TITLE: "Queen UK" ARTIST: Bob Schneider ALBUM: (Unreleased, Live only!) ================================= Transcribed by Connor Roberts Email: corusa@corusa.com ================================= If you have never heard this song, it is arguably the best acoustic song ever played live. You can hear it recorded live here so you know how it goes: http://www.bobschneiderlive.com/queenuk.mp3 === NOTE: All chords are placed pretty much right above the word they begin on. === Standard Tuning (chords are relative to capo) CHORDS USED (All fingerstlye, no strumming): C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)e--0-- --0-- --0-- --1-- B--1-- --0-- --1-- --1-- G--0-- --0-- --2-- --2-- D--2-- --2-- --2-- --3-- A--3-- --2-- --0-- --0-- E--0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- INTRO: C, Em, Am, F (x2) VERSE 1: C (x32010@1) EmMe (022000@1)and My best friend Jim started our own band Am (x02210@1) FWhen (133211@1)I was fifteen living in Deutschland. C (x32010@1) EmDidn't (022000@1)matter that we could hardly play Am (x02210@1) FCame (133211@1)up with a crazy name, called the band "Queen UK" C (x32010@1) EmI (022000@1)played the guitar, he played drums Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Our parents told us one day we'd be bums C (x32010@1) EmAnd (022000@1)everyday we'd go over to his parents house Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)in the basement we'd play as hard and loud C (x32010@1) EmAs (022000@1)we could get it. It drove his mom mad Am (x02210@1) FBut (133211@1)it never seemed to bother his drunk dad. C (x32010@1) EmWe (022000@1)wrote five or six, songs or so Am (x02210@1) FWe (133211@1)played them at the high school talent show C (x32010@1) EmWe (022000@1)blew the shit up. The girls went crazy. Am (x02210@1) FWe (133211@1)looked so cool. They called us 'baby.' C (x32010@1) EmAnd (022000@1)after that man, we had it made. Am (x02210@1) FThe (133211@1)normal life was later-ade. INTERLUDE: C, Em, Am, F... VERSE 2: C (x32010@1) EmWell (022000@1)I moved to Austin, he moved to LA after living in Seattle. Am (x02210@1) FI (133211@1)joined a funk band, he got all into heavy metal. C (x32010@1) EmIt (022000@1)was a wild time. I did a lot of blotter. Am (x02210@1) FIt (133211@1)was like some bad episode of "Welcome Back Kotter". C (x32010@1) EmI (022000@1)went out to LA to visit him. Am (x02210@1) FBut (133211@1)he was all messed up playing in some shitty band. C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)Snorting heroin. He had like ten tatoos. Am (x02210@1) FWe (133211@1)smoked some serious kind, drank a ton of booze. C (x32010@1) EmWe (022000@1)joked around alot. We'd always say Am (x02210@1) FWe've (133211@1)come so far since the good ol' days. INTERLUDE: C, Em, Am, F... VERSE 3: C (x32010@1) EmIt (022000@1)was a blur but, I don't really remember much. Am (x02210@1) FJust (133211@1)glad to get the hell out, I never liked LA too much. C (x32010@1) EmAustin (022000@1)was more laid back, more like my kind of town. Am (x02210@1) FPeople (133211@1)kickin it, not so tightly wound. C (x32010@1) EmMy (022000@1)bands kept breaking up, like they always do. Am (x02210@1) FI (133211@1)kept getting by, and pulling through. C (x32010@1) EmI (022000@1)got a phone call from Jim one night in ninety-eight Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)He didn't sound so good he said 'I need a break'. C (x32010@1) EmHe (022000@1)said can I come to stay for a week or so. Am (x02210@1) FI (133211@1)said 'That'd be cool. No problem bro.' C (x32010@1) EmBut (022000@1)I never spoke to him again after that. Am (x02210@1) FI (133211@1)got a call from this guy in Jim's band Aftermath. C (x32010@1) EmHe (022000@1)said that Jim had died sometime last week or so. Am (x02210@1) FIn (133211@1)his apartment, some kind of overdose. C (x32010@1) EmThe (022000@1)police couldn't find his folks, and maybe did I know Am (x02210@1) FHow (133211@1)to get a hold of them and I said I did and so C (x32010@1) EmThey (022000@1)called his parents up and it was shitty but, Am (x02210@1)FI (133211@1)went to the funeral and I was all fucked up. C (x32010@1) EmAnd (022000@1)I felt responsible in some weird ol' way. Am (x02210@1) FBut (133211@1)there was nothing I could do, there was nothing I could say. INTERLUDE: C, Em, Am, F (x2)... VERSE 4: C (x32010@1) EmThat's (022000@1)the way it goes when fate is king. Am (x02210@1) FYou (133211@1)can't tell the world how to do its thing. C (x32010@1) EmYou (022000@1)can just hold on tight, let it take you for a ride. Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)maybe you might make it to the other side. C (x32010@1) EmWell (022000@1)in the end I guess, it doesn't matter so. Am (x02210@1) FI (133211@1)guess I'll tell you everything I know now.
