Flick of the Wrist
Queen
From "Sheer Heart Attack"

"Flick of the Wrist" is in the middle of a medley following "Tenement Funster" 
and preceding "Lily of the Valley." The tempo changes between Cut Time (2/2)
in the verses and Common Time (4/4) in the choruses.

The measures below are for counting a slow 4 (76 bpm) in verses and a rapid 4
(152 bpm) in choruses. In reality, it's all 152 bpm, but I find it easier to 
switch back and forth if I count it all in 4/4.

(Bridge out of "Tenement Funster")

(Tempo = 76 bpm)

| G | <> | <> | <> | C | <> | Am | <> |
 Piano               Lead guitar in

("Flick of the Wrist")

B5             Em                 B5
Dislocate your spine if you don't sign he says
     Am             |B5     Em | B5 Am |
I'll have you seeing double
Em            D                     Em                D
Mesmerize you when he's tongue-tied simply with those eyes
Em               D                 
Synchronize your minds and see the
Am <>           (Tempo = 152 bpm)  B
Beast within him . . . . . . . . . rise
           Em               D
Don't look back, don't look back it's a rip-off

Am                            D
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
G                          C   | C C/B C Am |
Blow him a kiss and you're mad
Am                         
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
  Am                    
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
     Am
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
C   C/E  D    Em <>                   (Tempo = 76 bpm) |Am | Am |
All this time honey, baby you've been . . . . . . . . . had

  B5            Em                  B5
Intoxicate your brain with what I'm saying
              Am              |B5     Em | B5 Am |
If not you'll lie in knee-deep trouble

Em             D                Em               D
Prostitute yourself he says, castrate your human pride
Em             D                                        
Sacrifice your leisure days, let me 
Am <>                  (Tempo = 152 bpm)  B
Squeeze you till you've . . . . . . . . . dried
           Em               D              
Don't look back, don't look back it's a rip-

| G5     | G5    C5 | G5     | G5    C5 |
  off . .  . . . ah   . . . .  . . . ah
| G5     | G5    C5 | G5     | G5    G  F# F   |
  . . . .  . . . ah   . . . .  . . . (walkdown)
| Em  | Em | Em  | Em | Em  | Em |
                                           (Tempo = 76 bpm)
| C5 C#5 | D5 | C5 C#5 | D5 | C5 C#5 | D5 | E5 <>            | 
                                          
B5              Em             B5
Work my fingers to my bones, I scream with pain
  Am             |B5     Em | B5 Am |
I still make no impression
  Em                D                   Em              D
Seduce you with his money-make machine, cross-collateralize, 

(Big-time money, money)
  Em            D                  
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine 
Em                  (Tempo = 152 bpm)  D
Then the last good . . . . . . . . . . bye (ah, ah, ah)

(It's a rip-off)

Am                            D
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
G                          C   | C C/B C Am |
Blow him a kiss and you're mad
Am
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
  Am
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
     Am
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
C   C/E  D    Em <>                  |Am | 
All this time honey, baby you've been had  

(Bridge into "Lily of the Valley")
| Am | Am | Am . . . G | . . .

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