artist: queen
song: somebody to love
written by: freddie mercury
album: a day at the races
released: 1977
intro
g----------------------------------
d-----------5-----------5---6------
a---6---8-------6---8--------------
e----------------------------------
verse (this is the root of the verse part of the song, everything is
based on this, so you can use this as a base for the whole
thing)
g--------------/---------8-/------------/---------------/
d---6---5------/-6---8-----/--6---5-----/--8------------/
a-----------8--/-----------/----------8-/---------5---6-/
e--------------/-----------/------------/-----------6---/
g-----------/---------------------------/-------------------/
d-----------/---------------------------/-------------------/
a---------6-/--6--5--3--4---------------/-------------4---6-/
e-4---6-----/--------------444444444444-/--4--4-3-3-1-------/
chorus (starts when freddie yells, somebody to love)
g------------------------------------/
d------------------------------------/
a----------------------444434-666666-/
e-444444-333333-111111---------------/
2nd verse (this contains some riffs. deacon does alotta improv in the
song...so much that its not worth tabbing all of it. i ve
included the riffs in this verse only but he still follows
the same root.)
g-------------/------------8-/-----8---------------/----------/
d---6-----5---/--6---8---8---/---8---8---6---5-----/----------/
a-----------8-/--------8-----/---------6---------8-/------8---/
e-------------/--------------/---------------------/----------/
g-8--10,10-8---------------------8---/8---7---5---6-/
d------------11,10,8-----------8---8-/--------------/
a----------------------------6-------/--------------/
e--------------------4---6-----------/--------------/
g--------------/---------6---8---/
d-666666666666-/-6-6-5-3-------6-/
a--------------/-----------------/
e--------------/-----------------/
bride
g------------3-4-5-/-----------------/-----------/-----------------/
d-6666666666-------/6-5-3------------/-----------/-----------------/
a------------------/------6-4-3------/-6-8-6-8-4-/--444/15--444/15-/
e------------------/------------4444-/-----------/-----------------/
g------------/-----------------/--------------2-----------2-/
d------------/---4/8-------4/8-/----------2-4---4-2---2-4---/
a-4444444444-/-----------------/--------4-----------4-------/
e------------/-2------222------/-2222-5---------------------/
g------------6-7-/------6-7---------------/-------
d-8888888888-----/-8888-----8-7-5---8-7---/-------
a----------------/----------------8-----6-/-66666-
e----------------/------------------------/-------
intro
verse
chorus
verse
chorus
bridge
guitar solo (same as verse)
chorus
verse
vocal solo (no bass)
chorus (over and over)
thats it. play moderately slow. good luck
tabbed by jose