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*”BASIC CHORDS”*
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*”CHORD CHARTS”*
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*”THE SCORE”*
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*”GUITAR TABS”*
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*LINKS*
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(4:4)
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(Dmajor)
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REFRAIN 1:
(reference notes: F# … F# E D E D D D D)
(D) (D Dsus2 D) (or D9 on ‘you’re gonna’)
o…you gonna…
(C) (G)
take me home tonight…
(D)
o…down
(C)
beside the/that red…
(A)
firelight…
(D) (G)
are you gonna let it all hang out?
(D) (A) (D)
fat bottomed girls you make the rocket world go round
VERSE 1:
(slower tempo grinding change)
(D groove)
(D D6 intro on 5th bar)
(reference notes A B)
(sung by freddie mercury solo)
i was just a skinny lad…
never knew no ‘good’ from ‘bad’…
but i knew life / (love?) before i left my…
(A)
nursery…
(D)
(left alone with ‘big fat fanny’)
(or ‘fatty’? depends on my mood /while playing performing it)
(G)
she was such a naughty nanny…
(D) (A) (D)
hey big woman…you made a bad/(fat?) boy out of me
VERSE 2:
i’ve been singing with my band…
across the wire…across the land…
i’ve seen every “blue-eyed floozy” on the way…
but their beauty and their style…
went kind of smooth after a while…
take me to them lardy ladies every time…
(come on!)
REFRAIN 2:
(harmony singing)
oh…won’t you take me home tonight?
oh…down beside your red firelight?
oh…then give it all you got…
fat bottomed girls…
you make the rocking world go round…
fat bottomed girls…
you make the rocking world go round…
VERSE 3:
(sung solo by freddie mercury)
(‘hey listen here!’)
i’ve got mortgages and homes…
i’ve got stiffness in me bones…
ain’t no beauty queens in this ‘locality.’..
(i tell you)
oh…but i still get my pleasure…
still got my greatest treasure…
hey big woman!
(you gonna make a big man of me)
(now get this!)
REFRAIN 3:
(4 members in harmony)
are you gonna take me home tonight?
(please)
oh…down beside that red firelight?
are you gonna let it all hang out?
fat bottomed girls…
you make the rocking world go ’round (‘yeah!’)
fat bottomed girls…
you make the rocking world go round…
(*get on your bikes and ride!*)
OUTRO:
(bluesy D groove)
ooh yeah…
oh yeah…
them ‘fat bottomed girls’…
‘fat bottomed girls’…
(yeah yeah yeah)
alright…
ride ’em cowboy…
fat bottomed girls…
(yes! yes!)
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