'39' by Queen - Guitar Tutorial

            '39
     Queen, from _A_Night_at_the_Opera_

transcription by
     [email protected] (Ken Goach)
     [email protected] (patrick m. ryan)

Notes:
     On the studio version of this song, there are two guitars.
This is an approximation for playing it on just one.  Use
a capo on the first fret.

intro
X X X X Am Am Am Am
G G

   G       D      Em        C     G    D   C      G
---3-------2------0----0----0-----3----2---0------3------
---3-------3------0----0----1-----3----3---1------3------
---0-------2------0----0----0-----0----2---0------0------
---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0--0-0---2-0_2--0------
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2--------3------2------
-3------------------------------3-3---------------3------


   G       D      Em        C     G  D           G G G G (folk strum)
---3-------2------0----0----0-----3--2---------
---3-------3------0----0----1-----3--3---------
---0-------2------0----0----0-----0--0---------
---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0-----3-2-0--
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2------------
-3------------------------------3-3------------
G (pickup chord)  D                         Em
         In the   year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers

        C~       G          D              Em          Em7  In the
days when lands were few   Here the ship sailed out into the

C~                    D(add G) Dmaj       G 
Blue and sunny morn   Sweetest sight ever seen.

G   D                           B7
And night followed day, and the story tellers say

         Em                   Am    (then passing notes C B A F#)
That the score brave souls inside

    G                         D 
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C            Em    C     D       C  (G) D------
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.          G                           C            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

G                         D
Don't you hear me calling you

               G      F#/G   Em    D      C    B/G        Am  
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

        Em           D             G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.In the C~, I add D&G on top:

|--3
|--3
|--0
|--2
|--3
|--X

Likewise, the D add G is

|--3   (where you add the G)
|--3
|--2
|--0
|--X
|--X
In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers
In the days when the lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen.

And night followed day
And the storytellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

For my life
Still ahead
Pity Me.Notes:

I often play Amin7 rather than plain Amin.

The odd chords listed in the chorus I play:

F#/G                B/G

|--3                |--3
|--3                |--3
|--0                |--0
|--0                |--0
|--0                |--2
|--2                |--X
-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-= Sitting in the corner you are naked and alone,
No one listened to your plea's you created me.

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From: [email protected] (Tom)

It wos the asking, and I think the chords  in the intro of a Queen
song ( '39 ) is not
  
     x x Am Am Am Am
     G G

I think the intro
 
     C   C   Am   E
     B  Eb B C F G G

the first line is sure!
bye
  BigTom

    [email protected]: [email protected]

'39 - Queen
>From the album A Night At The Opera
Written by Brian May

I have seen some other chords, I think these are the *real* ones.
Comments and suggestions are welcome by e-mail.

Koen van der Drift < [email protected]>


Intro:

| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G | G |
| G | D | Em | C | G | D | C | G | G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D7 | G |       D7                    Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers

       C         G          D7
In the days when lands were few

         Em          G
Here the ship sailed out into the

C                    G        D7         G
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.

        D7                          Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say

         Em                   Am
That the score brave souls inside

    G                        D7
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

             C           D7            G       |D7| 
Never looked back, never feared, never cried.


          G                           C            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

          G               D7
Don't you hear me calling you

            G      Bm      Em  D6      C      Bm       Am  
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

        Bm           D7            G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

Bridge:

| Eb | Eb | Cm | Cm | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | A | A | A | A |
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G |

In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes cry to me.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

       Em7          D7         G
For my life, still ahead, pity me.

Outtro:

| G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D G | G | D G |