Queen - "Drowse" (Acoustic Arrangement)
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Words & Music by Roger Taylor
Arranged by Matt Notley
matt_notley@hotmail.com
November 2001
This is my own interpretation of an arrangement of the song designed to be played by two acoustic
guitars together. If you want to play it solo, then just follow the arrangement for either guitar and
decide for yourself which parts sound best. The guitar parts are listed below together, with Guitar 1
on top and Guitar 2 on the bottom.
Intro:
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It's the
Verse 1:
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sad - eyed good - bye yesterday ... I remember. It's the
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bleak street weak - kneed partings I recall. It's the
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mistier mist, the hazier days, the brighter sun ... easier lays, and there's
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all the ... for laughing ... you're younger and ... too hard at all.
Bridge:
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It's the...
Verse 2:
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(As Verse 1)
It's the fantastic drowse of the afternoon Sundays,
That bored you to rages of tears.
It's the unending pleadings to waste all your good times,
In thoughts of your middle-aged years.
It's a vertical hold, all the things that you're told,
For the every day hero it all turns to zero,
And there's all the more reason for living and dying,
When you're young and your troubles are all very small.
Bridge:
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Out here ... we'd gather ... scuff up the ... endlessly ... feet,
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and half ... broaden our ... more in the pool ... in the school hall,
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with the ... chewing gum bums, watching ... life ... and the fun.
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Verse 3:
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(As Verse 1 & 2)
Never wanted to be the boy next door,
Always thought I'd be something more,
But it ain't easy for a small-town boy,
It ain't easy at all.
Thinking it right, doing it wrong,
It's easier from an armchair.
Waves of alternatives wash at my sleepiness,
Have my eggs poached for breakfast, I guess.
Outro:
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slow down
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Artist: Queen
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