Nov72018

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

This is the chord progression of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G
Is this the real life
A7    G A7
Is this just fantasy
D7 Am7 D7
Caught in a landslide
G    Am7 G
No escape from reality
Em
Open your eyes
G7             C
Look up to the skies and see
Am                      D7
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
G# G F# G
Because I’m easy come, easy go,
G# G F# G
little high, little low,
C       G/B       Bbdim7    D7
Any way the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me,
G
To me

[Verse]
G          Em
Mama, just killed a man,
Am
Put a gun against his head,
Am             D
Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead,
G             Em
Mama, life had just begun,
Am                D
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
C G Am
Mama ooo,
Dm
Didn’t mean to make you cry
G                      C
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow
G       Am    Fm       C
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
G

[Verse]
G             Em
Too late, my time has come,
Am
Sends shivers down my spine
Am       D
Body’s aching all the time,
G                Em
Goodbye everybody – I’ve got to go
Am                   D
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
C       G          Am
Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
Dm
I don’t want to die,
G                      C
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all

[Solo]
| C G | Am | Dm | G |
| C G | Am | Dm | Bb Bb A G# G | F# |

[Interlude 1]
B    F#    B    F#
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
F#    B F# B    F# B    F#
Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
A# F   A    C#       F#
Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Figaro – Magnifico

G# G F# G G# G F# G
I’m just a poor boy, no-body loves me.
F C Cdim C F C Cdim C
He’s just a poor boy from a poor fami-ly.
F C/E D G F C/E D#dim Dm7
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
G# G F# G G# G F# G C
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah!
G C
No, we will not let you go. Bismillah!
G C G
We will not let you go. Bismillah! We will not let you go.
D#7
Will not let you go. Will not let you go. Ahhhhhhhhh
G#m F# B A# D# G C
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, mama mia, mama mia
C G C F B Em G
Mama mia, let me go. Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,

[Riff]
| C | C | C | D |

[Interlude 2]
G C G Bb
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
G C F
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Dm G Dm G
Oh, baby – can’t do this to me, baby
Dm G Dm G C
Just gotta get out – just gotta get right outta here

[Riff/Instrumental]
|(C) | C | C | D | |
| Ab | F | G | G | G |
| C G | Am E Am | E Am G C | B Em | F C |

[Outro]
Am Em
Nothing really matters,
Am Em
Anyone can see,
Am Fm F/G C
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me,

How to play Bohemian Rhapsody: key, chords and progression

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 37 chords in all: G, A7, D7, Am7, Em, G7, C, Am, G#, F#, G/B and Bbdim7 and 25 more.

Most of the song cycles through G# – G – F# – G (♭VI – V – ♯IV – V in C major). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: on guitar, G#, F#, Bbdim7, Fm and Bb need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.