ARTIST: Queen
TITLE: Tear It Up
ALBUM: The Works
TABBED BY: Martin Kelly
INTRO
E--3-----
B--0-----
G--0-----
D--0-----
A--2-----
E--3-----
GTR 2 [repeat three times]
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2------------2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---------------
A--0--0-4-0---0--0-4-0---0--0-4-0---5-5-5-5--0--0-4-0---0--0-4-0---0--0-4-0---3-5-5-------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GTR 1 [over the top of second repeat of Intro riff
E--------------------------12--12-10-12-10-12-12-----17----17--15-14--12------------------
B--10---------------------------------------------------------------------10--13-12-10--10
G--------9--9-9-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------14-[15]--14-12-10-----------------------------------------------
B--8--10-10-13-13-12-10-----------------------10--13-13-13--13-12-10----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 1 [GTR 2 or 1]
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--10--10-10--7--5---------10--10-10--7-5-------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS 1
Play the riff from the INTRO and then add this on the end of the second play
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--3--3--5--5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 2 [Again either GTR 1 or 2]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queen/tear_it_up_tab_ver_2.html ]
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--10--10-10--7--5---------10--10-10--7-5---------10--10-10--7-5--------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-2--4-4-4-5--5-5-5-
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--7-7-5-5-4-4-2-2------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS 2
Riff from INTRO, but over the D D D D bit, one guitar plays this.
E--17-17-17-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then after 'Tear It Up, Turn It Up, Burn It Up..' Play...
E------2---------------2----17------------2--------------2----------0-------3-------------
B------3----2-----2----3--------2----2----3----2----2----3----2-----1---1---0-------------
G------2----2-----2----2--------2----2----2----2----2----2----2-----0---2---0-------------
D------0----2-----2----0--------2----2----0----2----2----0----2-----2---2---0----2--------
A--0--------0-----0-------------0----0---------0----0---------0-----3---0---2----0--------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------0-------3-------------
ENDING [GTR 2 plays A throughout]
E--12--12-10---------------------12---12-12-12-10-----------12-15-12-12-15-12-12-15-12-14-
B-------------10--14-12-10-------------------------10-8-10--------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play this first bit with really fast picking Fades By this point..... Out.
E----------------------17~18-17--20--19-18-17-15-12---------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------9--9--14--12-12-11-9---------------
D----------------5/7-----------------------------------------------------------------5-5--
A--555555555555--------------------------------------------------------------5555--5------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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