Another One Bites The Dust Words and music by John Deacon Verse 1: Em Am Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low Em Am Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine guns ready to go C G Are you ready, hey! Are you ready for this? C G Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? C G Am B Out of the doorway the bullets rip, to the sound of the beat. Chorus: Em Am Another One Bites The Dust Em Am Another One Bites The Dust Em Am And another one gone, and another one gone, Another One Bites The Dust F#m xx4452 35xxxx 02xxxx Hey! I'm gonna get you too. Another One Bites The Dust. funky rythm: Em(VII) A(V) ** *** *** * * ** * * **x* **xx... ^ B slide to C Another One Bites The Dust Words and music by John Deacon Transcribed by Andrew Paul Cherry (lancelot@pipeline.com) and PD riff 1 riff 2 |---------------------------------| |------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-5-3-0---0---0----0-0--0--3--0-5-| |-0---0---0----0-0--0--3--0-5--| riff 3 riff 4 riff 5 |-------------------| |--------------------| |---------------------| |-------------------| |---------------5----| |---------------------| |-3--3---3--4-5-----| |-3--3---3--4-5------| |---------------------| |-----------------3-| |------------------3-| |-5--5---5--6-7-----3-| riff 6 |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-2----7--65-5-5---2-----3--| sequence of riffs:11222 224345 222622 124345 2216 122 214345 2216 214345 last modification: march 14, 1998 QUEEN: ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST bass-tablature riff 1 riff 2 |---------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-5-3-0---0---0----0-0--0--3--0-5-| |---0---0---0----0-0--0--3--0-5--| riff 3 |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-3----0---0---0----0-0--0--3--0-5--| riff 4 riff 5 riff 6 |-------------------| |------------------------| |-----------------| |-------------------| |-------------------5----| |-----------------| |-3--3---3--4-5-----| |-----3--3---3--4-5------| |-----------------| |-----------------5-| |----------------------5-| |--5--5---5--6-7--| riff 7 riff 8 G-|--------------------------| |---------------------------| D-|--------------------------| |---------------------------| A-|--------------------------| |---------------------------| E-|-2----7-55-5-5---2---3--0-| |----2----7--55-5-5---2---3-| sequence of riffs:112222254563228221254563217 122154563218215456 trancribed by Pinter Denes juni 26 1995 A few word of the guitar part: "strange" chord: xx4452 EA D GBE funky chords: x79987 , 81010988 PINTER Denes From: lancelot@pipeline.com (Andrew Paul Cherry) Another One Bites the Dust, by Queen (John Deacon) off the 1980 album, "The Game." Grammy award for best cross-over record, thanks to the bass riff stolen/ loaned/ borrowed/ influenced by Chic's "Good Times." Anyway, here is the intro riff, and the primary verse riff: G--------------------------- D--------------------------- A--------------------------- E-53-0-0-0--00-0-3-5 This is played throughout the song, about a million times. the second riff (pre-chorus) is: G---------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------5-----------------------------------5------------------ A-3-3--3-45------3-3--3-45-----3-3--3-45-------------------- E---------------3-----------------3-----------------3--5-5--5-67- ready. . . hanging. . . outta. . . . to the. . . Play riff 1 here, 3 times, then play the following bit: G------------------- D------------------- A------------------- E-2---765-5---2 Hey gonna. . . During the instrumental break, riff 1 is played a few times, but in concert, John Deacon plays the below riff, while Brian May improvises all over the D-scale. G----------------- D----------------- A----------------- E-0-2-3-2-0-0 He alternates back and forth between that and riff 1 for the solo, then returns to the verse. Good plucking! Another One Bites The Dust Words and music by John Deacon Transcribed by Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de) If you want to play this song exactly like on the record,you only need three things:A closed Hi-Hat(h),a snare-drum (s) and a bass-drum (b)...and two drum-sticks. During the song there are actually only two patterns: The main-pattern: The fill 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-| h-h-h-h-h---h---| ----s-------s---| ----s----ssss---| b---b---b---b---| b---b---b---bb--| As it is looped in the studio-version,the drumming is very monotone. I think most of you prefer playing the live-version: In any case it is very important to play it tight. Roger sometimes opens the hi-hat for one or two 8-notes to bring a bit more variety into the pattern.He also uses a crash cymbal to set some accents(especially after the fills).In some live-versions Roger plays the bass-drum only on the upbeats(1 + 3) ,in others he plays it like on the record. Have fun!