Under Pressure - Queen

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[Intro]
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Boom, boom, ba

h, bah 

Boom, boom, ba

h, bay
           
B b boom, bah,

           
 bay, bay.


[Verse 1]
             
Pressure pushi

   
ng down on me
           
Pressing down 

              
on you, no man

     
 ask for
             
Under pressure

              
 that burns a 


building down
         
Splits a famil

y in two
     
Puts people on

 streets
             
Boom, bah, bay

       
, bay, boom, b

ah, bay, bay
           
Do day dah do 

         
day dah,  that

's okay


[Verse 2]
        
It's the terro

r of knowing
          
What this worl

d is about
    
Watching some 

good friends
         
Screaming, "Le

t me out!"
             
Pray tomorrow 

         
gets me higher
          
Pressure on pe

              
ople - people 

  
on streets

Day, day, dee,

 dee dee oo, o

o, bop. Okay!


[Verse 3]
             
Chippin' aroun

           
d, kick my bra

              
ins 'round the

    
 floor
           
  These are th

    
e days - it ne

ver rains but 

it pours
             
De doh, dah, d


oh, de, de, do

h, dah, doh
           
Mm, dah ,doh ,


ba ,la ,lop
             
People on stre

              
ets, de, dah, 


de, dah, day 
           
People on stre

              
ets, de, dah, 


de, dah, de, d

ah


[Verse 4]
        
It's the terro

r of knowing
          
What this worl

d is about
    
Watching some 

good friends
         
Screaming, "Le

t me out!"
             
Pray tomorrow 

           
gets me higher

         
 higher, highe

r...
              
Pressure on pe

              
ople, people o

 
n streets


[Verse 5]
             
Turned away fr

              
om it all like

   
 a blind man
             
Sat on a fence

      
 but it don't 

work
             
Keep coming up

              
 with love but

         
 it's so slash

ed and torn
           
Why, why, why.

      
..?

Love
  
Insanity laugh

s under pressu

re we're crack

ing


[Verse 6]
            
Can't we give 

              
ourselves one 

     
more chance?
           
Why can't we g

              
ive love that 

         
one more chanc

e?
           
Why can't we g

              
ive love, give

             
 love, give lo

            
ve, give love,

             
 give love, gi

   
ve love?..


[Verse 7]
           
'Cause love's 

             
such an old-fa

        
shioned word
          
And love dares

        
 you to care f

or
             
The people on 

             
the edge of th

  
e night
           
And love dares

        
 you to change

 our way of
       
Caring about o

urselves
           
This is our la


st dance
           
This is our la


st dance
         
This is oursel

   
ves
             
Under pressure

              
, under pressu

          
re,      press

         
ure

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