Queen - I Can't Live With You
Innuendo
1991
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 (079997)
- slide down (x02220) or (577655)
h - hammer-on (x02210) or (577555)
p - pull-off (x24442) or (799877)
b - bend string (x35553)
r - release (355433)
~ - vibrato (x57775)
(244252)
Riff 1 (in chorus)
[E-]----------------------------|
[B-]-9-9--9--9--9--(2)---------|
-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-]----------------------------|
----------------------------| (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-]----------------------------|
----------------------------| (You may think that I don't care...)
[D-]----------------------------|
[A-]--1-/2-/3-/4---7p4----------|
[E-]--------------------4-------|
Riff 4 (in verse)
[E-]------------------------------------------|
[B-]------------------------------------------|
-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-]----------------------------|
----------------------------| (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
Riff 1
Riff 1 (2x)
[VERSE 1] at 0:26
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5
[PRE-CHORUS] at 0:47
- | - | - | (2x)
Love is say-ing ba-by...
- | - | - | - | - | -
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
- | - | - | (2x)
Hold on baby...
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Passions screaming hotter... ...gotta do...
[BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I'm not sure about this part...)
[SOLO] at 2:18
[E-]------------------------------------------------------|
[B-]-------------12--10p9---------------------------------|
[G-]--7b9~~~---------------9------------------------------|
[D-]-------------------------9---9b11~~9--7--6------------|
[A-]---------------------------------------------9--------|
[E-]------------------------------------------------------|
[E-]------------------------------------------------------|
[B-]------------------------------------------------------|
[G-]---------------11b13r11p9-----9-13b14r13--11----------|
[D-]-----------9---------------11-------------------------|
[A-]--7---9h11--------------------------------------------|
[E-]------------------------------------------------------|
[E-]------------------------------------------------------|
[B-]---------------------------------------/12------------|
[G-]--9----9---9--14~~-12p11h12~~-11p9h11-----------------|
[D-]---------9--------------------------------------------|
[A-]------------------------------------------------------|
[E-]------------------------------------------------------|
[CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
[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 string going to the B, the other is from to ...)
[CHORUS] at 2:50
[OUTRO] at 3:15
Riff 1 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: [email protected]