Chords for Queen: A Night At The Opera - '39
Tempo:
102.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Db
Ab
Eb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
In [D] the year 39, [E] assembled here the volunteers, [C] in the days [G] when [D] lands were few.
[Em] And the ships sailed out into [C] the blue and sunny morn, [G] the sweetest sight ever seen.
And [D] the night followed day, [Db] and the storytellers say, that the score [E] of brave souls [Am] inside.
[G] For many a lonely day, [D] sailed across the milky [C] seas, never looked back, [A] never feared, never cried.
It was meant to [G] be sort of science fiction space folk.
I remember waking up with the idea, thinking, a lot of people do folk songs with acoustic guitars about sailors that went off on a long trip,
but nobody ever did anything about a spaceship, the spacemen who go off.
And the whole story seemed to be very appealing to me, of the guy going off to search for new lands in a spaceship.
But because of the relativistic, general relativity, time dilation effect, [Db] he's going at speeds near to light speed,
so his perception of time is completely different from the people back home.
He comes back after what he thinks is a year, but to the people back on Earth [Ab] it's been a hundred years.
The middle part is of course the journey itself, and it goes through very strange chords.
It's a tour de force for Roger, who does this very high, ethereal vocal.
It's very much like science fiction movies were when we were kids.
That's kind of the effect I was looking for.
[E]
[Dbm]
And [Bb]
[Db]
[Gm] [Db] [Bbm]
[F] [B]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] then [Fm] came the ship from the blue, the [Db] volunteers [Ab] came home [Eb] that day.
[Fm] And they bring good news [Db] of a world so newly born, [Eb] though their hearts so [Ab] heavily weigh.
[Eb] For the Earth is old and grey, [E] little darlin' willow way, [F] but my [G] love this cannot [Bb] be.
[Ab] Oh, so many years have gone, [Eb] though I'm older than [Db] you.
Your father's eyes, [Eb] from your eyes, [Ab] cry to [Eb] me.
[Ab] The only thing to add to that is perhaps that all songs have more layers in them than very often the writer even realizes.
And I'm sure there's a lot of this feeling of what it's like to be on tour and come back and find life very [B] changed when you get back.
It was a pretty difficult
[G] [D] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [G]
In [D] the year 39, [E] assembled here the volunteers, [C] in the days [G] when [D] lands were few.
[Em] And the ships sailed out into [C] the blue and sunny morn, [G] the sweetest sight ever seen.
And [D] the night followed day, [Db] and the storytellers say, that the score [E] of brave souls [Am] inside.
[G] For many a lonely day, [D] sailed across the milky [C] seas, never looked back, [A] never feared, never cried.
It was meant to [G] be sort of science fiction space folk.
I remember waking up with the idea, thinking, a lot of people do folk songs with acoustic guitars about sailors that went off on a long trip,
but nobody ever did anything about a spaceship, the spacemen who go off.
And the whole story seemed to be very appealing to me, of the guy going off to search for new lands in a spaceship.
But because of the relativistic, general relativity, time dilation effect, [Db] he's going at speeds near to light speed,
so his perception of time is completely different from the people back home.
He comes back after what he thinks is a year, but to the people back on Earth [Ab] it's been a hundred years.
The middle part is of course the journey itself, and it goes through very strange chords.
It's a tour de force for Roger, who does this very high, ethereal vocal.
It's very much like science fiction movies were when we were kids.
That's kind of the effect I was looking for.
[E]
[Dbm]
And [Bb]
[Db]
[Gm] [Db] [Bbm]
[F] [B]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Eb] then [Fm] came the ship from the blue, the [Db] volunteers [Ab] came home [Eb] that day.
[Fm] And they bring good news [Db] of a world so newly born, [Eb] though their hearts so [Ab] heavily weigh.
[Eb] For the Earth is old and grey, [E] little darlin' willow way, [F] but my [G] love this cannot [Bb] be.
[Ab] Oh, so many years have gone, [Eb] though I'm older than [Db] you.
Your father's eyes, [Eb] from your eyes, [Ab] cry to [Eb] me.
[Ab] The only thing to add to that is perhaps that all songs have more layers in them than very often the writer even realizes.
And I'm sure there's a lot of this feeling of what it's like to be on tour and come back and find life very [B] changed when you get back.
It was a pretty difficult
Key:
G
Db
Ab
Eb
D
G
Db
Ab
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
In [D] the year 39, [E] assembled here the volunteers, [C] in the days [G] when [D] lands were few. _
[Em] And the ships sailed out into [C] the blue and sunny morn, [G] the sweetest sight ever seen.
_ And [D] the night followed day, [Db] and the storytellers say, that the score [E] of brave souls [Am] inside.
_ _ [G] For many a lonely day, [D] sailed across the milky [C] seas, never looked back, [A] never feared, never cried.
It was meant to [G] be sort of _ _ science fiction space folk.
I remember waking up with the idea, thinking, a lot of people do folk songs with acoustic guitars about sailors that went off on a long trip,
but nobody ever did anything about a spaceship, the spacemen who go off.
And the whole story seemed to be very appealing to me, of the guy going off to search for new lands in a spaceship.
_ But because of the relativistic, _ general relativity, time dilation effect, [Db] he's going at speeds near to light speed,
so his perception of time is completely different from the people back home.
He comes back after what he thinks is a year, but to the people back on Earth [Ab] it's been a hundred years. _ _
The middle part is of course the journey itself, and it goes through very strange chords.
It's a tour de force for Roger, who does this very high, ethereal vocal.
It's very much like science fiction movies were when we were kids.
That's kind of the effect I was looking for.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
And _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ then [Fm] came the ship from the blue, the [Db] volunteers [Ab] came home [Eb] that day.
_ [Fm] And they bring good news [Db] of a world so newly born, [Eb] though their hearts so [Ab] heavily weigh.
_ [Eb] For the Earth is old and grey, [E] little darlin' willow way, [F] but my [G] love this cannot [Bb] be.
_ [Ab] Oh, so many years have gone, [Eb] though I'm older than [Db] you.
Your father's eyes, [Eb] from your eyes, [Ab] cry to [Eb] me.
_ [Ab] The only thing to add to that is perhaps that _ all songs have more layers in them than very often the writer even realizes.
And I'm sure there's a lot of this feeling of what it's like to be on tour and come back and find life very [B] changed when you get back.
It was a pretty difficult
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
In [D] the year 39, [E] assembled here the volunteers, [C] in the days [G] when [D] lands were few. _
[Em] And the ships sailed out into [C] the blue and sunny morn, [G] the sweetest sight ever seen.
_ And [D] the night followed day, [Db] and the storytellers say, that the score [E] of brave souls [Am] inside.
_ _ [G] For many a lonely day, [D] sailed across the milky [C] seas, never looked back, [A] never feared, never cried.
It was meant to [G] be sort of _ _ science fiction space folk.
I remember waking up with the idea, thinking, a lot of people do folk songs with acoustic guitars about sailors that went off on a long trip,
but nobody ever did anything about a spaceship, the spacemen who go off.
And the whole story seemed to be very appealing to me, of the guy going off to search for new lands in a spaceship.
_ But because of the relativistic, _ general relativity, time dilation effect, [Db] he's going at speeds near to light speed,
so his perception of time is completely different from the people back home.
He comes back after what he thinks is a year, but to the people back on Earth [Ab] it's been a hundred years. _ _
The middle part is of course the journey itself, and it goes through very strange chords.
It's a tour de force for Roger, who does this very high, ethereal vocal.
It's very much like science fiction movies were when we were kids.
That's kind of the effect I was looking for.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
And _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ then [Fm] came the ship from the blue, the [Db] volunteers [Ab] came home [Eb] that day.
_ [Fm] And they bring good news [Db] of a world so newly born, [Eb] though their hearts so [Ab] heavily weigh.
_ [Eb] For the Earth is old and grey, [E] little darlin' willow way, [F] but my [G] love this cannot [Bb] be.
_ [Ab] Oh, so many years have gone, [Eb] though I'm older than [Db] you.
Your father's eyes, [Eb] from your eyes, [Ab] cry to [Eb] me.
_ [Ab] The only thing to add to that is perhaps that _ all songs have more layers in them than very often the writer even realizes.
And I'm sure there's a lot of this feeling of what it's like to be on tour and come back and find life very [B] changed when you get back.
It was a pretty difficult