The Art Of Shreddin'

Guitar Tabs

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

On the record, all guitars are tuned one semitone up to F, Live it's 
played like here in Em.

Often used riff(Git.4)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|=Riff 1 
----------------|----5--7--------|
7---7---7------7|7-7---7---------|
----------------|----------------| 

4/4(Tempo:110)

After four bars only bass and drum:

Gtr.4: Riff 1: Play (5x)

Riff 3                                                     End Riff 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
---------5------|----------------|---------5------|----------------|Riff 1 
3-3--3-45-------|3-3--3-45-------|3-3--3-45-------|----------------|three times
------------3---|------------3---|------------3---|5-5--5-67-------|
. .              . .              . .              . .

     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 
     ----------------|----------------|--------------
gtr.2----------------|----------------|--------------
     ----------------|----------------|--------------
     ----------------|----------------|2-------------
     ----------------|------------5---|2-------------
     ----------------|------------3---|0-------------
     
     ----------------|--------2-------|
gtr.3----------------|--------5-------|
     ----------------|--------2-------|
     ----------------|--------4-------|
     ----------------|----------------|
     ----------------|----------------|

     ----------------|----------------|
gtr.4----------------|----------------|
     ----------------|----------------|RIFF 1 four times.....
     -----9987-7-7---|-----------5----|
     9---------------|9---------------|
     ----------------|----------------|
     .       . . .    . 
 
    Riff 2                                                        end 
Riff 2
      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 
+  
      77-x77xx77x7-7-x|7-7-7-78-x5x450x|7xxx7xxx7xx7-7xx|7-7-7-78-x5x45--
gtr.3 88-x88xx88x8-8-x|8-8-8-8x-x5x45-x|8xxx8xxx8xx8-8xx|8-8-8-810x5x45--
      99-x99xx99x9-9-x|9-9-9-99-x5x45-x|9xxx9xxx9xx9-9xx|9-9-9-99-x5x45--
      99-x99xx99x9-9-x|9-9-9-97-x7x67-x|9xxx9xxx9xx9-9xx|9-9-9-97-x7x67--
      77-x77xx77x7-7-x|7-7-7-7--------x|7xxx7xxx7xx7-7xx|7-7-7-----------
      ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
       .           .   . . .         .                   . . .


 Gtr.4 Riff 3......
             


1:22
      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   
      ----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------(Guitars 1 + 2!) 
      ----------------|----------------
      -------------5--|----------------
      -------------3--|0---------------
                       .

Five bars tacet......
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queen/another_one_bites_the_dust_tab.html ]
      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
      ----------------|----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------|----------------
gtr.1 ----------------|----------------|----------------
      --------7-7-7---|----------------|2---------------
      9-------7-7-7---|------------5---|2---------------
      9---------------|------------3---|0---------------

      ----------------|--------5-------|----------------
      ----------------|--------5-------|----------------
gtr.2 ----------------|--------4-------|----------------
      --------7-------|--------4-------|----------------
      9----999--------|----------------|----------------
      ----------9-9---|----------------|----------------
          P.m------

      ----------------|----------------|----------------
      ----------------|--------2-------|----------------
gtr.4 ----------------|--------2-------|----------------
      -----9-87-7-7---|--------2-------|----------------
      9---------------|--------0-------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------|----------------
      .       . . .


From 1:40 to 2:28 Interlude,

At 2:28 gtr.4 with Riff 1 four times and riff 3(one time)
At 2:37 gtr.3 with Riff 2

2:53
      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
      ----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------
gtr.1 ----------------|----------------
and 2 ----------------|2---------------
      -------------5--|2---------------
      -------------3--|0---------------

four bars tacet.....

      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
      ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
gtr.1 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------|------------5---|----------------
      ----------------|4-------7-7-7---|------------5---|7---------------
      ----------------|2-------5-5-5---|----------------|----------------
                                                         .

     
      ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
      ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
gtr.2 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      ----------------|--------7-7-7---|----------------|2---------------
      ----------------|-------97-7-7---|------------5---|2---------------
      --------------9-|2---------------|------------3---|0---------------
                                                         .

                                                        
                                                     |77xx77xx77xx77xx
                                                                
                                                     |88xx88xx88xx88xx
                                              gtr.3  |99xx99xx99xx99xx
                                                     |99xx99xx99xx99xx
                                                     |77xx77xx77xx77xx
                                                     |----------------

       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
       7-7-7-75-x5-45--|77xx77xx77x7-7xx|7-7-7-75-55545--
       8-8-8-85-x5-45--|88xx88xx88x8-8xx|8-8-8-85-55545--
(GTR:3)9-9-9-95-x5-45--|99xx99xx99x9-9xx|9-9-9-95-55545--
       9-9-9-97-x7-67--|99xx99xx99x9-9xx|9-9-9-97-77767--
       7-7-7-7---------|77xx77xx77x7-7xx|7-7-7-7---------
       ----------------|----------------|----------------
		    		    end riff 2
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------5-------|---------------------||
|-3-3-R-3-R-4-5-------|-3-3-R-3-R-4-5---------|---------------------||
|---------------R-3-R-|-----------------R-3-R-|-5-5-R-5-R-6-7-R-7-3-||
  e e s s s s e e e e   e e s s s s s s e e e   e e s s s s e e s e.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queen/another_one_bites_the_dust_btab.html ]
|--------------------|-------------------|---------||--------------------|
|- repeat riff 1 3x -|-------------------|---------||- repaet riff 1 4x -|
|--------------------|-------------------|---------||--------------------|
|--------------------|-2-R-R-7-6-5-5-5-R-|-2-R---3-||--------------------|
                       e e s e s e e e e   e e-h q

|--------------------|---------------------||-------------------------------|
|- repeat riff 2 1x -|---------------------||- play riff 1, riff 0, riff 1 -|
|--------------------|---------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-5-5-R-5-R-6-7-R-R-3-||-------------------------------|
                       e e s s s s e e s e.

			   (bend up 1/4)
|-------------------|---------||-------|  20  |---------||
|-------------------|---------||-------| |--| |---------||
|-------------------|---------||-------| |--| |---------||
|-2-R-R-7-6-5-5-5-R-|-2-R---3-||-0-R---|      |-R---5-3-||
  e e s e s e e e e   e e-h q    e h..          h.. s s

|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
|- play riff 1 2x, riff 0 1x, riff 1 1x, riff 2 1x -|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|-5-5-R-5-R-6-7-R-7-3-||
						      e e s s s s e e s e.

|-------------------------------|---------------------|---------||
|- play riff 1, riff 0, riff 1 -|---------------------|---------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------|---------||
|-------------------------------|-2-R-R-7-R-6-5-5-5-R-|-2-R---3-||
				  e e s s s s e e e e   e e-h q

|-------------------------------|---------------------|--------||
|- play riff 0, riff 1, riff 2 -|---------------------|--------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------|--------||
|-------------------------------|-5-5-R-5-R-6-7-R-7-3-|-0-R----||
				  e e s s s s e e s e.  e h..