Friday, September 20, 2013

39 - Queen - Guitar Tutorial





'39 Queen (tune up ½ step or capo on first fret)

intro
   G       D      Em        C     G    D   C      G
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---0-----0-0------2----2--4-2-----0--0-0---2-0_2--0------|
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2----3-----2--------3------2------|
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   G       D      Em        C     Cmaj7          G G G G (folk strum)
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---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2----3-----3------------|
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G (pickup chord)  D                         Em
         In the   year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers

        C~       G          D              Em          Em7 
In the days when lands were few   Here the ship sailed out into the

C~             Cmaj7  Dsus4    D         G
Blue and sunny morn   Sweetest sight ever seen.

    D                           Ddim xx1212
And night followed day, and the story tellers say

         Em                   Am   
That the score brave souls inside

    G                         D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C            Em    C     D  (G)  C     D------
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

          G                           C           
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

G                         D
Don't you hear me calling you

               G   B7     Em    G      C     G        Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

        Em           D             G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.


Eb  Ebadd#4  Eb  Eb6   Eb     

Cm(2 bars)  A(2 bars) C(1 bar)  F#m    C

Am               E                Bb/F    


Eb  Bb  Csus4 F   G









Verse Two
       D                 Em
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
       C          G            D
The Volunteers came home that day
         Em       Em7          C
And they bring good news of a world so newly born

Cmaj7        Dsus4     D       G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
         D                         Ddim
For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we'll away
         Em             Am
But my love this cannot be
G                                       D
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
       C       Em      C     D   C     D
Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me.


G                                    C
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G                         D
Don't you hear me calling you
        G       B7      Em   G      C       G        Am
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
Em
For my life
       D
Still ahead
Pity Me.

   G       C  D     Em            C   Cmaj7  D          G5
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-3--3-----1-3--3-----0----0-------1----------3----------3------|
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-0--0----------0-----2----2--4----2-----2----0-----4----0------|
-2--2-2_3------------2--2-2-------3-----3---------------2------|
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