'Is This The World We Created?' tab guide

Words and music by Freddie Mercury and Brian May

Brian May used twelve string and tuned it down by half step.
I denoted with * next to the tabbed note where only the higher
of the double strings is picked resulting in an octave higher
note.

Intro:

[Fade in]            Pause
|--5-----5-----5-----5------|
|--7-----7-----7-----7------|
|--7-----7-----7-----7------|
|-----0*----0*----0*----0*--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3-----1-----1--------0--------
|-7-----7-----5-----7-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----6-----------
|-7-----7-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----3-----3--2--0-----7-----
|----0*----0*----0*----0*----0*----0*----0*----0--3-----------8--------8--
|-------------------------------------------------1--1-------88-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

|---------------------7-/-10---|
|------3-/-5-/-7-/-10----------|
|--2---------------------------|
|--4---------------------------|
|----5-------------------------|
|------------------------------|


Verse:
  *           *          *         *    *           *         *
|------------------------9------0--7--|-----------------------9----0--7---|
|----7--7--7--7--7------10---------5--|----7--7--7--7--7-----10-------5---|
|----7--7--7--7--7---------11------7--|----7--7--7--7--7--------11----7---|
|-9--------------------------------5--|-9-----------------------------5---|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
     add e-10 on
    6-string guitar



  *           *           *            *
|--------------------------------5-----3---|
|----3--3--3--3-----3----------------------|
|----2--2--2--2-----2---->4---------4*-----|
|----5--5--5--4----------<2----------------|
|-0*-------------0*------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

  *           *           *        *          *
|----3-----0----------------------------------------------3-----|
|----------------2----------------------3--------------3--------|
|-3--------------------4----------------4--------0--4-----------|
|-4-----4*----4-----4--5-------------------4--2-------------(0*)|
|----------------------5----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|



Chorus:
[Strummed]
   *  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  *  .  .  .  .  .  .
|--5~~~~~~~-5~~~~-5~~-~~~--5--5--5--3~~~~~~~~~-|
|--7~~~~~~~-7~~~~-7~~~~(0)-5--7--5--3~~~~~~~~~-|
|--7~~~~~~~-6~~~~-7~~~~~~~-6--7--6--4~~~~~~~~~-|
|--0~~~~~~~-0~~~~-0~~~~~~~-0--0--0--0~~~~~~~~~-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

Bm(sus2), F#m,  A

Intro figure with strummed chords


Verse
  *           *          *           *            *           *           *           *
|------------------------9------0---------------|----------------------7--9--------7---|
|----7--7--7--7--7------10---------5-------5----|>7-----7-----7--7-----------7-----5---|
|----7--7--7--7--7------11--11-----7----------7-|<7-----7-----7--7--------------9--7---|
|-9-------------------------------------5-------|>9--9-----9--------9--------------5---|
|------------------------0*--------7------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  *           *            *          *
|--------------------------5----------3----|
|----3--3--3--3----------------------------|
|-------------2-----2*-----------4-4*------|
|----5--5--5--4------------2---------------|
|-0*--------------------------0------------|
|------------------------------------------|


  *           *           *         *          *
|-2--3-----0-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------2------------------3-----------------0-/-<12>---|
|----------------------4---------------4-----------0----/-<12>---|
|-4-----4*----4-----4--5----------5-------5--4------------<12>---|
|----------------------5-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------0*---------------|

chorus (as before)




Proposed intro for six string guitar:


|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3----
|-7-----7--------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-
|-7--7--7--7--6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4----...
|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------
|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
Author: Lee Francis Wilhelmsen, additional tabbing PD
Last update: 03/21/2007