'Fat Bottomed Girls' tab guide

Words and music by Brian May

Tune the guitar to a dropped D (DADGBE) Most of the song is played on the D chord. The rythm is more than difficoult. This TAB describes it direct. * shows the bassdrum beats. I can only recommend you to listen to the song about thousend times. Or you should play a simplified version.

vocal intro arr for guitar (stupid idea I know, but...)

 Are you gonna take me home tonite, Ah down beside your red fire light
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6b7---7---5-3--b5---3---3----3--3----7--r5---3-5r3--3----3---3----3r2-
6b7---7---5-2---5---5---5----5-b4----7--r5---2-5----5----5--r2----2---
6b7---7---5-4---5---5---5----5--5----7--r5---4-5----5----5-4r2----2---
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Ah you gonna let it all hang out, fat bott. g. you make the rocking w. go round
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6b7-7---5--3--3---3--3----3---3----6--6--6--7---7--7r5---3---6--5--3---3--1b3--
6b7-7---5--2--0---0--0----0---0----5--5--5--7---7--7r5---2---5--4--2---2--1b2--
6b7-7---5--4-----------------------6--6--6--7---7--7r5---4---7--5--3b4-0-------
--------------2---2--2----2---2-------------------------------------------4b5--
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intro (one guitar)
     *               *               *               *
-----1/2-----2-------1/2-----------2-1/2-----------------------------
-----2/3---3-3---3-3-2/3---3-3-----3-2/3-3-3-------------------------
-----1/2---2-2---2-2-1/2---2-2-----2-1/2-2-2-------0-----------------
-----0-------0-------0---------------0-------0---0-------------0-----
-----------------------------------------------------3---2---0-------
-0---------------------------------------------------------------3b--

 *               *               *               *
-----1/2-------2-1/2-----2-------1/2-----2-----------------------
-----2/3---3---3-2/3---3-3-----3-2/3-3-3-3-----3---3-------------
-----1/2-------2-1/2---2-2---2---1/2-2-2-2---2-----0-------------
-----0-----------0-------0-------0-------0-----------------------
-----------------------------------------------------3---2p0-----
-0-----------------------------------------------------------3p0-

 *               *               *               *   enters second guitar
-1/2-----2---------------2-------1/2-----2-----------------------
-2/3-3-3-3-----0---------3---3-3-2/3-3-3-3---3-3-----------------
-1/2-2-2-2-----0---0-0---2---2-2-1/2-2-2-2---2-2-----------------
-0-------0-----0---0-0---0-------0-------0-----------------------
-0-----------0---3-2-2---------------------------5---5---3---0---
-0------------------(3)--------------------------5---5---3---0---

 *               *               *               *     I was...  (first verse
-1/2---2-2-------1/2---2-2-------1/2---------------0-------------  begins)
-2/3---3-3-----3-2/3---3-3-----3-2/3-3-3-3-----3-3-0-----0-------
-1/2---2-2---2---1/2---2-2---2---1/2-2-2-2-----2-2-0-----0---0---
-0-----0-0-------0-----0-0-------0-----------0---0-----0-0---0---
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 *               *               *               *
-*-...-----------*---------------*-...---------------------------
-*-...-----------*..-------------*-...---------3-3-0-------------
-*-...-----------*..-------------*-...---------2-2-0-------------
-*-...-----------*---------------*-...-----------0---------------
-*-...-----------*---3---2p0-----*-...---------------5---3---0---
-*-...-----------*-----------3p0-*-...---------------5---3---0---

 *               *               *               *
-*-...-----------*-------------------------------*---------------
-*-...-----------*-...-----------2-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-...-----------2-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-...-----------2-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-------3b--2p0-0-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-------------------------------*-------3b--0---

 *               *               *               *
-1/2-...---------*-...---------------------------*---------------
-2/3-...---------*-...---------------------------*---------------
-1/2-...---------*-...---------------------------*---------------
-0---...---------*-...-----------3/5-...---------*-------3---0---
-----------------*---------------3/5-...---------*-------3---0---
-----------------*---------------3/5-...---------*-------3---0---

 *               *               *               *
-1/2-...-------------------------2---------------*---------------
-2/3-...---------2-...-----------3---------------*---------------
-1/2-...---------2-...-----------2---------------*---------------
-0---------------2-...-----------0---------------*---5---3---0---
------------3b---0-...-------0-------------------*---5---3---0---
-------------------------3b--0-------------------*---5---3---0---

'solo'1:06       *               *               *
-2-------2-------1/2-----2-------1/2-----2---------------2-------
-3-----3-3-----3-2/3---3-3-----3-2/3---3-3-----1---0-----3-------
-2-----2-2-----2-1/2---2-2-----2-1/2---2-2---0-0---0-0---2---0---
-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---0-2---0-0---0-------
-----------------------------------------------------2-----------
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 *               *               *               *
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-7-----7-7--\5-5-----3---3-----------7-7\5-----3-----3---3-------
/7-----7-7--\5-5-----4---2---2---2/7-7-7\5-----4-----0---0h2-2-2-
-0-------0-------0-------0-----0-------------0---0-0-------------
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 *               *               *               *
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/7-----7---8---7---5-5---3---3-3--/7-7\5-5---3-3---3-3---3-----3-
/7-----7---7---7---5-5---4---2-2--/7-7\5-5---4-4---0-0---0h2-----
-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-----0---0-----0-----------0-0-0-------0-------
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 *               *               *               *
-----------------------------------------------------3---2-------
-----------------------------------------------------3---3---3-2-
-2-2-------------------------------------------------0---2---2---
-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------------------------------------0---0-------
-----3/5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3p0-----3h5-5-5-3p0-----0---------------
-----------------------------3p0-------------3p0-0---------------

 *               *               *
-1/2-----2-------1/2-----2-------2---------
-2/3---3-3-------2/3---3-3-------3---------
-1/2---2-2-------1/2---2-2-------2---------
-0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------
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2nd verse, 1:32
 *               *               *               *
-*-...-----------*---------------*-...-----------------------2---
-*-...-----------*..-------------*-...-----------------------3---
-*-...-----------*..-------------*-...-----------------------2---
-*-...-----------*---------------*-...-----------------------0---
-*-...-----------*---------------*-...-----------3p0-------------
-*-...-----------*-------3b--0---*-...---------------3b---0------

 *               *               *               *
-*-...-----------*-------------------------------*---------------
-*-...-----------*-...-----------2-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-.(gtr1, gtr2)-2-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-...---2b4-2p0-2-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-------3b--2p0-0-...-----------*-...-----------
-*-...-----------*-------------------------------*-------3b--0---

 *               *               *               *
-2-...-----------*-...---------------------------*---------------
-3-...-----------*-...---------------------------*---------------
-2-...-----------*-...---------------------------*---------------
-0-...-----------*-...-----------3/5-...---------*...----3---0---
-----------------*---------------3/5-...---------*...----3---0---
-----------------*---------------3/5-...---------*...----3---0---

 *               *                               *
-1/2-...-------------------------2---------------*---------------
-2/3-...---------2-...-----------3---------------*-5-5---3---5---
-1/2-...---------2-...-----------2---------------*-6-6---4---6---
-0---------------2-...-----------0---------------*---------------
-----------------0-...---------------------------*---------------
-------------------------3b--0-------------------*---------------

chorus...


The "..." in the TAB means to strum the actual chord as you want.

chords:

      D                                                              A
I was just a skinny lad...(etc) But I knew life before I left my luxury...
      D                                 G                             D
Left alone with big fat fatty, she was such a naughty nanny, you big woman,
           A              D
You made a fat boy out of me...

Chorus -

D             C            G       D          C                  A
Oh, won't you take me home tonite, Oh, Down beside your red fire light,
D             G
Oh, you gonna give it all you got,
C            D                  A            D
fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world round,
C            D                  A            D
fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world round
G G D D AA  D
G G D D AA  G...
Author: Chords transcribed by Roy Truelove (roy@liii.
Last update: 03/21/2007