Chords for 39 - Queen - Lesson Part 1 of 2
Tempo:
94.925 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[G]
In the air, blah blah blah.
[B] That's where the song goes.
Okay [G] guys, I'm definitely not going to sing, but this is [F#m] 39, the live version.
This is how he plays it.
I believe [C#] from everything I've [F#] read, he puts a capo on the first fret and does some opening
chords, [G] but [B] live, this is how Brian does it.
[Cm] I've watched videos.
So what we're doing here in [F] the beginning is a G.
[G] And then we go on to the fifth string, second fret, and we're going to hammer on to the
third [C] fret.
And then we're going [D] to strike a D.
So what we'll have so far is this.
[G] [D]
And then we come up to an E minor, [Em]
and then after we strum that, we slide on the fourth
string from the second fret up to [D#] four, but we're sliding [Em] both fingers.
It's mainly that note that is.
[G] And then we come [C] into a C.
[G] So what we have so far is this.
I'm actually hitting that open D before I strike the chord.
[D] [Em] [C]
Okay, after we're there to the C, we strike a C, [B] he comes into a G, and [Bm] again you want
to use your [A#] ring finger on [G] that second string.
You only strum it once because then he does [A] a pull off from the second string at that
third fret, [A#] and then you do a pull off to open [B] on the third [Fm] string [A] at the second fret.
[G]
So it goes like this.
And then you hit the D and strum the [D] D.
D, we come back to [C] C, and he does a little hammer
on holding that C shape.
You want to hammer on your middle finger onto the second fret of the fourth string, [Em] and
then hit the open [C] D below it.
[G] And then come into a G.
So [F] from the first C, this is what [C] it sounds like.
[G] [D]
[C] [G]
Now after that G, you start over again.
So the first half of that lick is basically repetitive, [D] [Em]
[C] [C#] and the second half of that C
he lifts his [C] first finger up, and then [C#m] we come right to D, [D] [Bm] and then we pull off our
first [C#] finger and hit that note.
So we're hitting an open [B] G, and then we use our small finger up onto the fourth string
at the fourth [F#] fret, and then open.
[G] And then we hit a G.
So [C#] it sounds like this.
[C] [Em] [D]
[G] [C#]
The whole opening, real slow, is like this.
[G]
[D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[C]
[G] [D]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
[B] All right, we'll go through the verse one time and show you how the chords move, [C#] and
then you can take it from [E] there.
[G] We'll come from the beginning when we're into the G, which is a pickup chord.
In the [D] year, that's a D of 39, [Em] assembled here the volunteers.
That's an E minor.
In [C] the days when the [G] C to G lands were [D] new, back to D, here the [Em]
ship [Bm] sailed out.
So we're going to E minor to E seventh minor.
That E seventh minor, from an E minor, we just lift our ring finger up, and we only
have our second finger on the second fret of the fifth string.
[B]
[C] Blue and sunny [E] morn, [D] sweetest sight.
So [G] we're D with the sus four down to a regular D on sight.
[D] Sweetest sight ever.
[G] And then G.
So [C#] I'll just play that.
[D] In the year of 39, assembled [Em] here the volunteers.
[C] In the days [G] when the land [D] was new, we [Em] were ships and we [G] were down with you.
[C] Sunny morn, [D]
sweetest sight ever.
[G] And then we're [D] to a D, night followed day, and [B] then a B seventh.
And the storytellers say, then to an E [Em] minor, score of souls [Am] inside.
So we go [Em] from E minor, and [G] we're going to hit a G sharp to G on the fourth [F#] string.
Fourth fret, [B] fifth fret, and A [Am] minor, I'm sorry.
So we go from [Em] E minor, [C#]
[Am] OK, and we're at A minor now.
So [G] for me a lonely day [D] sailed across the milky seas.
[C] Then we're to D, D, D, [D] fourth fret.
So we're at [C] C, [Em] E minor, [C] C, [D] D, [C]
C, [G] G, [D#] and then to a [D] D.
[C]
Again, here is that [G] milky way.
[A]
[C] [G]
[D] [C] [D]
[G]
In the air, blah blah blah.
[B] That's where the song goes.
Okay [G] guys, I'm definitely not going to sing, but this is [F#m] 39, the live version.
This is how he plays it.
I believe [C#] from everything I've [F#] read, he puts a capo on the first fret and does some opening
chords, [G] but [B] live, this is how Brian does it.
[Cm] I've watched videos.
So what we're doing here in [F] the beginning is a G.
[G] And then we go on to the fifth string, second fret, and we're going to hammer on to the
third [C] fret.
And then we're going [D] to strike a D.
So what we'll have so far is this.
[G] [D]
And then we come up to an E minor, [Em]
and then after we strum that, we slide on the fourth
string from the second fret up to [D#] four, but we're sliding [Em] both fingers.
It's mainly that note that is.
[G] And then we come [C] into a C.
[G] So what we have so far is this.
I'm actually hitting that open D before I strike the chord.
[D] [Em] [C]
Okay, after we're there to the C, we strike a C, [B] he comes into a G, and [Bm] again you want
to use your [A#] ring finger on [G] that second string.
You only strum it once because then he does [A] a pull off from the second string at that
third fret, [A#] and then you do a pull off to open [B] on the third [Fm] string [A] at the second fret.
[G]
So it goes like this.
And then you hit the D and strum the [D] D.
D, we come back to [C] C, and he does a little hammer
on holding that C shape.
You want to hammer on your middle finger onto the second fret of the fourth string, [Em] and
then hit the open [C] D below it.
[G] And then come into a G.
So [F] from the first C, this is what [C] it sounds like.
[G] [D]
[C] [G]
Now after that G, you start over again.
So the first half of that lick is basically repetitive, [D] [Em]
[C] [C#] and the second half of that C
he lifts his [C] first finger up, and then [C#m] we come right to D, [D] [Bm] and then we pull off our
first [C#] finger and hit that note.
So we're hitting an open [B] G, and then we use our small finger up onto the fourth string
at the fourth [F#] fret, and then open.
[G] And then we hit a G.
So [C#] it sounds like this.
[C] [Em] [D]
[G] [C#]
The whole opening, real slow, is like this.
[G]
[D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[C]
[G] [D]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
[B] All right, we'll go through the verse one time and show you how the chords move, [C#] and
then you can take it from [E] there.
[G] We'll come from the beginning when we're into the G, which is a pickup chord.
In the [D] year, that's a D of 39, [Em] assembled here the volunteers.
That's an E minor.
In [C] the days when the [G] C to G lands were [D] new, back to D, here the [Em]
ship [Bm] sailed out.
So we're going to E minor to E seventh minor.
That E seventh minor, from an E minor, we just lift our ring finger up, and we only
have our second finger on the second fret of the fifth string.
[B]
[C] Blue and sunny [E] morn, [D] sweetest sight.
So [G] we're D with the sus four down to a regular D on sight.
[D] Sweetest sight ever.
[G] And then G.
So [C#] I'll just play that.
[D] In the year of 39, assembled [Em] here the volunteers.
[C] In the days [G] when the land [D] was new, we [Em] were ships and we [G] were down with you.
[C] Sunny morn, [D]
sweetest sight ever.
[G] And then we're [D] to a D, night followed day, and [B] then a B seventh.
And the storytellers say, then to an E [Em] minor, score of souls [Am] inside.
So we go [Em] from E minor, and [G] we're going to hit a G sharp to G on the fourth [F#] string.
Fourth fret, [B] fifth fret, and A [Am] minor, I'm sorry.
So we go from [Em] E minor, [C#]
[Am] OK, and we're at A minor now.
So [G] for me a lonely day [D] sailed across the milky seas.
[C] Then we're to D, D, D, [D] fourth fret.
So we're at [C] C, [Em] E minor, [C] C, [D] D, [C]
C, [G] G, [D#] and then to a [D] D.
[C]
Again, here is that [G] milky way.
[A]
Key:
G
D
C
Em
B
G
D
C
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the air, blah blah blah.
_ [B] That's where the song goes.
Okay [G] guys, I'm definitely not going to sing, but this is [F#m] 39, the live version.
This is how he plays it.
I believe [C#] from everything I've [F#] read, he puts a capo on the first fret and does some opening
chords, [G] but [B] live, this is how Brian does it.
[Cm] I've watched videos.
So what we're doing here in [F] the beginning is a G.
[G] And then we go on to the fifth string, second fret, and we're going to hammer on to the
third [C] fret.
_ And then we're going [D] to strike a D.
So what we'll have so far is this.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ And then we come up to an E minor, [Em] _
and then after we strum that, we slide on the fourth
string from the second fret up to [D#] four, but we're sliding [Em] both fingers.
It's mainly that note that is.
[G] _ And then we come [C] into a C. _
[G] So what we have so far is this. _ _ _ _
I'm actually hitting that open D before I strike the chord. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ Okay, after we're there to the C, we strike a C, _ [B] he comes into a G, and [Bm] again you want
to use your [A#] ring finger on [G] that second string.
You only strum it once because then he does [A] a pull off from the second string at that
third fret, [A#] and then you do a pull off to open [B] on the third [Fm] string [A] at the second fret.
[G] _
_ So it goes like this.
_ _ And then you hit the D and strum the [D] D. _
D, we come back to [C] C, and he does a little hammer
on holding that C shape.
You want to hammer on your middle finger onto the second fret of the fourth string, [Em] and
then hit the open [C] D below it.
[G] And then come into a G.
_ _ So [F] from the first C, this is what [C] it sounds like.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Now after that G, you start over again.
So the first half of that lick is basically repetitive, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [C#] and the second half of that C
he lifts his [C] first finger up, _ and then [C#m] we come right to D, [D] _ _ [Bm] and then we pull off our
first [C#] finger and hit that note.
So we're hitting an open [B] G, and then we use our small finger up onto the fourth string
at the fourth [F#] fret, and then open.
[G] _ And then we hit a G. _
So [C#] it sounds like this.
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#]
The whole opening, real slow, is like this.
[G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ All right, we'll go through the verse one time and show you how the chords move, [C#] and
then you can take it from [E] there.
_ [G] We'll come from the beginning when we're into the G, which is a pickup chord.
In the [D] year, that's a D of 39, [Em] assembled here the volunteers.
That's an E minor.
In [C] the days when the [G] C to G lands were [D] new, back to D, _ here the [Em]
ship [Bm] sailed out.
So we're going to E minor to E seventh _ minor.
That E seventh minor, from an E minor, we just lift our ring finger up, and we only
have our second finger on the second fret of the fifth string.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] Blue and sunny [E] morn, _ [D] sweetest sight.
So [G] we're D with the sus four down to a regular D on sight.
_ [D] Sweetest sight ever.
[G] And then G.
_ _ _ So [C#] I'll just play that.
[D] In the year of 39, assembled [Em] here the volunteers.
[C] In the days [G] when the land [D] was new, we [Em] were ships and we [G] were down with you.
[C] Sunny morn, [D] _
sweetest sight ever.
[G] _ _ _ And then we're [D] to a D, night followed day, and [B] then a B seventh.
And the storytellers say, then to an E [Em] minor, score of souls [Am] inside.
So we go [Em] from E minor, and [G] we're going to hit a G sharp to G on the fourth [F#] string.
Fourth fret, [B] fifth fret, and A [Am] minor, I'm sorry.
_ So we go from [Em] E minor, _ [C#] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ OK, and we're at A minor now.
So [G] for me a lonely day [D] sailed across the milky seas.
[C] Then we're to D, _ D, D, [D] fourth fret.
_ So we're at [C] C, [Em] E minor, [C] C, [D] D, _ [C]
C, [G] G, [D#] and then to a [D] D.
_ [C]
Again, here is that [G] milky way.
[A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the air, blah blah blah.
_ [B] That's where the song goes.
Okay [G] guys, I'm definitely not going to sing, but this is [F#m] 39, the live version.
This is how he plays it.
I believe [C#] from everything I've [F#] read, he puts a capo on the first fret and does some opening
chords, [G] but [B] live, this is how Brian does it.
[Cm] I've watched videos.
So what we're doing here in [F] the beginning is a G.
[G] And then we go on to the fifth string, second fret, and we're going to hammer on to the
third [C] fret.
_ And then we're going [D] to strike a D.
So what we'll have so far is this.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ And then we come up to an E minor, [Em] _
and then after we strum that, we slide on the fourth
string from the second fret up to [D#] four, but we're sliding [Em] both fingers.
It's mainly that note that is.
[G] _ And then we come [C] into a C. _
[G] So what we have so far is this. _ _ _ _
I'm actually hitting that open D before I strike the chord. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ Okay, after we're there to the C, we strike a C, _ [B] he comes into a G, and [Bm] again you want
to use your [A#] ring finger on [G] that second string.
You only strum it once because then he does [A] a pull off from the second string at that
third fret, [A#] and then you do a pull off to open [B] on the third [Fm] string [A] at the second fret.
[G] _
_ So it goes like this.
_ _ And then you hit the D and strum the [D] D. _
D, we come back to [C] C, and he does a little hammer
on holding that C shape.
You want to hammer on your middle finger onto the second fret of the fourth string, [Em] and
then hit the open [C] D below it.
[G] And then come into a G.
_ _ So [F] from the first C, this is what [C] it sounds like.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Now after that G, you start over again.
So the first half of that lick is basically repetitive, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [C#] and the second half of that C
he lifts his [C] first finger up, _ and then [C#m] we come right to D, [D] _ _ [Bm] and then we pull off our
first [C#] finger and hit that note.
So we're hitting an open [B] G, and then we use our small finger up onto the fourth string
at the fourth [F#] fret, and then open.
[G] _ And then we hit a G. _
So [C#] it sounds like this.
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#]
The whole opening, real slow, is like this.
[G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ All right, we'll go through the verse one time and show you how the chords move, [C#] and
then you can take it from [E] there.
_ [G] We'll come from the beginning when we're into the G, which is a pickup chord.
In the [D] year, that's a D of 39, [Em] assembled here the volunteers.
That's an E minor.
In [C] the days when the [G] C to G lands were [D] new, back to D, _ here the [Em]
ship [Bm] sailed out.
So we're going to E minor to E seventh _ minor.
That E seventh minor, from an E minor, we just lift our ring finger up, and we only
have our second finger on the second fret of the fifth string.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] Blue and sunny [E] morn, _ [D] sweetest sight.
So [G] we're D with the sus four down to a regular D on sight.
_ [D] Sweetest sight ever.
[G] And then G.
_ _ _ So [C#] I'll just play that.
[D] In the year of 39, assembled [Em] here the volunteers.
[C] In the days [G] when the land [D] was new, we [Em] were ships and we [G] were down with you.
[C] Sunny morn, [D] _
sweetest sight ever.
[G] _ _ _ And then we're [D] to a D, night followed day, and [B] then a B seventh.
And the storytellers say, then to an E [Em] minor, score of souls [Am] inside.
So we go [Em] from E minor, and [G] we're going to hit a G sharp to G on the fourth [F#] string.
Fourth fret, [B] fifth fret, and A [Am] minor, I'm sorry.
_ So we go from [Em] E minor, _ [C#] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ OK, and we're at A minor now.
So [G] for me a lonely day [D] sailed across the milky seas.
[C] Then we're to D, _ D, D, [D] fourth fret.
_ So we're at [C] C, [Em] E minor, [C] C, [D] D, _ [C]
C, [G] G, [D#] and then to a [D] D.
_ [C]
Again, here is that [G] milky way.
[A] _ _