Bohemian Rhapsody/Killer Queen (Live) Chords

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Bohemian Rhapsody/Killer Queen (Live) by Queen is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, Gm, Cm, F, Cm7, D#/Bb, F/G#, Fm/G#, D#, Bb/D, Fm, Bb/C#, G#m, G#, D#dim, Fm7, Bb7, Gm/D, C#, C#/B, Bbm, A, A#7/D, D#7/C#, G#/C, G#m/B, D#/A#, G#/A#, A#7, G7, A#, D7, Dm, A7, F/A, G7/B, C, A#/F, D#/F, C/A#, G, Eb, D, Abm, Bb11, Ab/Eb, Bbm/C#, Ddim and Gm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
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16
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  			Bb         Gm                  Cm  
Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head,  
                            F  
pulled my trigger, now he's dead.    
Bb             Gm              Cm7  
Mama, life had just begun, but now I've gone and   
B+        D#/Bb  F/G#  Fm/G#  
thrown it all    a - way.    

D#    Bb/D  Cm         Fm  
Mama, ooh        didn't mean to make you cry.    
   Bb                             D#               Bb/C#       Cm  
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, car - ry on, car - ry on  
      G#m            D#          G#   D#   D#dim   Fm7   Bb    
as if nothing really matters.  

Bb            Gm                  Cm  
Too late, my time has come, sends shivers down my spine,  
                      F  
body's aching all the time.  
Bb                  Gm               Cm  
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go, gotta leave you all  
B+   D#/Bb       F/G#      Fm/G#  
behind and face the truth.  
D#    Bb/C#      Cm                  Fm  
Mama, ooh (Anyway the wind blows)  I don't want to die,  
  Bb                                      D#    
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.  

Bb/D  Cm   Fm   Bb7   D#   Gm/D  Cm   Fm   C#   C#/B  Bbm  -  A  


Transition  
A G# Cm  

Verse  

          Cm               A#7/D  
She keeps Moët and Chandon in her pretty cabinet.  
Cm                              A#7/D           D#  
 "Let them eat cake", she says, just like Mary Antoinette.  
  D#        Gm/D       D#7/C#          G#/C  
A built in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy,  
    G#m/B         D#/A#         G#/A#          A#7  
And any time, an invitation, you can't de-cline.  

Bridge  

G7          Cm          A#              D#  
 Caviar and cigarettes, well versed in etiquette.  
      D7         Gm  
Extra-ordinarily nice. She's a...  

Chorus  

A#       Dm     Gm         Dm  
 Killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine,  
Gm               A7   Dm  
 Dynamite with a laser beam.  
G7      F/A    G7/B     C     A#  
 Guaran-teed to blow your mind; any time, ooh...  

A           Dm               G7          C  
 Recommended at the price, in-satiable in appetite;  
C  A#            F  A#/F  D#/F, A#/F  D#/F, F, A#  C/A#  
     Wanna try...?  

Verse  

     Cm                      A#7/D  
To a-void complications, she never kept the same address.  
Cm                    A#7/D              D#  
 In conversation, she spoke just like a baroness.  
D#               Gm/D        D#7/C#          G#/C  
 Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah,  
       G#m/B       D#/A#                 G#/A#         A#7  
Then a-gain, inci-dentally, if you're that way in-clined.  

Bridge  

             G7             Cm  
Perfume came naturally from Paris, (naturally),  
    A#                  D#               D7             Gm  
For cars, she couldn't care less; fast-idious and pre-cise. She's a...  

Chorus  

A#       Dm     Gm         Dm  
 Killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine,  
Gm               A7   Dm  
 Dynamite with a laser beam.  
G7      F/A    G7/B     C     A#  
 Guaran-teed to blow your mind; any time.  

A           Dm               G7          C  
 Recommended at the price, in-satiable in appetite;  
C  A#            F  A#/F  D#/F, A#/F  D#/F, F, A#  C/A#  
     Wanna try...?  


Solo (verse chords): Cm   A#7/D  Cm   A#7/D   
D#  Gm/D  D#7/C#  G#/C  G#m/B  D#/A#  G#/A#  A#7  D#/A#  G#/A#  A#7  
Transition: Changes from A#7 to A#  


D#  Bb/D  Cm  G  Cm  G7  Cm  Bb7  Eb  D  Gm  G#  D#  

 Cm            Gm       Cm         Gm  
Nothing really matters, anyone can see.  

 Cm            Abm       Bb11                     Eb    Ab/Eb  
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me.  

D#  D#dim  Bb/C#  Bbm/C#  

Bb    F       Ddim  Gm7  
Any - way the wind blows.  

F  

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante