Queen - Play The Game Chords & Tabs

Queen - Play the game guitar tab
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
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 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
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 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bryan May - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bryan May - Lead w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Bryan May - Solo w/dist'

0:50

Gtrs I, II
   Q=78
       Bb  C  B      Bb A  Ab      G                 Ab      F  Bb    C
                                                            2/4     4/4
   H.  Q   H  H      Q  Q  H       H                 H       Q  Q     W
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-----3-|-5------|------------|--------------------------|-----3--|--5--||
||-----1-|-3--2~--|--1---------|--------------------------|--3--1--|--3--||
||-------|--------|-----5--4~--|---3-----------------4\---|--1-----|-----||
| Gtr III
|                                           |---3---|
|   W        W      H +E  Q.      +Q  S  S  S  S  S   H      +H       W
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|-------16b==|=====-16-15-13----13------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|---------------15----15b==|========|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||
||-------|--------|------------|--------------------------|--------|-----||


1:38

Gtrs I, II

     Bb   C  B     Bb A  G  C     F
  H. Q    H  H     Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  H.
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||-----|--------|--------------|--------||
||---3-|--5-----|-----------5\-|--------||
||---1-|--3--2--|--1--------3\-|--3-----||
||-----|--------|-----5--3-----|--1-----||


2:05

 Gtrs I, II

        Ab Bb    C C B  C C B  C C B  C C B     Bb
    H   Q  Q     S S E  S S E  S S E  S S E     W
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------------|------------------------------|-----|
||------6--8--|------------------------------|--8--|
||------4--6--|--8-8-7--8-8-7--8-8-7--8-8-7--|--6--|

   A A Ab A A Ab A A Ab A  B  C  A     Ab  
   S S E  S S E  S S E  E  E  E  E     W   
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|-----||
|-----------------------------------|--6--||
|--5-5-4--5-5-4--5-5-4--5--7--8--5--|--4--||


Gtrs I, II

    C
    W                  W                       W                  W
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||--10-----|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||--8------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
| Gtr III
| 
|   H  H      E  E  E  S S E  Q    S S    Q  Q  Q +S E  S    Q  Q    H
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|--6--8--6--8h0-------------|-----8b-8~~-------|-----13b--13r--|
||-----7b~~|---------------7b-7~~------|-------------7b-7-|--5~-----------|
||--5~-----|-----------------------7-6-|--5~--------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
||---------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queen/play_the_game_tab_ver_3.html ]
   
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|
|                                                          2/4
|  Q    E.+T T  S  E. +S  E.    +E S  S  S   S S  S  H     Q   Q
|-------------------------15b-|----15-12-----------------|-------|
|--15b--15r--13-15------------|----------15b=r-13--------|-------|
|------------------12~~-------|-------------------14-15~~|-(15)\-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|

4/4
   Ab        Bb                                  C
   H         H                                   W
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|--6---------8--------------------------------|--10--------------|
|--4---------6--------------------------------|--8---------------|
|
|                                    |--3---|    |--3---|
|  Q  E. S  S +S +S  S   T  T  T  T  S  S  S     S  S  S  +Q. H
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------13p12h13p12p11h12-10-|--10p9------------|
|--------10-12b===r--10-----------------------|--------10-(10)---|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|

   W              W                     W              W          
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|------------|-------------------|
|
|
|  W     H  E  E  +S  S  +T  T S    Q.   E H    H S E.  S S S  S
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-----|--------7b==r--7b==r--5---|--5~~------|------12b=r-9-------|
|-----|------------------------7-|-----------|--------------12----|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|-----------------12-|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------|


           W             2/4               W     
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|                |-bend-A-semitone-|
|  Q  +E S S +Q  E   E  2/4 E  T +T S   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------15~---15b-15-|--15b-15br-13--15h16p15p13h15p13----13---|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------15------|
|--10~~\----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|


 4/4      W                         W                    W
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|
|                            |----3---|
|4/4  H      Q  S  E.    +H   E   E  E  S  S  E     +H. E S S 
|------------------13b~|-----(13)-13-12-----------|---------------|
|----------------------|----------------15-13-----|---------17----|
|-----15b~~------------|----------------------12~~|-----5s19------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------|


         W                        W                       W
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
|  Q     Q  Q.  S  S    S  S  Q.    Q. S  S    E S S S E E  E E +S S S
|---------------20-20-|-20-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------20b=======|====22-20b~~-21-21p20-|---------5---------------|
|--19b~~--------------|----------------------|-----------7b-7-7b=r-5s4-|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------5-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-3-5s7-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|



       W           W
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|
|
|  Q  Q   H    2/4 +W
|-------------|--------||
|-----8~~-6~~-|-~~~~---||
|--5~~--------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------||