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Under Pressure

by Queen & Bowie

Written by: Bowie, Mercury, Taylor, Deacon & May

UNDER PRESSURE Bowie, Mercury, Taylor, Deacon & May Queen & Bowie C-2 = xx5533 n.c. | ~ Boom^boom^bah bah / | ~ boom^boom^bah bay / | ~ b=b boom^bah bay^bay / | //// | G D C | Pressure // pushing | down on^me ee pressing | down on^you u^no man^ask | D G D | for // Under | pressure / ~ that^burns^a | build ing^down nn Splits^a | C D C G | family in^two oo ~ ^puts | people on^streets ss / | Boom^bah bah^bay // | D G-4 D | Boom^bah bah^bay / ~ ^do | day^dah / ~ do^day^dah | / ~ ^thats O^K thats^the | C | terror of knowing what^this | world is about / | C D C | Watching some^good friends screaming | ~ let^me^out tt pray^to | mor row ww ~ takes=me | D C G C D | high hh er ~ Pres=sure | on ~ ^peo ple ~ peo=ple | on ~ ^streets ss / | n.c. G 1. | Do^do do // | // ~ Ba=da (ba^ba^ba) | // ~ O^K..^K | //// | / ~ Chipping around d.| D C D | dd kick^my brains on^the | floor # These=are=the days ss | it never^rains but^it pours.| G D C D C G D G-4 D | ss /// | //// | //// | /// / | People^on streets // | //// | People^on streets // | /// its^the | C | terror of knowing what^this | world^is about tt / | CHORUS C F C 2. | /// ~ Turned=a | way ~ from=it all ~ like=a | blind man // | / (Sat^on^a) fence ~ but=it | F C | dont work / ~ ^Keep | coming up^with love^but its^so | slashed and^torn why yy.| Dm Bb D | yy / why yy | / why yy yy | //// | //// | //// | Love love love love | /// in | sanity laughs ss under | C G | pressure we're cracking cant^we | give^our selves / one^more | C A C G C D C | chance ee ~ ^why cant^we | give^love ee one^more cha | nce / ~ ^Why cant^we | G C D C G | give^love ee give^love ee | give^love ee give^love ee | give^love ee give^love ee | D C D G | give^love ee give^love cause | loves such hh an | old fash hh ioned | word and dd love | D C D G D | dares you uu to | care for rr the | peo ple on the | edge of ff the | night And dd love | C D D7 C-2 D7 C-2 D7 C-2 | dares you uu to | change our way of | Car ing gg a | bout our rr selves | this is ss our | D7 C-2 G C D G C D | last dance ee / | this ss is our | selves ss / under | pressure /// | /// under | pressure /// | // // | G C D | Pressure /// | //// | // // ||

About this song:

Under Pressure is performed by Queen & Bowie and written by Bowie, Mercury, Taylor, Deacon & May. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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