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The Show Must Go On by Queen - Guitar Chords

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            "The Show Must Go On"
By: Queen
Album: Innuendo
Tabbed by: Peter Simmonds

Suggested chord shapes:
Bm        224432        F#m/A      x04222
Bsus2     224422        F#m7       244252
Bsus4     224400        F#m6       244242
G         320003        G#sus4     466644
Gadd#11   320023        G#         466544
Em/G      322000        F#m        244222
Em7       022030        Cdim7/F#   234242
Em6       022020        C#dim7/F#  212020
F#sus4    244422        Edim7      xx2323
F#        244322        F          133211
Em        022000        G/F        120003
A#dim7/E  012020        Am         x02210
C#m       446654        Cmaj7/G    332000
C#sus2    446644        C#m7b5     x42000
C#sus4    446674        A7/C#      x42020
A         x02220        Dsus4      xx0233
Aadd#11   x01220


[Intro] (7 bars)

| Bm Bsus2 | Bsus4 Bm  | G Gadd#11 | Em/G    |
| Em7 Em6  | F#sus4 F# | Em


[Verse 1] (14 bars)

(A#dim/E) Bm     Bsus2        Bsus4        Bm
    Empty spaces, what are we living for?
          G       Gadd#11    Em/G             G
Abandoned places. I guess we know the score.
Em7       Em6   F#sus4  F#               Em A#dim7/E
On and on. Does anybody know what we are looking for?
        Bm   Bsus2    Bsus4            Bm
Another hero. Another mindless crime.
           G       Gadd#11 Em/G        G
Behind the curtain. In the pantomime.
Em7      Em6        F#sus4  F#    G
Hold the line. Does anybody want to take it anymore?


[Chorus] (8 bars)

(G)              Bm   Bsus2   Bsus4   Bm
The show must go on...
                 G   Gadd#11  Em/G   G
The show must go on...
  Em7               Em6
Inside, my heart is breaking.
   F#sus4        F#             Em    Bm          N.C.
My makeup may be flaking but my smile  still stays on.


[Verse 2] (16 bars)

         C#m     C#sus2         C#sus4       C#m
Whatever happens, I leave it all to chance.
        A         Aadd#11  F#m/A            A
Another heartache. Another failed romance.
F#m7   F#m6     G#sus4  G#         Cdim7/F#
On and on. Does anybody know what we are living for?
            C#m      C#sus2     C#sus4       C#m
I guess I'm learning. I must be warmer now.
             A      Aadd#11    F#m/A        A
I'll soon be turning round the corner now.
   F#m7             F#m6
Outside the dawn is breaking,
    G#sus4        G#              F#m  Em
but inside in the dark I'm aching to be free.


[Chorus]

(8 bars)


[Guitar Break] (6 bars)

(Bm) (Bsus2) | Bsus4 Bm  | G Gadd#11
 G | Em7 Em6 | F#sus4 F# | Em 


[Ad lib]

"Yeah", "Ooh", etc.


[Verse 3] (6 bars)

F           G/F              Em             Am      Cmaj7/G
 My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies.
F              G/F           Em7            Am
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die.
 C#m7b5  A7/C# Dsus4        D
I can fly,     my friends.


[Final Chorus] (7 bars)

(D) Bm              Bsus2     Bsus4   Bm
The show must go on. Yeah...
                 G    Gadd#11  Em/G   G
The show must go on.
     Em7                 Em6  F#sus4            F#
I'll face it with a grin. I'm never giving in.
  Em               A#dim7/E
On with the show.


[Outro] (16 bars)

| Bm Bsus2 | Bsus4 Bm | G Gadd#11 | Em/G    |

(G)       Em7                Em6
Ooh, I'll top the bill. I'll overkill.
  F#sus4             F#            Em    Em7  A#dim7/E
I have the find the will to carry on... (with the, on with the)
Em7    Bm   Bsus2 ...
show.

(fade out)

N.B.: The original track fades out on a Bsus2 but when playing live, I usually resolve
Bsus2 into a Bm.
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