artist: queen song: somebody to love written by: freddie mercury album: a day at the races released: 1977 intro g---------------------------------- d-----------5-----------5---6------ a---6---8-------6---8-------------- e---------------------------------- verse (this is the root of the verse part of the song, everything is based on this, so you can use this as a base for the whole thing) g--------------/---------8-/------------/---------------/ d---6---5------/-6---8-----/--6---5-----/--8------------/ a-----------8--/-----------/----------8-/---------5---6-/ e--------------/-----------/------------/-----------6---/ g-----------/---------------------------/-------------------/ d-----------/---------------------------/-------------------/ a---------6-/--6--5--3--4---------------/-------------4---6-/ e-4---6-----/--------------444444444444-/--4--4-3-3-1-------/ chorus (starts when freddie yells, somebody to love) g------------------------------------/ d------------------------------------/ a----------------------444434-666666-/ e-444444-333333-111111---------------/ 2nd verse (this contains some riffs. deacon does alotta improv in the song...so much that its not worth tabbing all of it. i ve included the riffs in this verse only but he still follows the same root.) g-------------/------------8-/-----8---------------/----------/ d---6-----5---/--6---8---8---/---8---8---6---5-----/----------/ a-----------8-/--------8-----/---------6---------8-/------8---/ e-------------/--------------/---------------------/----------/ g-8--10,10-8---------------------8---/8---7---5---6-/ d------------11,10,8-----------8---8-/--------------/ a----------------------------6-------/--------------/ e--------------------4---6-----------/--------------/ g--------------/---------6---8---/ d-666666666666-/-6-6-5-3-------6-/ a--------------/-----------------/ e--------------/-----------------/ bride g------------3-4-5-/-----------------/-----------/-----------------/ d-6666666666-------/6-5-3------------/-----------/-----------------/ a------------------/------6-4-3------/-6-8-6-8-4-/--444/15--444/15-/ e------------------/------------4444-/-----------/-----------------/ g------------/-----------------/--------------2-----------2-/ d------------/---4/8-------4/8-/----------2-4---4-2---2-4---/ a-4444444444-/-----------------/--------4-----------4-------/ e------------/-2------222------/-2222-5---------------------/ g------------6-7-/------6-7---------------/------- d-8888888888-----/-8888-----8-7-5---8-7---/------- a----------------/----------------8-----6-/-66666- e----------------/------------------------/------- intro verse chorus verse chorus bridge guitar solo (same as verse) chorus verse vocal solo (no bass) chorus (over and over) thats it. play moderately slow. good luck