(John Deacon)
A Day At The Races (1976)
Some notes on playing below
Intro: D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4
[D] [-] [Dsus4] [-] [G] [-] [D] [-] [A/E] [-]
[D] [-] [A]
[D]Music is playing in the [A]darkness[A7]
and a [Bm]lantern goes swinging [G]by[Gm]
[D]Shadows flickering,[A] my heart's [Asus4]jitteri[A]ng
[G] Just [D]you [A/E]and [D]I[A]
[G]Not tonight, come tomorrow
When [D]everything's sunny and bright[D7]
[G] No no no, come tomorrow 'cause
[E]then we'll be waiting for the [A]moonlight
We'll go [G]walk[D]ing in the [F7]moon[E]light
[C]Walking [G]in the [Bb]moon[A]light[A7]
[D]Laughter ringing in the [A]darkness[A7]
People [Bm]drinking for days[G] gone by[Gm]
[D]Time don't mean a thing
[A]When you're [Asus4]by my s[A]ide
[G] Please [D]stay [A/E]a wh[D]ile[A]
[F#] You know I never could forsee the [Bm]future years
[F#] You know I never could see
Where life was [Bm]leading me[A]
[D] But will we be together for[A]ever[F#]?
What will [Bm]be my love?
Can't you [E]see that I just [A]don't know?[A7]
-Solo- (Verse chords)
No no, not tonight, not tomorrow
Everything's gonna be alright (sunny and bright)
Wait and see if tomorrow we'll be
as happy as we're feeling tonight
We'll go walking in the moonlight (we'll be happy)
Walking in the moonlight
I can hear the music in the darkness
Floating softly to where we lie
No more questions now
Let's enjoy tonight
[G](Just [D]you [A/E]and [D]I)[A]
[G]Just [D]you [A]and [D]I
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 (play around with these until the end)
Just you and I
Can't you see that we've gotta be together
Be together just you and I just you and I
No more questions just you and I
Notes:
For the last line of the verse, where the chord progression goes like this: G - D - A/E
- D, I like to do a little fast picking on strings 4-6 (low E to D), as the chord
progression sounds kind of awkward.
What I do is:
e|------------------2---|
B|------------------3---|
G|------------------2---|
D|------0-----0---2-0---|
A|----2-----0---0-------|
E|--3-----2-------------|
Of course, these can be strummed, and then it would go (320xxx)-(200xxx)-(x02xxx)-(xx0232)
Another thing, I add the Asus4 to the third line of the verse, just for added color, but
it can easily be skipped.
A Day At The Races (1976)
Some notes on playing below
Intro: D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4
[D] [-] [Dsus4] [-] [G] [-] [D] [-] [A/E] [-]
[D] [-] [A]
[D]Music is playing in the [A]darkness[A7]
and a [Bm]lantern goes swinging [G]by[Gm]
[D]Shadows flickering,[A] my heart's [Asus4]jitteri[A]ng
[G] Just [D]you [A/E]and [D]I[A]
[G]Not tonight, come tomorrow
When [D]everything's sunny and bright[D7]
[G] No no no, come tomorrow 'cause
[E]then we'll be waiting for the [A]moonlight
We'll go [G]walk[D]ing in the [F7]moon[E]light
[C]Walking [G]in the [Bb]moon[A]light[A7]
[D]Laughter ringing in the [A]darkness[A7]
People [Bm]drinking for days[G] gone by[Gm]
[D]Time don't mean a thing
[A]When you're [Asus4]by my s[A]ide
[G] Please [D]stay [A/E]a wh[D]ile[A]
[F#] You know I never could forsee the [Bm]future years
[F#] You know I never could see
Where life was [Bm]leading me[A]
[D] But will we be together for[A]ever[F#]?
What will [Bm]be my love?
Can't you [E]see that I just [A]don't know?[A7]
-Solo- (Verse chords)
No no, not tonight, not tomorrow
Everything's gonna be alright (sunny and bright)
Wait and see if tomorrow we'll be
as happy as we're feeling tonight
We'll go walking in the moonlight (we'll be happy)
Walking in the moonlight
I can hear the music in the darkness
Floating softly to where we lie
No more questions now
Let's enjoy tonight
[G](Just [D]you [A/E]and [D]I)[A]
[G]Just [D]you [A]and [D]I
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4 (play around with these until the end)
Just you and I
Can't you see that we've gotta be together
Be together just you and I just you and I
No more questions just you and I
Notes:
For the last line of the verse, where the chord progression goes like this: G - D - A/E
- D, I like to do a little fast picking on strings 4-6 (low E to D), as the chord
progression sounds kind of awkward.
What I do is:
e|------------------2---|
B|------------------3---|
G|------------------2---|
D|------0-----0---2-0---|
A|----2-----0---0-------|
E|--3-----2-------------|
Of course, these can be strummed, and then it would go (320xxx)-(200xxx)-(x02xxx)-(xx0232)
Another thing, I add the Asus4 to the third line of the verse, just for added color, but
it can easily be skipped.
