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Show Must Go On Tabs

(ver. 1)
Queen


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Brian May

 4/4
  Gtr I

      Bm
Empty spaces, what are we living for?

	    G
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score.

Em 	          F#m 	                 Em 
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for?

        Bm	
Another hero, another mindless crime,

	     G
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime,

Em	              F#m	              Em
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore?


	          Bm
The show must go on,

	          G
The show must go on.

  Em
Inside my heart is breaking,

   F#m
My make-up may be flaking,

       Em         Bm	
But my smile still stays on.


         C#m
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance,

        A
Another heartache, another failed romance.

F#m	          G#m	                 F#m
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?

            C#m
I guess I'm learning I must be warmer now,

	       A
I'll soon be turning round the corner now,

  F#m   	                      G#m	                      F#m	        Em Bm Em
Outside the dawn is breaking, but inside in the dark I'm aching to be free.

	          Bm
The show must go on,

	          G
The show must go on.

   Em
Inside my heart is breaking,

    F#m
My make-up may be flaking,

        Em         Bm		Bm G Em F#m Em G(for solo)
But my smile still stays on.

Solo 1:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-15-17-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------14-15-14-15-14----15-14-17----------|
|-14--------14--------14---------14--------16-14----14-16-14----14-16----------------16-------------------|
|----15b16-----15b16------15b16-----15b16--------16----------16-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  
|-17b19=====21-22--21-19-21-21-21b22-19-21-19----19----19------------14b16-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------21----22----22b24-22---------17b19-15b17-15----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15b17-15-14----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




F	      G	           Em	        Am
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies,

F	          G	            Em	          Am
Fairy-tales of yesterday will grow and never die,

        G	   Em
I can fly, my friends.

	          Bm
The show must go on,

	         G
The show must go on.

      Em                     F#m		       Em	Bm G
I'll face it with a grin, I'm never giving in, on with show.

Solo 2:

|-13b15--13b15-13b15--18b20-18b20-18b20--19-------------------------------------14-15-17b19r==14-------17b19-17b19-21-19-21-|
|-------------------------------------------14-15-14-15-14-15-14-15----14-15-17------------------17-15----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------16------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


   
|-19-21-19-17-19-15-14----------------|
|----------------------17-15----17----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


     Em		                 F#m		        Em
I'll top the bill I'll overkill I have to find the will to carry on,

	
On with the ...	

F#m	      Em
On with the show

                Bm	
The show must go on

   



Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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