Under Pressure Chords

by Queen & David Bowie
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: no capo
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Chords

D
A
G
C
F

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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)
   D                    A                G                A
e|------------5-------|---9------------|----7-----------|---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
A
Um boom ba bay
G
Um Um boom ba bay bay
A
 
[Verse 1]
D
Pressure
        A
Pushing down on me
         G
Pressing down on you
           A
No man ask for
      D
Under pressure
             A
That burns a building down
         G
Splits a family in two
     A
Puts people on streets
 
[Bridge]
D
Um ba ba bay
A
Um ba ba bay
G
Dee day duh
A
Ee day duh
 
[Verse 2]
           G
It's the terror of knowing
                A
What this world is about
    G
Watching some good friends
          A
Screaming let me out!
     G                 A
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
D
Pressure on people
       G  A
People on streets
 
[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]
D
  Chippin' around
        A
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
 
[Verse 4]
         G
It's the terror of knowing
          A
What this world is about
G
Watching some good friends
          A
Screaming let me out!
       G
Pray tomorrow
         A
takes me higher, higher, higher
D
Pressure on people
       G  A
People on streets
 
[Verse 5]
G
Turned away from it all
       C
Like a blind man
G                       C
  Sat on a fence but it don't work
     G
Keep coming up with love
            A
But it's so slashed and torn
C   F
Why?
   G  F
Why?
A
LoveLoveLove!
  A
Insanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking
 
[Verse 6]
         D              G        A
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
             D              G        A
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
             D         A         D          A
Why can't we give love give love give love?
G         A         D         A         G         A
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
 
[Verse 7]
      G              A             D
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
         A            G
And love dares you to care
        A             D           A
For the people on the edge of the night
         G            A
And love dares you to change our way
   D        A
Of caring about ourselves
G           A
This is our last dance
G           A
This is our last chance
D    G     A
This is ourselves
 
Under pressure
 
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| x3
A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------|
E|---------------------------------|
 
D      A
Under pressure
D  G  A           D
Pressure
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32 comments
kilnapp
for the intro couldnt u just use 2 5th, the 5th on the a instead of the 10 on the e. very small think to say i kno, just a thought
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just-mee
love this song :)
+7
CharliePapa
Open strings are gonna ring if you dont mute them, so its better to play as its written or like this e |---------------- B |---------------- G |---------------- D |---------------- A |--5-5-5--5-5-5-- E |--------------5-
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