'Killer Queen' tab guide

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

12"/left/riff A
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--8--7--7--\6--6--\5--5--\4--4--\3--3--3--3-\1------|
|---------------------------------------------------x--|
|------------------------------------------------1-----|
|------------------------------------------------------|

38"/left/riff B
|------------------------------------------|
|----5------6------3-------------3___\(1)--|
|----6------7------4-----------5-3___\-----|
|----7------7--7---5-----------5-3___\-----|
|--------5-------------3-----*-3-1___------|
|-5-----5-------3-----3----------------1---|

 44"/middle/three guitars arranged for one
|-------------------13-10-13b15------------------|
|-------------------15-15-15b16------------------|
|----10b12-10b12----15-15-15-------10b12-10b12---|
|----12b13-12b13-------------------12b13-12b13---|
|----13----13----------------------13----13------|
|-1--1-----1-------------------------------------|


56"/left and right guitars   1'26/left
|--------------------------|--------------------------------3-----------3----------|
|-------------------left:  |------5------6-----5------6-----3----4------3----------|
|-----right---------riff A-|------6------7-----6------7-----4----5------4---5------|
|-----10b12-8-10----8------|------7------7-----7------7-----5----5------5--x---3-3-|
|booth-----------10--------|------7---5--------7---5-----------3----x--------------|
|-8------------------------|-1/5-----5------5-----5------3-----------3-------------|

1'26"/middle
|-------------------------------5--6----5-----------------3------------|
|-8b10---b10--b10v--8--6-5-----------8----6-5-----b8-r-6----4p3--------|
|--------------------------7v-----------------7-----------------5v-(0)-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-3--------------------------------|
|---4-6-3-4-3----------------------|
|-------------5\2------------------|
|-----------------3-3---3-3---3-h3-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

1'35"/middle/three guitars
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10b12-10b12---10b12-10b12---12-13-14/17----|
|-12b13-12b13---12b13-12b13---13-12-13-17b19-|
|-13----13------13----13------13-14-15/20----|
|--------------------------------------------|

solo/middle
|------------------------13---13-10h11p10-------------------------------|
|-13---13--11-13r11-----------------------13------13---13-r12--13r11----|
|-------------------12-------------------------12--------------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------15-----|
|---x15---15-12-13p12-15p13-16p15-18p16-18b20---r18---16---18-----16--|
|--x------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

middle
|---------------------------15----------------------------------------|
|-18b20____r18___-16----18-----16--20r18_p16------18---------------16-|
|--------------------------------------------16-------16\15----17-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|left
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----16------15----14---------16--13-------------14------------------|
|------------15----15---------------------------------13p12--1213--15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|right
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------15------15----------15h17--13------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------13--------13-13----13-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

middle
|------------------------------18----------------------|
|-18b20---b20-r18vv-----18r20-----b20---b20---b20r21vv-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|left
|-----------------------------14-----------------------|
|-15b16--b16-r15vv-----15b16-----16-----16----16b18vv--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|right
|-----------------------------11-----------------------|
|-11----11---11vv----------------11-----11----13b15vv--|
|----------------------14b15---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


2'1"/right guitar: G Cm G Cm A# D# A# D# D (G F)

2'04"/three guitars/wah-wah
|------------|
|-13-11------|
|-------12---|
|-17-15-13---|
|-18-17-15---|
|------------|

2'13"/left fading to right
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-10-8-----------|-----------------|
|------10-8-7----|-3-1-------------|
|-------------8--|-----3-1-0-------|
|----------------|-----------1-----|

(2'17-2'25": the multitrack guitarsolo is not presented here)

2'28"/left guitar :  riff B

2'35"
|------------------------|-14b16-b16...|
|------------------------|-15b16-b16...|
|-10b12---10b12-10b12----|-14b16-b16...|
|-12b13---12b13-12b13----|-------------|
|-12b13---12b13-12b13----|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|

  left     right
|-20r18-15---------...|
|----------20r18-16...|
|------------------...|
|------------------...|
|------------------...|
|------------------...|
Author: PD 1.7.1996, corr. 1999 june
Last update: 03/21/2007