Innuendo
1991
A 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 E (079997)
– slide down A (x02220) or (577655)
h – hammer-on Am (x02210) or (577555)
p – pull-off B (x24442) or (799877)
b – bend string C (x35553)
r – release G (355433)
~ – vibrato D (x57775)
F#m7 (244252)
Riff 1 (in chorus)
E—————————–|
B–9-9–9–9–9–(2)———|
G–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—————————–|
G—————————–| (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—————————–|
G—————————–| (You may think that I don’t care…)
D—————————–|
A—1-/2-/3-/4—7p4———-|
E———————4——-|
Riff 4 (in verse)
E——————————————-|
B——————————————-|
G-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—————————–|
G—————————–| (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 0:01Riff 1 (2x) [CHORUS] at 0:06
Riff 1 A B
Riff 1 A B
D A
Riff 1 (2x) [VERSE 1] at 0:26
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5 [PRE-CHORUS] at 0:47
C – G | C – G | C – G | D (2x)
Love is say-ing ba-by…
C – G | C – G | C – G | D – A | D – A | D – A
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
C – G | C – G | C – G | D (2x)
Hold on baby…
C – G | C – G | C – G | D – A | D – A | D – A | B
Passions screaming hotter… …gotta do… [BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I’m not sure about this part…)
E A
Am G
B A F#m7 B [SOLO] at 2:18
E A B E A B
E——————————————————-|
B————–12–10p9———————————|
G—7b9~~~—————9——————————|
D————————–9—9b11~~9–7–6————|
A———————————————-9——–|
E——————————————————-|
E A B
E——————————————————-|
B——————————————————-|
G—————-11b13r11p9—–9-13b14r13–11———-|
D————9—————11————————-|
A—7—9h11——————————————–|
E——————————————————-|
E D G B
E——————————————————-|
B—————————————-/12————|
G—9—-9—9–14~~-12p11h12~~-11p9h11—————–|
D———-9——————————————–|
A——————————————————-|
E——————————————————-| [CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
D A
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 G string going to the B, the other is from B to E…) [CHORUS] at 2:50 [OUTRO] at 3:15
Riff 1 A B 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]
