'China Belle' tab guide

Words and music by Brian May

[00:04]
[intro]

|Guit I
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|Guit II
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|-9--8-----8--9--11-9p-8h-9p-8---8---8--9-----9--8-----8--9-11--9p-8h-9p-8---------|
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[00:10]
[Riff I]
[verse I]
(m = muted string)
 m m m m m m m m m m m m m   m  m  m     m     m
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[00:33]
        C
she's a lover, she's a fighter
        G
she's a red hot bit
    D                            A
You take her as you find but you never can quit
         B                                     \\
she's a pretty little lady called China Belle

She's a little bit o' heaven and a whole lotta hell

[00:45]
|Guit I
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|16-15----15-16-18-16p15h16p15--15--15-16----16-15----15-16-18-16p15h16p15~~-------|
|------17---------------------17-------------------17------------------------------|
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|Guit II
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|-9--8-----8--9--11-9p-8h-9p-8---8---8--9-----9--8-----8--9-11--9p-8h-9p-8~~-------|
|------10---------------------10-------------------10------------------------------|
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|Guit III
|---------------------------------------------12-11----11-12-14-12p11h12p11~~------|
|---------------------------------------------------13-----------------------------|
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[Verse 2]
[00:51]
[repeat notes for verse 1]

E
she gotta bad reputation nut you wont say no
E
you gonna need her sweet loving when you go go go
A
she gotta diamond on her finger you can see it glisten

                                                     e|--12--12--12--12----
                                                     B|--12--11--10--8b----
E                                                    G|------------------9-
she got plenty conversation (don't talk , just listen)
             C                       G
she could be flat bed fakin' but you never can tell
        D                        A
Got the body of an angel but you know dam well
           B                                  \\
she's a pretty little baby called china belle

she's a little bit o heaven and a whole lotta hell

[01:28]
|Guit I
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|16-15----15-16-18-16p15h16p15--15--15-16----16-15----15-16-15-16-15b16~----------|
|------17---------------------17-------------------17-----------------------------|
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|Guit II
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|-9--8-----8--9--11-9p-8h-9p-8---8---8--9-----9--8-----8--9-11-13-13b15~----------|
|------10---------------------10-------------------10-----------------------------|
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|Guit III
|12-11----11-12-14-12p11h12p11--11--11-12----12-11----11-12-14-16-16b18~----------|
|------13---------------------13-------------------13-----------------------------|
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[Verse 3]
[01:33]

E
I was standin' at the station on the neck of Siam
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E                                                   |----------------------------
I met a guy from abu Dhabi said "you know who I'am" |----------------------------
A
They call me Hard Nosed Harry who could never get hooked

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E                                                |------------------------12-10h11h12-
but I fell in love with trouble after just one look
                 C                           G
she'll give you dirty loving honey make you feel real swell
           D                            A
but if you say you wanna stay she ain't that kinda gel
               B                                       \\
I said you're talkin' 'bout a lady that I know dam well

she's a little bit o heaven

and a       whole lotta hell
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[solo]
[02:12]
[Left channel]
                                                 slight pre-bend
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|-----------------------------------------8b---|pb11r10---12-12-12-12--------------------------------------|-11~-12~
|-11b12r11-10~----8--8-7-7------------10~------|------------------------10b11r10------------------------8b-|--------
|--------------------------10-10-8-6~----------|--------------------------------13-10--10------------10~---|--------
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------13-12-10-8-6------|--------

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|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------13---------------------10b11r10---
|only right channel|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------13~
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-[riff I]-----------------------------------
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[right channel]
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|-------------------------------------------13------15b17|pb15r14-14b15r14\\---17b18-17-15~-------19b-19b~|--------
|-10pb11-12~----14b15-14-14-12-12---------12--15b17~-----|---------------------------------17-15~---------|-5b7-r5-
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|-/11t16p11p8h11t16p11t16p11p8h11t15p11t15~p11|-----------------|---------------|
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|---------------------------------------------|only left channel|[play riff I]--|
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[02:36]
[Right Channel]               [Left Channel]
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|-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9-9-9\\-|/9-9-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9-9-9-|
|-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9-9-8/9-9-9\\-|/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-7---|
|-6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-7-6/7-7-7\\-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---|

|Guit I
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|16-15----15-16-18-16p15h16p15-----15-15b16~--|
|------17----------------------17-------------|
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|Guit II
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|-9--8-----8--9--11-9p-8h-9p-8--9--11-11b12~--|
|------10-------------------------------------|
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|Guit III
|12-11----11-12-14-12p11h12p11-12--14-14b15~--|
|------13-------------------------------------|
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[verse 4]
[02:44]

E
She'll take you Nee-how walkin' to a chinese ball
E
you'll be singin' and a dancin' underneath the great wall
A
but just when you're strollin' in the rain through Tiananmen square
E
you turn around and look for China and she ain't nowhere
          C                      G
she's a dangerous habit she's a red hot hit
          D                           A
you could get a better rabbit but you just can't quit
B
she's a pretty little little lady
B
she's a pretty little little lady
B                                                    \\
she's a pretty little little lady called China belle
she's a little bit o heaven and a-
whole lotta hell.


[03:27]
[right channel]
| repeat x5        |                                      |repeat till the end|
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|------------------|-----------------|---------------7----|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------7----|-------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12|-9-10-9-9-9-10-9-|-9-10-9-9-9-10-9----|-9-10-9-9-9-10-9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7----|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7---|
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[left channel]
| repeat x5   |repeat till the end |
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|-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
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take to china....
take me away...

[03:42]
|Guit I
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|/15~---------------13----------------------13-------
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|Guit II
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|----------------------------14-15-------------------
|/14~---------16-15----15-16----------16-15----15-16-
|-------------------17----------------------17-------
|----------------------------------------------------
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|Guit III
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|-------------------------------11~------------------
|-------------12-11----11-12-14-------12-11----11-12-
|-------------------14----------------------14-------
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Guit I & II
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|------------16h17----------------------
|-------15h16------16-15----15----------
|-----14-----------------17----17-16-14-
|13h14----------------------------------
|--------------------------------------- whole lotta hell...lotta hell...lotta hell...
Author: Miguel Sobrevia (Chile)
Last update: 03/21/2007