Queen — I Cant Live With You Tab
Queen — I Can't Live With You
Innuendo
1991
A great song by Queen and I found only one tab for it and since it
was incomplete I'm trying to finish it now.
I used Persechini Bruno's version as a starting point.
I decided to cut the guitar parts into riffs so it is
easier to follow. (At least I hope so...) Anyway, here you go:
Standard tuning (EADGBE)
Notes: Chord formations:
/ — slide up E (079997)
— slide down A (x02220) or (577655)
h — hammer—on Am (x02210) or (577555)
p — pull—off B (x24442) or (799877)
b — bend string C (x35553)
r — release G (355433)
~ — vibrato D (x57775)
F#m7 (244252)
Riff 1 (in chorus)
E—————————————————————————————|
B——9—9——9——9——9——(2)—————————|
G——9—9——9——9——9——(2)—————————| (I can't live with you...)
D——9—9——9——9——9——(2)—————————|
A——7—7——7——7——7——(0)—————————|
E—————————————————————————————|
Riff 2 (in verse)
E—————————————————————————————|
B—————————————————————————————|
G—————————————————————————————| (I'm having a hard time...)
D————4————2/3/4————2/3/4——————|
A————4————2/3/4————2/3/4——————|
E————2————0/1/2————0/1/2——————|
Riff 3 (in verse)
E—————————————————————————————|
B—————————————————————————————|
G—————————————————————————————| (You may think that I don't care...)
D—————————————————————————————|
A———1—/2—/3—/4———7p4——————————|
E—————————————————————4———————|
Riff 4 (in verse)
E———————————————————————————————————————————|
B———————————————————————————————————————————|
G—6—————————————————————————————————————————| (I travelled a long...)
D—7———7——7————5/6/7———7——7————5/6/7———7——7——|
A—7———7——7————5/6/7———7——7————5/6/7———7——7——|
E—5———————————3/4/5———————————3/4/5—————————|
Riff 5 (in verse)
E—————————————————————————————|
B—————————————————————————————|
G—————————————————————————————| (But nothing's what it seems...)
D——————————————————————7——————|
A——/4—/5—/6—/7———10p7——7——————|
E—————————————————————————————|
And so the song goes like this:
[INTRO] at 0:01
Riff 1 (2x)
[CHORUS] at 0:06
Riff 1 A B
Riff 1 A B
D A
Riff 1 (2x)
[VERSE 1] at 0:26
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5
[PRE—CHORUS] at 0:47
C — G | C — G | C — G | D (2x)
Love is say—ing ba—by...
C — G | C — G | C — G | D — A | D — A | D — A
Lo—ver turns to ha—ter...
[CHORUS] at 01:03
(Riff 1 1x at the end!)
[VERSE 2] at 01:21
(Same as VERSE 1)
[PRE—CHORUS] at 01:42
C — G | C — G | C — G | D (2x)
Hold on baby...
C — G | C — G | C — G | D — A | D — A | D — A | B
Passions screaming hotter... ...gotta do...
[BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I'm not sure about this part...)
E A
Am G
B A F#m7 B
[SOLO] at 2:18
E A B E A B
E———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B——————————————12——10p9—————————————————————————————————|
G———7b9~~~———————————————9——————————————————————————————|
D——————————————————————————9———9b11~~9——7——6————————————|
A——————————————————————————————————————————————9————————|
E———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E A B
E———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
G————————————————11b13r11p9—————9—13b14r13——11——————————|
D————————————9———————————————11—————————————————————————|
A———7———9h11————————————————————————————————————————————|
E———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E D G B
E———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B————————————————————————————————————————/12————————————|
G———9————9———9——14~~—12p11h12~~—11p9h11—————————————————|
D——————————9————————————————————————————————————————————|
A———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
[CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
D A
E—————————————————————/9———/10——/11——/12——15b16————|
B———/7——/9——/10——/12——/10——/12——/13——/14——16b17————|
G———/7——/9——/11——/13———————————————————————————————|
D——————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A——————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E——————————————————————————————————————————————————|
(I think it's actually played by two guitars, one starting from
the G string going to the B, the other is from B to E...)
[CHORUS] at 2:50
[OUTRO] at 3:15
Riff 1 A B to fade
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Well that's it, not 100% precise but that's the way we play it and
I think it's fairly close. At least it sounds OK.
There are many guitar fills in the song that I haven't
transcribed so you gotta figure them out for yourselves.
If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections please
send it to me: halmaig@hotmail.com