"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY"

As heard on A Nig ht at the Opera (E LEK TRA )

Words and Music by Freddi e Mercury • Transcri bed by Andy Aledort

Intro (0:00)

Moderately Slow q =71

Is this the real life Is this just fantasy Caughtin a landslide No escapefrom reality
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Open youreyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy
(Ooh poor
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I need no sympathy
boy) (Because I'm easy come easy go Little high little low)
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Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me To me

(Ooh the wind blows doesn't really matter to me)
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 HBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY"
(fil l st Ver se (0:55)
Mama just killeda man Put a gun against his head Pulledmy
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trigger now he's dead Mama life had just begun but now I've gone and thrown it all
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away Mama ooh Didn't mean to make you cry If

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I'm not back again this time tomorrow carry on carry on as if nothing really matters
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~'BOHEMIANRHAPSODY"
[g 2nd Verse (1:55)

Too late My timehascome Sends shivers downmyspine Body's aching allthe time
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Goodbye everybody I've got to go Gotta leave youall behind and face
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thetruth Mama ooh I don't wanna die

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[IDInterlude (3:06
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Fa ster J =76 I seea little silhouetto of a man Scaramouc
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HBOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY"
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lt and lightning very very frightening me Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Figaro Magnifico oh oh oh oh
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I'm just a poor boy Nobody loves me He's just a poor boy froma poor family Sparehimhis life fromthis monstrosity
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Easy come easy go Will you let me go Bismillah No we will not let you go (Lethimgo)
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 "BOHEMIANRHAPSODYn
Faster J. = 138 (4:01)

mia let me go Beelzebub hasa devil put aside for me for

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love me and leave me to die Oh
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baby Can't do this to me baby

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Just gotta get out Just gotta get right out of here
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 HBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY "
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Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to
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