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/ Queen / A Night at the Opera (1975) / The Prophet's Song guitar tab

Queen: The Prophet's Song

all guitars are in drop D tuning

|------------1--------------------------------------1-----|
|--------1------3------------------------------1----------|
|--------3------2------------------------------3----------|
|--------3------0------------------------------3----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------|
|             two guitars:                                |
|             guitar left >- 1 octave -> guitar right     |
|             |------------------13--------| |------13----|
|             |----------------------------| |-11---------|
|             |----------14-15--------15---| |-10---------|
|             |-12-14-15-------------------| |-12---------|
|             |----------------------------| |------------|
|             |----------------------------| |--  left  --|


|-----------1----------(gtr.l)--12-------1--------------|
|---------3---3----------------------1------------------|
|-------2-------2---------(gtr. r.)--3------------------|
|-----0-----------0---0---------12---3------------------|
|-------------------0---0---0---0-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------3---3-0-----------------------|


|-1-------0-----------------------------------5-----------|
|-3-------1-------3---------------1h3-3p1-3---8-----------|
|-2-------0-------3---0---2-------0h2-2p0-2---7-----------|
|-0-----------0---3-------0-------0-----------------------|
|-----------------1---1h3---------------------------------|
|-----0-----------------------0---------------------------|
|         right guitar                koto:     | left guitar
|-----------------------1013------------0-----5-|-------------------------17-|
|---------------------11--15----------6---------|----------------15-17-18----|
|---------------------10--14--------------7-----|----------14-15-------------|
|---------------------12--15--------------------|-12-14-15-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|


|-1-------0---------------1-------------------------------0---|
|-3-------1-------1h3-3p1-3-------1h3-3p1-3---3p1-3-------1---|
|-2-------0-------0h2-2p0-2-------0h2-2p0-2---2p0-2-------0---|
|-0-----------0---0-------0-------0-------0---0---0-----------|
|-----------------0---------------0---------------------------|
|-----0-----------------------0-------------------------------|
|guitar right                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-------5-------(h7)----6-------6---6p5-6---6p5-6---5---5---|
|-7-------5-------5h7-7p5-7-------7---7p5-7---7p5-7---5---5---|
|-7-------5-------5h7-7p5-7-------7-------7-------7---5---5---|
|-----5------5----5---5-----------------------------------3---|
|-----------------------------0-------------------------------|
|guitar left                                                  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-------------------------------------------5---5---|
|---------7-------5h7-7p5-7-------5h7-7p5-7---7p5-7---5---5---|
|---------7-------5h7-7p5-7-------5h7-7p5-7---7p5-7---5---5---|
|---------------------------------------------------------3---|
|-----------------------------0-------------------------------|



|-1-------0---------------1-------------------0---|
|-1-------1-------3-------3-------1h3-3p1-3---3---|
|-2-------0-------3---0---2-------0h2-2p0-2---3---|
|-3-------2-------3-------0-------0---------------|
|-0-------3-------1---1h3-------------------------|
|-----------------------------0-------------------|
|guitar right
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---3---3-------------------3---|
|-----------------3---3---2-------5h7-7p5-7---3---|
|-3-------5-------3---3---3-------5h7-7p5-7---3---|
|---------------------------------5-----------1---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|guitar left
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1-------5-------3---3---3-------------------3---|
|-2-------5-------3---3---2-------5h7-7p5-7---3---|
|-3-------5-------3---3---3-------5h7-7p5-7---3---|
|---------------------------------5---5-------1---|
|-------------------------------------------------|

only the rythm gtrs:

two gtrs
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|(2)--------------------------gtr.r.------gtr.l----------|
|-2---------------------------2-let ring--2-let ring-----|
|-2---------------------------2-----------2-------2---2--|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---*----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
  I   Dr. I   saw
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------1------3-----------|
|-2-----------------------------------2------0------2---0---2---|
|-2-------5---3---2---3---5---2-------2------2------0---0---2---|
|-----0-0-----0---0---0---0---0-------0------3----------2---0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3---|
|-2---------------7-----------7---9-----------9-------2---2---|
|-2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9-----2---------|
|-0---0---0---0---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------3---3---3----|
|-2-----------------------9\-----2------0------3---3---2----|
|-2---2---5---7---7---7---7\-----2------2------0---0---0----|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0------3-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
1'21"
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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------7\-|
|-0---1---2---3---4---5---6---7----|
|----------------------------------|

main riff:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5----|
|---------5-----------7---5---7\--------------7\5-7---5---5----|
|-----0---5-----------7---5---7\--------------7\5-7---5---5----|
|-----0---3-----------5---3---5\----------0---5\3-5---3---3----|
|-0-3---------0---*---------------0---3------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------5---------------2-----------------------------------|
|-3--------5-------3---3-3-0----------0---0---10---------------|
|-3--------3-------1---1-3------------0---0---8----------------|
|-3-------------------------------0-3--------------9\\---------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-----------7---5---7\--------------7\5-7---5---5----|
|-----0---5-----------7---5---7\--------------7\5-7---5---5----|
|-----0---3-----------5---3---5\----------0---5\3-5---3---3----|
|-0-3---------0---*---------------0---3------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------5---------------2------------------7----|
|-3--------5-------3---3-3-0----------0---0---5----|
|-3--------3-------1---1-3------------0---0---5----|
|-3-------------------------------0-3---------5----|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-/9----------------------|
|-/7-------2---2---2------|
|-/7-------0-x-0-x-0....--|
|------0------------------|
to be continued
...

|-----1------------------------------------1------------------*
|-1-------3-------------------------------3-3-----------------*
|-3-------2------------------------------2---2----------------*
|-3-------0----------------------------0------0--0------------*
|----------------------------------------------0---0---0------*
|----------------------------------0-----------------3---3-0--*
|left gtr.
|---------22-18-17--------------------|     *------------------------
|------------------18-17--------------|     *------------------------
|------------------------19-15-14-----|     *------------------------
|---------------------------------12--|     *-2h3p2p0-----0----------
|-------------------------------------|     *---------3p0---3/5v\----
|-------------------------------------|     *---------------------0--
|                         right gtr. 
|                         |-----------|
|                         |-11-10-----|
|                         |-----------|
|                         |-------12--|
|                         |-----------|
|                         |-----------|


|-----------------1-------0-------5----------10---|
|-1---------------3-------1-------6---6-8---10----|
|-3---------------2-------0-------7--------10-----|
|-3---------------0-------0-------0---8-----------|
|-----------------------------------------12------|
|---------------------0-------0-------------------|
|two gtrs.: r.g. >1 octave> l.g.| left guitar     |
|-----------13--|               |------12----13---|
|------11-------|               |---11------15----|
|---------------|               |--10------14-----|
|---------------|               |-12--------------|
|---------------|               |-----------------|
|---------------|               |-----------------|


|-5-------3---------0---0-1---------1------------|
|-----6-------5---3---3---3--------3-3-----------|
|-----7-------5-------0---2-------2---2----------|
|-----7-------5-----------0------0-----0----<5>--|
|-5-------3-------1---3---------0-----------<5>--|
|------------------------------0--------0--------|


|-1-------0--------------12-13-----|-6-----5-----3-----1-----0-----3-----|
|-3-------1-------3---11----10-----|----------------1-----0--------------|
|-2-------0-------3---10----10-----|----5-----5-----------------0-----0--|
|-0-----------0---3---12----10-----|-5-----3-----2-----0-----------------|
|-----------------1------------12--|-------------------------3-----------|
|-----0----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                Left gtr.
|                |------12--13-|
|                |---11-----15-|
|                |--10------14-|
|                |-12----------|
|                |-------------|
|                |-------------|


|-----0-----------3--------0-----------0------<12>---|
|-6-----/-3---------------5-5--------5---------------|
|-------------0----------0---0-----0-----5----<12>---|
|-----------------------5-----5--5----------10-------|
|-5-----/-2------------3-------3---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Transcribed by Pinter Denes

Lyrics:
The Prophet's Song (May)
 
Oh Oh people of earth
Listen to the warning
The seer he said
Beware the storm that gathers here
Listen to the wise man.

I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair
Spreading his hands on the multitude there
A man who cried for a love gone stale
And ice cold hearts of charity bare.
I watched as fear took the old men's gaze
Hopes of the yound in troubled graves
I see no day, I heard him say
So grey is the face of every mortal.

Oh Oh people of earth
Listen to the warning
The prophet he said
For soon the cold of night will fall
Summoned by your own hand.

Oh Oh children of the land
Quicken to the new life
Take my hand
Fly and find the new green bough
Return like the white dove.

He told of death as a done white haze
Taking the lost and the unloved babe
Late too late all the wretches run
These kinds of beasts now counting their days. 


Queen albums
1995 Made In Heaven
1991 Innuendo
1989 The Miracle
1986 A Kind Of Magic
1984 The Works
1982 Hot Space
1980 The Game
1978 Jazz
1977 News of the World
1976 A Day At The Races
1975 A Night at the Opera
1974 Queen II
1974 Sheer Heart Attack
1973 Queen
Pre Ordained
A Night at the Opera tabs
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02Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon tabbass tab
03I'm In Love With My Car tabbass tab
04You're Best Friend tabbass tab
05'39 tabbass tab
06Sweet Lady tabbass tab
07Seaside Rendezvous tabbass tab
08The Prophet's Song tabbass tab
09Love Of My Life tabbass tab
10Good Company tabbass tab
11Bohemian Rhapsody tabbass tab
12God Save The Queen tabbass tab

 

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