Queen - I Can't Live With You
Innuendo
1991
A great song by Queen and I found only one tab for it and since it
was incomplete I'm trying to finish it now.
I used Persechini Bruno's version as a starting point.
I decided to cut the guitar parts into riffs so it is
easier to follow. (At least I hope so...) Anyway, here you go:
Notes: Chord formations:
/ - slide up E (079997)
| \ slide down A (x02220) or (577655) |
| h hammer on Am (x02210) or (577555) |
| p pull off B (x24442) or (799877) |
b - bend string C (x35553)
r - release G (355433)
~ - vibrato D (x57775)
F#m7 (244252)
Riff 1 (in chorus)
| E |
| B 9 9 9 9 9\ (2) |
| G 9 9 9 9 9\ (2) | ( | can't live with you...) |
| D 9 9 9 9 9\ (2) |
| A 7 7 7 7 7\ (0) |
| E |
Riff 2 (in verse)
| E |
| B |
| G | ( | 'm having a hard time...) |
| D 4 2/3/4 2/3/4 |
| A 4 2/3/4 2/3/4 |
| E 2 0/1/2 0/1/2 |
Riff 3 (in verse)
| E |
| B |
| G | (You may think that | don't care...) |
| D |
| A 1 /2 /3 /4 7p4 |
| E 4 |
Riff 4 (in verse)
| E |
| B |
| G 6 | ( | travelled a long...) |
| D 7 7 7 5/6/7 7 7 5/6/7 7 7 |
| A 7 7 7 5/6/7 7 7 5/6/7 7 7 |
| E 5 3/4/5 3/4/5 |
Riff 5 (in verse)
| E |
| B |
| G | (But nothing's what it seems...) |
| D 7 |
| A /4 /5 /6 /7 10p7 7 |
| E |
And so the song goes like this:
[INTRO] at 0:01
Riff 1 (2x)
[CHORUS] at 0:06
Riff 1 A B
Riff 1 A B
D A
Riff 1 (2x)
[VERSE 1] at 0:26
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 5
[PRE-CHORUS] at 0:47
C - G | C - G | C - G | D (2x)
Love is say-ing ba-by...
C - G | C - G | C - G | D - A | D - A | D - A
Lo-ver turns to ha-ter...
[CHORUS] at 01:03
(Riff 1 1x at the end!)
[VERSE 2] at 01:21
(Same as VERSE 1)
[PRE-CHORUS] at 01:42
C - G | C - G | C - G | D (2x)
Hold on baby...
C - G | C - G | C - G | D - A | D - A | D - A | B
Passions screaming hotter... ...gotta do...
[BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I'm not sure about this part...)
E A
Am G
B A F#m7 B
[SOLO] at 2:18
E A B E A B
| E |
| B 12 10p9 |
| G 7b9~~~ 9 |
| D 9 9b11~~9 7 6 |
| A 9 |
| E |
E A B
| E |
| B |
| G 11b13r11p9 9 13b14r13 11 |
| D 9 11 |
| A 7 9h11 |
| E |
E D G B
| E |
| B /12 |
| G 9 9 9 14~~ 12p11h12~~ 11p9h11 |
| D 9 |
| A |
| E |
[CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
D A
| E /9 /10 /11 /12 15b16 |
| B /7 /9 /10 /12 /10 /12 /13 /14 16b17 |
| G /7 /9 /11 /13 |
| D |
| A |
| E |
(I think it's actually played by two guitars, one starting from
the G string going to the B, the other is from B to E...)
[CHORUS] at 2:50
[OUTRO] at 3:15
Riff 1 A B to fade
Well that's it, not 100% precise but that's the way we play it and
I think it's fairly close. At least it sounds OK.
There are many guitar fills in the song that I haven't
transcribed so you gotta figure them out for yourselves.