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Under Pressure - Tutorial

Table of Contents

  1. Song Audio (YouTube)
  2. Song Form
  3. Song Lyrics and Chords
  4. Keyboard
  5. Bass Tab
  6. Guitar Tab

Song Audio


Song Form




Song Lyrics and Chords

[Figure 1]

Bass Line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap 


G|-7---7---7---7-7-7---------------|
D|---------------------7-----------| (repeating)
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   1 . + . 2 . + a 3 . + . 4 . + . 

[Figure 2]

Played once for INTRO and during VERSE

  D                        A                  G               A
E|------------5-------|---9------------|----7-----------|---5---------------|
B|------7-------------|--------10------|---------8------|--------5----------|
G|----7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9--|--7---7-----7---|-6---6----7-6-4----|
D|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------7--|
A|--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|


[Intro]

D (or Figure 2)

Um boom ba bay
A
Um boom ba bay
G
Um Um boom ba bay bay
A


[Verse 1]
D
Pressure
A
Pushing down on me
G
Pressing down on you 
A
No man ask for

D
Under pressure
A
That burns a building down
G
Splits a family in two
A
Puts people on streets


[Bridge]

D
Um ba ba bay
A
Um ba ba bay
G
Dee day duh
A
Ee day duh


[Verse 2]

           G
It's the terror of knowing
                A
What this world is about
    G
Watching some good friends
                A
Screaming let me out!
     G                  A
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
D
Pressure on people
       G       A
People on streets


[Bridge]

G|-7---7---7---7-7-7---------------|
D|---------------------7-----------| (repeating)
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   1 . + . 2 . + a 3 . + . 4 . + . 

Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay


[Verse 3]

D
Chippin' around
A
I kick my brains round the floor
G
These are the days
A
It never rains but it pours

D
Ee do bay bup
A
Ee do bay ba bup
G
Ee do bup
A
Bay bup

D
People on streets
A
Dee da dee da day
G
People on streets
A
Dee da dee da dee da dee da


[Verse 4]

          G 
It's the terror of knowing
               A
What this world is about
   G
Watching some good friend
           A  
Scream let me out!

G
Pray tomorrow  
                      A
takes me high high higher

G
Turned away from it all
            C
Like the blind man
G                            C
Sat on a fence but it don't work


[Verse 5]

G
Keep coming up with love
                A
But it's so slashed and torn
C   F
Why?
   G  F  
Why? 
A  
LoveLoveLove!

A
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
 

[Verse 6]

             D                  G       A
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
              D                      G      A
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
             D         A         D          A
Why can't we give love give love give love?
G         A         D         A         G         A
Give love give love give love give love give love give love? 


[Verse 7]

          G          A             D
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
         A            G
And love dares you to care
        A             D           A
For the people on the edge of the night
         G            A
And love dares you to change our way
   D        A
Of caring about ourselves

G             A
This is our last dance
G             A
This is our last chance
D    A     G
This is ourselves
Under Pressure

G|-7---7---7---7-7-7---------------|
D|---------------------7-----------| (repeating)
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   1 . + . 2 . + a 3 . + . 4 . + . 


D      A
Under Pressure
D  G  A           D
Pressure




Keyboards

Bass

Bass Tab
[Figure 1]

Bass Line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap 


G|-7---7---7---7-7-7---------------|
D|---------------------7-----------| (repeating)
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   1 . + . 2 . + a 3 . + . 4 . + . 

Guitar

GUITAR Tab
Not yet sure if we will have guitar for this song??





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