16-17-16-|-14--12--10--9---|
A|-------------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
   Q   Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E S S E E E S S E E
G|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
D|-7------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
A|----10--9--7--|-5--3--2--0--|-2--0--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--------------|-------------|-------3--2--|----------------------|
 
 
   H.      Q    W          W          W          W
G|------------|----------|----------|----------|------||
D|------------|-2--------|----------|----------|------||
A|-2-------2--|----------|-3--------|-4--------|------||
E|------------|----------|----------|----------|------||
 
 
  [Outro]
  Q=140
         |3|
   E E E E S E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E   H    +Q.   E
G|-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----(7)---7-|-5----(5)---5-|-3----(3)---3--|
 
 
   H.      Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-2----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
   H.=H
   E E E E E E E E   H.      Q    +Q   H    Q    +Q   H    Q
G|-----------------|------------|--------------|-----------4---|
D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-5-------5--|-(5)--5----5--|-(5)--5----5---|
E|-----------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
   +Q   H    Q    +Q   H.        E E Q  H
G|-(4)----------|--------------|-------------*|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------*|
A|-(5)--5----5--|-(5)--5-------|-5-----------*|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------*|
 
[Lyrics]
I have sinned dear Father Father I have sinned
Try and help me Father
Won't you let me in? Liar
Nobody believes me Liar
Why don't they leave me alone?
Sire I have stolen stolen many times
Raised my voice in anger
When I know I never should
Liar oh ev'rybody deceives me
Liar why don't you leave me alone?
 
Liar I have sailed the seas
Liar from Mars to Mercury
Liar I have drunk the wine
Liar time after time
Liar you're lying to me
Liar you're lying to me
Father please forgive me
You know you'll never leave me
Please will you direct me in the right way
Liar liar liar liar
Liar that's what they keep calling me
Liar liar liar
 
Listen are you gonna listen?
Mama I'm gonna be your slave
All day long
Mama I'm gonna try behave
All day long
Mama gonna be your slave
All day long
I'm gonna serve you till your dying day
All day long
I'm gonna keep you till you dying day
All day long
I'm gonna kneel down by your side and pray
All day long and pray
All day long and pray
All day long all day long all day long
All day long all day long all day long
 
All day long all day long all day long
Liar liar they never let you win
Liar liar everything you do is sin
Liar nobody believes you
Liar they bring you down before you begin
Now let me tell you this
Now you know you could be dead before they let you...
 
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Duration Legend
 
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
 
|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   x   -  muted
|   s   -  slide
************************************
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well done