ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
Words and music by John Deacon
About the sounds and other Info's:
Guitar 1: Fat tube-distortion plays fills
Guitar 2: The same as guitar 1
Guitar 3: Clean funk sound, rhythm guitar
Guitar 4: With a little bit of overdrive, a very dry sound. Plays the
same as the bass line and is palm muted throughout!
"." means "staccato"
x=muffled strings
On the record, all guitars are tuned one semitone up to F, Live it's
played like here in Em.
Often used riff(Git.4)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|=Riff 1
----------------|----5--7--------|
7---7---7------7|7-7---7---------|
----------------|----------------|
4/4(Tempo:110)
After four bars only bass and drum:
Gtr.4: Riff 1: Play (5x)
Riff 3 End Riff 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
---------5------|----------------|---------5------|----------------|Riff 1
3-3--3-45-------|3-3--3-45-------|3-3--3-45-------|----------------|three times
------------3---|------------3---|------------3---|5-5--5-67-------|
. . . . . . . .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
----------------|----------------|--------------
gtr.2----------------|----------------|--------------
----------------|----------------|--------------
----------------|----------------|2-------------
----------------|------------5---|2-------------
----------------|------------3---|0-------------
----------------|--------2-------|
gtr.3----------------|--------5-------|
----------------|--------2-------|
----------------|--------4-------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
gtr.4----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|RIFF 1 four times.....
-----9987-7-7---|-----------5----|
9---------------|9---------------|
----------------|----------------|
. . . . .
Riff 2 end
Riff 2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
+
77-x77xx77x7-7-x|7-7-7-78-x5x450x|7xxx7xxx7xx7-7xx|7-7-7-78-x5x45--
gtr.3 88-x88xx88x8-8-x|8-8-8-8x-x5x45-x|8xxx8xxx8xx8-8xx|8-8-8-810x5x45--
99-x99xx99x9-9-x|9-9-9-99-x5x45-x|9xxx9xxx9xx9-9xx|9-9-9-99-x5x45--
99-x99xx99x9-9-x|9-9-9-97-x7x67-x|9xxx9xxx9xx9-9xx|9-9-9-97-x7x67--
77-x77xx77x7-7-x|7-7-7-7--------x|7xxx7xxx7xx7-7xx|7-7-7-----------
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
. . . . . . . . .
Gtr.4 Riff 3......
1:22
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------(Guitars 1 + 2!)
----------------|----------------
-------------5--|----------------
-------------3--|0---------------
.
Five bars tacet......
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------|----------------
gtr.1 ----------------|----------------|----------------
--------7-7-7---|----------------|2---------------
9-------7-7-7---|------------5---|2---------------
9---------------|------------3---|0---------------
----------------|--------5-------|----------------
----------------|--------5-------|----------------
gtr.2 ----------------|--------4-------|----------------
--------7-------|--------4-------|----------------
9----999--------|----------------|----------------
----------9-9---|----------------|----------------
P.m------
----------------|----------------|----------------
----------------|--------2-------|----------------
gtr.4 ----------------|--------2-------|----------------
-----9-87-7-7---|--------2-------|----------------
9---------------|--------0-------|----------------
----------------|----------------|----------------
. . . .
From 1:40 to 2:28 Interlude,
At 2:28 gtr.4 with Riff 1 four times and riff 3(one time)
At 2:37 gtr.3 with Riff 2
2:53
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------
gtr.1 ----------------|----------------
and 2 ----------------|2---------------
-------------5--|2---------------
-------------3--|0---------------
four bars tacet.....
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
gtr.1 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------|------------5---|----------------
----------------|4-------7-7-7---|------------5---|7---------------
----------------|2-------5-5-5---|----------------|----------------
.
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
gtr.2 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|--------7-7-7---|----------------|2---------------
----------------|-------97-7-7---|------------5---|2---------------
--------------9-|2---------------|------------3---|0---------------
.
|77xx77xx77xx77xx
|88xx88xx88xx88xx
gtr.3 |99xx99xx99xx99xx
|99xx99xx99xx99xx
|77xx77xx77xx77xx
|----------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
7-7-7-75-x5-45--|77xx77xx77x7-7xx|7-7-7-75-55545--
8-8-8-85-x5-45--|88xx88xx88x8-8xx|8-8-8-85-55545--
(GTR:3)9-9-9-95-x5-45--|99xx99xx99x9-9xx|9-9-9-95-55545--
9-9-9-97-x7-67--|99xx99xx99x9-9xx|9-9-9-97-77767--
7-7-7-7---------|77xx77xx77x7-7xx|7-7-7-7---------
----------------|----------------|----------------
Five bars tacet,then end!