Chord/Tab song: Love of My Life

Title : Love Of My Life
Artist : Queen
Transcribed by : Keith Fleetwood - http://www.myspace.com/kfleetwood
NOTE: Piano arranged for guitar. Lead guitar is incorporated in
some places but is not the main focus of this transcript.
Arranged primarily for solo acoustic or classical guitar
Song Credits: Released 1975 on the album ?A Night At The Opera?
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker & Queen. Hollywood Records.
Freddie Mercury: Piano, Vocals. Brian May: Guitars, vocals
John Deacon: Bass, Vocals. Roger Taylor: Drums, Vocals.


[INTRO]
[4/4]

e|--0-----1-----0--1--1------|--6-----5-----3-----1--3--|
B|-----1-----1-----------1---|-----------------1--------|
G|---------------------------|-----5-----5--------------|
D|---------------------------|--5-----3-----2-----0-----|
A|--1-----0-----1-----0------|--------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|

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o harm.

e|--0--0--12----|--3-----6-----5--6--6-----|
B|--------1---1--------------|-----6-----6-----------6--|
G|------0-------0------12----|--------------------------|
D|----2-----------2----------|--------------------------|
A|--3---------|--6-----5-----6-----5-----|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|
e||:--10-----8----------13--8-----|--------3-----------3-----|
B||:------6---------11---------6--|--3--6-----6-----6-----6--|
G||:------------------------------|--------------5-----------|
D||:---8-----7--------------7-----|--------------------------|
A||:----------------10------8-----|--------------------------|
E||:------------------------------|--6--5--|

[G] [F] [G] [G7]

e|--------------------3------||
B|--3-----1-----3-----6------||
G|--4-----2-----4-----4------||
D|--5-----3-----5-----3------||
A|--5-----3-----5-----5------||
E|--3-----1-----3-----3------||

[VERSES 1 & 2] (Use some liberty finger-picking the chords and melody)

[C] [A2]

e||:-----------3---------------|-----------------------0---|
B||:--1--0--1--------------0---|--0-----------------0------|
G||:--0-----------------0------|--2--2-----------2---------|
D||:--2--------------2---------|--------2-----2------------|
A||:--3-----------3------------|--0--------0---------------|
E||:---------------------------|---------------------------|

Love of my life, you?ve hurt me You?ve
Love of my life, don?t leave me You've


[Dm] [G] [G7]

e|--1--0--1--5---------------|--------3-----3------------|
B|--3-----------------6------|--3-----3-----3-----6------|
G|--2--------------------7---|--4-----4--4--4-----4------|
D|--0--------7-----7---------|--5--5--5-----5--5---------|
A|--------------5------------|--------------------5------|
E|---------------------------|--3------------------------|

broken my heart and now you leave me
stolen my love and now de - sert me

[C] [C7/6] [F]

e|--0--------5-----3-----5---|--5-----------5------------|
B|--1--3--1--5---------------|--6--------6--------6--5---|
G|--0--------3---------------|--5-----5------------------|
D|-----------5---------------|-----7-----------7---------|
A|--3------------------------|--8------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Love of my life can?t you see Bring it


[Dm] [Am] [Bb] [F]

e|--5------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----5--------5---|--6--5-----------1---------|
G|--7-----7--7--5------------|--7-----7--7-----2--2------|
D|--7-----7-----7-----7------|--8--------8-----3-----3---|
A|--5-----5-----7------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------5------------|--6--------6-----1---------|

back, bring it back Don?t take it a-way from me be-

[Bb] [F] [Dm] [Gm] [C] [F]

e|--------------1-----3------|--------------------0--1---|
B|--3-----1-----3--------3---|--------3-----1--------1---|
G|--3--3--2--2--2--2---------|--3--------3--0--0-----2---|
D|--3-----3-----0------------|-----5--------2--------3---|
A|--1------------------------|--------------3------------|
E|--------1-----------3|--------------|

cause you don?t know what it means to me

_______________________________
| 1.
|

e|-----------------1----||---10-----8-----6--8--5--------|
B|--------1-----1-------||-------6-----------------6-----|
G|-----2--------2-------||-------------------------------|
D|--3--------3--3-------||----8-----7-----5--------------|
A|----------------------||----------------------8--------|
E|----------------------||-------------------------------|

______________________________________________ ____
| 2. [INTERLUDE]
G F G G7 |

e|--------3-----------3-----|--3---1---3------:||--0-----1-----0--1--1-----|
B|--3--6-----6-----6-----6--|--3---1---3---6--:||-----1-----1-----------1--|
G|--------------5-----------|--4---2---4---4--:||--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--5---3---5---3--:||--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--5---3---5---5--:||--1-----0-----1-----0-----|
E|--6-5-|--3---1---3---3--:||--------------------------|
e|--8-----6--5--6------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------6---------|--3-----1-----4-----3------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--7-----5---|-----3-----3-----3-----3---|
A|---------------------------|--1-----0-----3-----1------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

[F]

e|------------1------1--------|---------------------------|
B|--1-------------------1-----|---------------------------|
G|--------3-5-----2--------2--|---------------------------|
D|-----3----------3-----------|--3------------------------|
A|--0-------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------3-------1-----------|--1---|

| tr

e|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------------6--|--5--3---------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------5--3-2-3-----------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|

[Electric Guitar]
trill can also be done using the G and B strings

[BRIDGE]
[Dm] [Am]

e|--1-----1--1-----------1---|--0--0--5------------------|
B|--3-----3-----------3------|--1--------5-----------5---|
G|--2-----2--------2---------|--2-----------5-----5------|
D|--0-----0-----0------------|--2--------------7---------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

You?ll Re-mem - ber when this is blown o-ver and

[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [A7]

e|-----------1---------------|--1------------------------|
B|-----1--3--3---------------|--1-----3-----1-----2------|
G|--3--------3-----------0---|--2-----3-----2-----0------|
D|--3--------3-----3---------|--3-----3-----3-----2------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

ev?rything?s all by the way Ooh

[Dm] [Am]

e|--1--1--1--1-----1---------|--0--0--0--0---------------|
B|--3--3--3--3---------------|--1--------1-----3--1------|
G|--2--2--2--2---------------|--2------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0---------------|--2--------2---------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

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When I grow old ? er I will be there at your

C D/F# Gm

e|---------------------------|--------3--3-----3---------|
B|--4-----3--1--3-----1----1-|--------3--3-----3---------|
G|--2------------------------|--3-----3--3-----3---------|
D|--4------------------------|--5--------------5---------|
A|--3------------------------|-----------------5---------|
E|--------------2------------|--3-----3--3-----3---------|

side to re?mind you how I still love you

[C] [G] [C] [C7]

e|--------------0-----3------||
B|--1-----3-----1-----1------||
G|--0-----0-----0-----3------||
D|--2-----0-----2-----2------||
A|--3-----2-----3------------||
E|--------3------------------||

(I still love you...

[INTRUMENTAL]
[F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G]

e|--5-----------3---5-3-1----|--3---5-3-1-----8-----8--7--|
B|--6-----------5-------1----|--5-------1-----8-----8--8--|
G|--5-----------5-------2----|--5-------2-----9-----9--7--|
D|--------------5-------3----|--5-------3-----10----10-9--|
A|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|

ooh.)

[6/4] [C] [G] [C] [4/4] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]

e|--8------------------------------------|------3-5-6-----10----8--6-----|
B|--8-----5----3-5---|--6-------6--6--11----10-6--6--|
G|--9-----5----4-5---|--5-------7-----10----10-7-----|
D|--10----5----5-5---|--3----------------------8-----|
A|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|----------6--------------------|

| | | | | | | | | |

[F] [C]

e|--13----11-11p10-------8----6-6p5------|
B|--10-------------13-11-5----------8-6--|
G|--10-------------------5---------------|
D|--10-------------------5---------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

| | | |

e|--------------------------|----------10-----8--|
B|--3-----5-----6-----8-----|--10--------------------6--|
G|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------8-----7--|
A|-----1-----3-----5-----7--|------8--------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|

accel. (f) cres. decel. soft (pp)


[2/4] [F]

e|--3-----6-----5--6-----8-10----|-13--------------------|
B|-----6-----6--------11------11-|-10----11-11p10--------|
G|-------------------------------|-10-------------12-----|
D|--------------------0--|-10----------------12--|
A|--6-----5-----6----------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-----------------------|

| | | | | |


[4/4]

e|--13------12------10-----8-----|--------------------8--10--|
B|-------------------------------|--6--5--6--8--10-----------|
G|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------12------10------8-----7--|--7--5--7--9--10-----------|
A|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------|

[Fast]

e|--11------10-----8-----6-----|--11------10-----15------13------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------10------8-----7-----5--|------10------8------13------12--|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|--15-----15-------15---------------------|--18-----18-------18-----------|
B|--15-----15-------15---------------------|--18-----18-------18-----------|
G|--12-----12-------12--12-10-12-10-12-14--|--15-----15----14-15----12p10--|
D|--12-----12----15-12---------------------|--15-----15----14-15-----------|
A|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| | - - - | - - - | | | | |
e|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------6--5h6p5--3-----|
G|--12-14-12--14--|--15----5---------------5--|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Slower]

[FINAL VERSE]
[Dm] [Am] [Bb] [F]

e|--5------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----5--------5---|--6---5-------------1-----------|
G|--7-----7--7--5------------|--7------7---7------2---2-------|
D|--7-----7-----7-----7------|--8----------8------3-------3---|
A|--5-----5-----7------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------5------------|--6----------6------1-----------|

Back, hurry back Please bring it back home to me be-


[Bb] [F] [Dm] [Gm] [C] [F]

e|--------------1-----3------|--------------------0--1---|
B|--3-----1-----3--------3---|--------3-----1--------1---|
G|--3--3--2--2--2--2---------|--3--------3--0--0-----2---|
D|--3-----3-----0------------|-----5--------2--------3---|
A|--1------------------------|--------------3------------|
E|--------1-----------3|--------------|

cause you don?t know what it means to me


[Dm]

e|-----------1---------------|--1--0-----1-------------------|
B|--------1------------------|--3-----3--3-------------3-----|
G|-----2---------------------|--2--------2----------2--------|
D|---------------------------|--0-0--|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--1------|-------------------------------|

Love of my life,


[Am] [Bbm] [Cm]

e|--0-----------0---------------|--1-----1-----1----------|
B|--1---3---1---1---------------|--2-----2-----2-----4----|
G|--2-----------2---------------|--3-----3-----3----------|
D|--2-----------2---------------|--3-----3-----3----------|
A|--------------0---------------|--1-----1-----1-----3----|
E|------------------------------|-------------------------|

Love of my life

___________________
/ \
C#6 F \

e|----------------------------|--1------------------------||
B|--6------6------6------6----|--1------------------------||
G|--3------3------3------3----|--2------------------------||
D|--3------3------3------3----|--3------------------------||
A|--4------4------4------4----|--3------------------------||
E|----------------------------|--1------------------------||

(cres.) (harp-like flourish)