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’39
Queen, from _A_Night_at_the_Opera_

transcription by
[email protected] (Ken Goach)
[email protected] (patrick m. ryan)

Notes:
On the studio version of this song, there are two guitars
This is an approximation for playing it on just one. Use
a capo on the first fret

intro

X X X X Am Am Am Am

–3——-2——0—-0—-0—–3—-2—0——3——|
—3——-3——0—-0—-1—–3—-3—1——3——|
—0——-2——0—-0—-0—–0—-2—0——0——|
—0—–0-0——2—-2—-2—–0–0-0—2-0_2–0——|
—2-2_3——–2-2–2-2–3-3—–2——–3——2——|
-3——————————3-3—————3——|

G D Em C G D G G G G (folk strum)
—3——-2——0—-0—-0—–3–2———|
—3——-3——0—-0—-1—–3–3———|
—0——-2——0—-0—-0—–0–0———|
—0—–0-0——2—-2—-2—–0—–3-2-0–|
—2-2_3——–2-2–2-2–3-3—–2————|
-3——————————3-3————|

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~ D(add G) Dmaj G
Blue and sunny morn Sweetest sight ever seen

nd night followed day, and the story tellers say

Em Am (then passing notes C B A F#)
That the score brave souls inside

or many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C Em C D C (G) D——
Ne’er looked back, never feared, never cried

on’t you hear my call, though you’re many years away,

on’t you hear me calling you

Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the C~, I add D&G on top:

|–3
|–3
|–0
|–2
|–3
|–X

Likewise, the D add G is

|–3 (where you add the G)
|–3
|–2
|–0
|–X
|–X

In the year of ’39 assembled here the Volunteers
In the days when the lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen

And night followed day
And the storytellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne’er looked back, never feared, never cried

Don’t you hear my call though you’re many years away
Don’t you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
In the year of ’39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we’ll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I’m older but a year
Your mother’s eyes in your eyes cry to me

Don’t you hear my call though you’re many years away
Don’t you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

For my life
Still ahead
Pity Me

Notes:

I often play Amin7 rather than plain Amin

The odd chords listed in the chorus I play:

|–3 |–3-|
|–3 |–3-|
|–0 |–0-|
|–0 |–0-|
|–0 |–2-|
|–2 |–X
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=-= Sitting in the corner you are naked and alone,
No one listened to your plea’s you created me

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From: [email protected] (Tom)

It wos the asking, and I think the chords in the intro of a Queen
song ( ’39 ) is not

x x Am Am Am Am

I think the intro

the first line is sure!
bye
BigTom

[email protected]

From: [email protected]

’39 – Queen
>From the album A Night At The Opera
Written by Brian May

I have seen some other chords, I think these are the *real* ones
Comments and suggestions are welcome by e-mail

Koen van der Drift

Intro:

| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G | G |
| G | D | Em | C | G | D | C | G | G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D7 | G |

In the year of ’39 assembled here the volunteers

In the days when lands were few

Here the ship sailed out into the

lue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.

nd the night followed day, and the storytellers say

That the score brave souls inside

or many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C D7 G |D7|
Never looked back, never feared, never cried

on’t you hear my call, though you’re many years away,

on’t you hear me calling you

G Bm Em D6 C Bm Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew.

Bridge:

| Eb | Eb | Cm | Cm | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | A | A | A | A |
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G |

In the year of ’39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we’ll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I’m older but a year
Your mother’s eyes, from your eyes cry to me

Don’t you hear my call though you’re many years away
Don’t you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

Em7 D7 G
For my life, still ahead, pity me

Outtro:

| G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D G | G | D G |