Eb Bb/D Cm Fm C/E Ab/Eb Ddim Bb Bb6 Bb7 Eb Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth. Goodbye everybody, I've got to go, Cm G+5/B Eb/Bb Adim Abmaj7 Eb/G Sent shivers down my spine, body's achin' all the time, Bb Gm Mama Ooooo_ didn't mean to make you cry, if I'm not back again this time tomorrow, Bb/D Cm Abm Eb Ab/Eb Eb Adim/Db Bb7sus4b9 BbĬarry on, carry on as if nothing really matters. Mama life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away Eb Bb/D Cm Fm C/E Ab/Eb Ddim Bb Bb6 Bb7 Eb Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead Bb Gm Cm Cm/B Eb/Bb Abmaj7 Eb/G I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy B Bb A Bb B Bb A BbĮasy come, easy go, little high, little lowĪny way the wind blows, doesn't realy matter to me to me. Look up to the skies and see Cm Cm7 Cm F7 Is this real life, Is the just fantasy? F7 Cm7 F7 Bb Cm7 BbĬaught in a landslide, no escape from reality. Faster -į Eb/F F Eb/F Ab G Ab G Ab C (slows) then start on the Bb Riff of 'Mama, just killed a man' Album Intro : The start of this song has no chords, and is in the key of Bb. Use these chords in arpeggios on the lower & upper registers (listen to the concerts and you should pick it up)Įach Chord is about 4 beats, medium tempo with the exclusion of the G Ab G Ab combo which is 1 beat each. * Concert Intro : Freddie used the following intro during one of the concerts and its an effective intro ! Play this riff using the above technique where you see the Notes : * The Bohemian Rhapsody Piano Riff requires a crossover of hands and is Bass note, followed by an arpeggio of the chord, followed by the crossover and the two high notes. in the No No No No bit of the Opera Section Īs well as having to remember all the chords. Have seen in the video and some very quick and awkward chord changes ,e.g. Finally, the playing of the piece on piano requires the cross over technique you may Timing perspective, the song is mainly in 4:4 time but there are 2 or 3 occasions where 1 bar is 2:4 time and it changesīack to 4:4 time the bar after it. Keys in the song, starting in Bb, changing to A in the middle of the Opera Section and then finishing in Eb.
This is probably one of the most difficult pieces to learn.
Transcribed by Shane McDonald : (shanemcd ) Bohemian Rhapsody Words and Music by Freddie Mercury