Killer Queen
Words and music by Freddie Mercury
Killer Queen Chords and Piano chord Transcription by Shane McDonald
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Cm Bb7
She keeps Moet and Chandon in her pretty cabinet,
Cm Bb7 Eb
"Let them eat cake," she says, just like Mary Antoinette.
Bb/D Eb7/Db Ab/C
A built in remedy for Kruschev and Kennedy,
Abm/Cb Eb/Bb Bb11
and any time an invitation you can decline.
G7 Cm Bb7 Eb Caviar and cigarettes, well versed in etiquette, D7 Gm Extraordinarily nice.
F7 Bb Dm/A She's a Killer Queen, Gm Gm/F Dm Dm/F Gm A7 Dm Gunpowder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam, G7 C Bb Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime, ooooh. A7 Dm G7 Cm C Bb Recommended at the price, insatiable an appetite, Wanna try?
F Bb/F | F7 Bb/F | F Bb | F7 Bb/F
Cm Bb7
To avoid complications, she never kept the same address,
Cm Bb7 Eb
In conversation she spoke just like a baroness.
Bb/D Eb7/Db Ab/C
Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah,
Abm/Cb Eb/Bb Bb11
Then again incidentally if you're that way inclined.
G7 Cm
Perfume came naturally from Paris,
Bb7 Eb
For cars she couldn't care less,
D7 G7
Fastidious and precise. F7 Bb Dm/A She's a Killer Queen, Gm Gm/F Dm Dm/F Gm A7 Dm Gun powder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam, G7 C Bb Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime, ooh.
Guitar Solo A Dm | A Dm | G7 Cm | G7 Cm | Eb/F | % | F E/F F | Cm | Bb | Cm | Bb | Eb Bb/D | Eb7/Db Ab/C | Abm/Cb Eb/Bb | Bb7 | Eb/Bb | Bb7
G7 Cm G7 Cm
Drop of a hat, she's as willing as, playful as a pussycat,
Bb Eb
Then momentarily out of action,
Bb Eb D7 Gm F
Temporarily out of gas; to absolutely drive you
Bb F Bbm F Bb Dm/A
Wild, wild. (She's out to get you) She's a Killer Queen,
Gm Gm/F Dm Dm/F Gm A7 Dm
Gunpowder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam,
G7 C Bb
Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime, ooh.
A7 D7 G7 Cm C Bb
Recommended at the price, insatiable an appetite,
What a drag! F Bb/F | F7 Bb/F | F Bb | F7 Bb/F | Eb continue to fade...
About Killer Queen
Killer Queen is from Queen’s 3rd studio Album, Sheer Heart Attack. The Sheer Heart Attack album was released on 8th November 1974. The album was less progressive than Queen I and Queen II, and was more of a rock album. The true classic Queen sound started to emerge with the great harmonies and wonderful melody lines from Freddie and classic guitar riffs from Brian starting to get stronger. The Sheer Heart Attack album had hits such as Killer Queen which reached number 2 in the British Charts, and Now I’m Here which reached number 11 in the charts. The album itself reached number 2 in the UK Album charts.
Unless you really read into the song, Killer Queen actually refers to a high-class courtesan or escort. The song Killer Queen went on to have Freddie Mercury nominated for his first Ivor Novello Award. Although he did not win the Ivor Novello award (although WikiPedia says otherwise… it’s wrong, Streets of London won in 1974), Freddie came second in that award category. Freddie did however win an Ivor Novello Award in 1975 for Bohemian Rhapsody.
If you are using the Killer Queen chords on this page it is worth nothing that Freddie used an upright piano which was very slightly off concert-pitch (credited as “jangle piano”) to give an older-world feel to it.
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