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Show Must Go On (Fingerstyle) by Queen

Misc Covers
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 7 bars):
 
 |
 14 bars):
   Empty spaces,  what are we living  for?
 Abandoned places.  I guess we know  the score.
On  and on.  Does anybody know  what we are looking  for?
 Another hero.  Another mindless  crime.
 Behind the curtain.  In the pantomime.
 Hold  the line. Does anybody want to take it anymore?
 8 bars):
 The  show must go on...
 The show must go on...
 Inside,  my heart is breaking.
 
My  makeup may  be flaking but my smile still stays on.
 16 bars):
 Whatever happens,  I leave it all  to chance.
 Another heartache.  Another failed  romance.
 On and on.  Does  anybody know what we are living for?
 I guess I'm learning.  I must be warmer  now.
 I'll soon be turning  round the corner  now.
 Outside  the dawn is breaking,
 
 but  inside in the dark I'm aching to be free.
 8 bars)
 Guitar break (6 bars):
 
|
 Ad lib "Yeah", "Ooh", etc.
 6 bars):
 My soul is painted  like the wings  of butterflies.
Fairytales  of yesterday  will grow  but never die.
 I  can fly, my  friends.
 Final Chorus (7 bars):
 The show  must go on.  Yeah...
 The show must go on.
 I'll face  it with a grin.  I'm never  giving in.
 On  with the show.
 16 bars):
 |
 Ooh,  I'll top  the bill. I'll overkill.
 
 I  have the  find the will to carry on... (with the, on with the)
show.
 (fade out)
 N.B.: The original track fades out on a Bsus4 but when playing live, I usually resolve
 Bsus2 into a Bm.
 Suggested chord shapes:
 
/  012020
/  X04222
/  234242
/  212020

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Readable chord sheet for Show Must Go On (Fingerstyle) by Queen by Misc Covers

7 bars):
 [Bm] [Bsus2]  [Bsus4] [Bm]  [G] [G11#]  [Em/G]
|[Em7]    [Em6]         [F#sus4]                [F#]                    [Em]

14 bars):
 [A#dim/E]   Empty [Bm]spaces,[Bsus2] what are we [Bsus4]living for?  [Bm]
Abandoned [G]places.[G11#] I guess we [Em/G]know the score.  [G]
[Em7]On and on.[Em6] Does [F#sus4]anybody [F#]know what we are [Em]loo[Bbdim]king f[E]or?
Another [Bm]hero.[Bsus2] Another [Bsus4]mindless crime.  [Bm]
Behind the [G]curtain.[G11#] In the [Em/G]pantomime.  [G]
[Em7]      [Em6]        [F#sus4]  [F#]
Hold[G] the line. Does anybody want to take it anymore?

8 bars):
T[G]he show must go [Bm]on...[Bsus2]        [Bsus4]                [Bm]
The show must go [G]on..[G11#].      [Em/G]             [G]
In[Em7]side, my heart is [Em6]breaking.
   [F#sus4]        [F#]             [Em]
[Bm]My makeup ma[N.C.]y be flaking but my smile  still stays on.

16 bars):
Whatever [C#m]happens,[C#sus2] I leave it all[C#sus4] to chance.  [C#m]
Another [A]heartache.[A11#] Another [F#m]fail[A]ed romance.  [A]
[F#m7]   [F#m6]     [Absus4]  [Ab]
On and on[Cdim]. Doe[F#]s anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm [C#m]learning.[C#sus2] I must be [C#sus4]warmer now.  [C#m]
I'll soon be [A]turning[A11#] round the [F#m]corn[A]er now.  [A]
Out[F#m7]side the dawn is [F#m6]breaking,
    [Absus4]        [Ab]              [F#m]
bu[Em]t inside in the dark I'm aching to be free.

8 bars)

Guitar break (6 bars):
 [Bm]   [Bsus2]   [Bsus4] [Bm]  [G] [G11#]
[G]|  [Em7]      [Em6]           [F#sus4]                  [F#]                      [Em]
Ad lib "Yeah", "Ooh", etc.

6 bars):
[F] My soul is [G/F]painted like the [Em]wings of butter[Am]flies.  [Cmaj7/G]
[F]Fairytales of y[G/F]esterday will [Em7]grow but never die.  [Am]
I[C#m7b5] can fly[A7/C#],     [Dsus4]my friends.  [D]

Final Chorus (7 bars):
T[D]he [Bm]show must go on.[Bsus2] Yeah...  [Bsus4]          [Bm]
The show must go [G]on.  [G11#]         [Em/G]                [G]
I'll [Em7]face it with a grin.[Em6] I'm [F#sus4]never giving in.  [F#]
On[Em] with the show.  [Bbdim]        [E]

16 bars):
|[Bm]   [Bsus2]          [Bsus4]                [Bm]                    [G]                      [G11#]                            [Em/G]
O[G]oh, I'll [Em7]top the bill. I'll [Em6]overkill.
  [F#sus4]             [F#]            [Em]    [Em7]
I[Bbdim] have [E]the find the will to carry on... (with the, on with the)
[Em7]show.  [Bm]       [Bsus2]

(fade out)

N.B.: The original track fades out on a Bsus4 but when playing live, I usually resolve
Bsus2 into a Bm.

Suggested chord shapes:

         [E][A][D][G][B][E]
[Bbdim]/[E]  012020
[F#m]/[A]    X04222
[Cdim]/[F#]  234242
[C#dim]/[F#] 212020

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