Chords for Last Years of Freddie Mercury

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[C] Sometimes I get to feeling [F] I was back in the old days
[G] Hello, _ _ _ _ my name is Freddie Mercury and this is my latest recording, The Great Pretender _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] Oh _ yes, I'm the [D] _ _ [G] pretender _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Pretending I'm doing well
_ _ _ My need [D] is such
I pretend too much
[C#] _ I'm lonely [D] but no [G] one can tell
_ Oh _ _ yes, I'm [D] the great _ [G] _ pretender
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Drifting away
Some _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ of the bands nominated for this award were
The Rhythmics, The Pet Shop Boys, Dire Straits, Doan Doan, Simple [D] Minds
YouTube, and of course, Big Fun
But the winners of this prestigious award have of course dominated the pop charts for the last 18 years
They've sold more than 80 million albums, they've played before more than 6 million people
And they've had 16 consecutive hits
Ladies and gentlemen, of course, the top band of the 80s are Queen
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_ [G] Thank you, I've been delegated by the boys to say a couple of words
I'd just like to say after all [G#] these years, contrary to what you may think
We do very much appreciate that you still appreciate us
And we hope to be performing some more miracles for you very soon
In 1990 and beyond, thank you very much
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_ _ Before you all go, I want everybody [B] to have a look at this little montage [F#] of your hits here
That's absolutely [D#] smashing
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[G#] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] This final _ breakthrough _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] I was a sheep, trouble, _
[G] I got [C] in [G] hell with the [D] sheep
Trouble, _ [G] I was _ [Em] wrong with Henry
[Dm] _ _ [A#] This little little [F#m] love
_ _ _ [E] I want to break free
_ _ _ I want to _ _ _ _ _ _ break free
God [B] knows, _ [A] God knows I [E] want to break free
_ [N] _ All we [Gm] hear is Radio Gaga
_ Radio Goo Goo Radio Gaga
[C] All we hear is Radio Gaga
[F] Radio Goo [G] Goo Radio Gaga
[D] It's been _ _ _ [A] a magical night _ _
_ [D] And I am the only _
_ [A] one
I'm [C] the Invisible Man
I'm the Invisible Man
Incredible [F] how you can _
[C] See right [A] through me
I want [Bm] it all Yeah
I _ [G] _ _ _
[A] want it all
_ _ _ [B] Yeah
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_ _ [F#] _ [A] I'm the Invisible Man
[E] Shut up
_ I'm Park
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Shut up
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ By the time Innuendo was released in [G] 1991
It was impossible to [F#] disguise that Freddie was [F] seriously ill
Despite his frail [Am] appearance
The band continued to make videos in support of the album
_ _ [F#] We made a whole album
Innuendo
Knowing that this was happening
If you [A] listen to it now
It's made with the knowledge [G#] that
We don't [G] have much longer
And Freddie doesn't have much longer on the [C] planet
Those were [G] the days of [F] our lives _
_ _ _ [C] The bad things [G] in life were [F] so few _ _
Those _ _ [C] _ [D] days are [G] all gone [Am] now
[A#] But [C] one thing's [F] still true
_ [C] When I look
_ And [G] I find
_ [F] I still love you
_ _ I _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] still love you _
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[E] Freddie retired to the privacy of his Kensington estate _
Britain's [E] tabloid press stalked him night and day
Turning him into a prisoner in his own home
His [Em] friends insisted that nothing was [Am] wrong
But finally, Freddie could no longer hide [D] his secret _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] On Saturday, [A] November 23rd, 1991
He released a [D] statement to the press [D] acknowledging that he had AIDS
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_ _ _ [D] A little over 24 hours after issuing the statement
Freddie Mercury died
He was 46 years old
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[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Freddie left the bulk of his estate to his soulmate Mary [D] Austin
_ Fans from all over the world sent cards [G] and flowers
A small [C] cremation service was held three days after his [G] death
Conducted [Am] in the ancient Zoroastrian faith of Freddie's parents
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[Am] _ _ Farouk Bulsara had finally come [D] home
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ Those were [G] the days [Am] of [F] our _ lives
_ _ _ [C] The bad things [G] in life [C] were so [F] few _
_ _ _ [C] Those [D] days are