Under Pressure - Queen

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[Intro]
D (or Figure 2)
Um boom ba bay

Um boom ba bay

Um Um boom ba 

bay bay


[Verse 1]

Pressure
        
Pushing down o

n me
         
Pressing down 

on you
           
No man ask for
      
Under pressure
             
That burns a b

uilding down
         
Splits a famil

y in two
     
Puts people on

 streets

[Bridge]

Um ba ba bay

Um ba ba bay

Dee day duh

Ee day duh

[Verse 2]
           
It's the terro

r of knowing
              
What this worl

  
d is about
    
Watching some 

good friends
          
Screaming let 

me out!
             
Pray tomorrow 

         
gets me higher

Pressure on pe

ople
         
People on stre

ets

[Bridge]

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Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay

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[Verse 3]

  Chippin' aro

und
        
Kick my brains

 round the flo

or

  These are th

e days
         
It never rains

 but it pours

Ee do bay bup

Ee do bay ba b

up

Ee do bup

Bay bup

People on stre

ets
       
Dee da dee da 

day

People on stre

ets
       
Dee da dee da 

dee da dee da

[Verse 4]
         
It's the terro

r of knowing
          
What this worl

d is about

Watching some 

good friends
          
Screaming let 

me out!
       
Pray tomorrow
         
takes me highe

r, higher, hig

her

Pressure on pe

ople
         
People on stre

ets

[Verse 5]

Turned away fr

om it all
       
Like a blind m

an
             
  Sat on a fen

          
ce but it don'

t work
     
Keep coming up

 with love
            
But it's so sl

ashed and torn
   
Why?
     
Why?

LoveLoveLove!
  
Insanity laugh

s, under press

ure we're crac

king

[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 love

  
?
            
Give love give

             
 love give lov

            
e give love gi

        
ve love give l

ove?

[Verse 7]
             
Cause love's s

             
uch an old fas

       
hioned word
             
And love dares

        
 you to care
             
For the people

             
 on the edge o

      
f the night
             
And love dares

        
 you to change

 our way
           
Of caring abou

t ourselves
           
This is our la

st dance
           
This is our la

st chance
         
This is oursel

ves

Under pressure

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Under pressure
           
Pressure