Play The Game (ver 2) by Queen
Queen - Play the game guitar tab
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
Gtr I (E A D G B e) - 'Bryan May - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B e) - 'Bryan May - Lead w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B e) - 'Bryan May - Solo w/dist'
0:50
Gtrs I, II
Q=78
Bb C B Bb A Ab G Ab F Bb C
2/4 4/4
H. Q H H Q Q H H H Q Q W
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-----3-|-5------|------------|--------------------------|-----3--|--5--||
||-----1-|-3--2~--|--1---------|--------------------------|--3--1--|--3--||
||-------|--------|-----5--4~--|---3-----------------4---|--1-----|-----||
| Gtr III
| |---3---|
| W W H +E Q. +Q S S S S S H +H W
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|-------16b==|=====-16-15-13----13------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|---------------15----15b==|========|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
1:38
Gtrs I, II
Bb C B Bb A G C F
H. Q H H Q Q Q Q Q H.
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||---3-|--5-----|-----------5-|--------||
||---1-|--3--2--|--1--------3-|--3-----||
||-----|--------|-----5--3-----|--1-----||
2:05
Gtrs I, II
Ab Bb C C B C C B C C B C C B Bb
H Q Q S S E S S E S S E S S E W
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------6--8--|------------------------------|--8--|
||------4--6--|--8-8-7--8-8-7--8-8-7--8-8-7--|--6--|
A A Ab A A Ab A A Ab A B C A Ab
S S E S S E S S E E E E E W
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|--6--||
|--5-5-4--5-5-4--5-5-4--5--7--8--5--|--4--||
Gtrs I, II
C
W W W W
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||--10-----|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||--8------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
| Gtr III
|
| H H E E E S S E Q S S Q Q Q +S E S Q Q H
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|--6--8--6--8h0-------------|-----8b-8~~-------|-----13b--13r--|
||-----7b~~|---------------7b-7~~------|-------------7b-7-|--5~-----------|
||--5~-----|-----------------------7-6-|--5~--------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|
| 2/4
| Q E.+T T S E. +S E. +E S S S S S S H Q Q
|-------------------------15b-|----15-12-----------------|-------|
|--15b--15r--13-15------------|----------15b=r-13--------|-------|
|------------------12~~-------|-------------------14-15~~|-(15)-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
4/4
Ab Bb C
H H W
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|--6---------8--------------------------------|--10--------------|
|--4---------6--------------------------------|--8---------------|
|
| |--3---| |--3---|
| Q E. S S +S +S S T T T T S S S S S S +Q. H
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------13p12h13p12p11h12-10-|--10p9------------|
|--------10-12b===r--10-----------------------|--------10-(10)---|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
W W W W
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|
|
| W H E E +S S +T T S Q. E H H S E. S S S S
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-----|--------7b==r--7b==r--5---|--5~~------|------12b=r-9-------|
|-----|------------------------7-|-----------|--------------12----|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|-----------------12-|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
W 2/4 W
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| |-bend-a-semitone-|
| Q +E S S +Q E E 2/4 E T +T S T T T T T T T T
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------15~---15b-15-|--15b-15br-13--15h16p15p13h15p13----13---|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------15------|
|--10~~----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
4/4 W W W
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|
| |----3---|
|4/4 H Q S E. +H E E E S S E +H. E S S
|------------------13b~|-----(13)-13-12-----------|---------------|
|----------------------|----------------15-13-----|---------17----|
|-----15b~~------------|----------------------12~~|-----5s19------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
W W W
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
| Q Q Q. S S S S Q. Q. S S E S S S E E E E +S S S
|---------------20-20-|-20-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------20b=======|====22-20b~~-21-21p20-|---------5---------------|
|--19b~~--------------|----------------------|-----------7b-7-7b=r-5s4-|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------5-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-3-5s7-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
W W
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|
|
| Q Q H 2/4 +W
|-------------|--------||
|-----8~~-6~~-|-~~~~---||
|--5~~--------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
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