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Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Chords

ChordsGm, C, F, Cm, Bb, Eb, B, A, C#, Ab, G, Fm, E, Abm, Db, D, F#, Bm, Gb, Bbm
Strumming↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

  • Guitar Gm chord diagram Fingering: 3-1-0-0-3-3Guitar Gm chord diagram
  • Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram
  • Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
  • Guitar Cm chord diagram Fingering: x-3-1-0-1-3Guitar Cm chord diagram
  • Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-1-3-3-3-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar D# | E♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-x-1-3-4-3Guitar D# | E♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar B chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-4-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar B chord diagram
  • Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram
  • Guitar C# | D♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-4-3-1-2-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar C# | D♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar G# | A♭ chord diagram Fingering: 4-3-1-1-1-x Barre at fret 1.Guitar G# | A♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
  • Guitar Fm chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-1-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar Fm chord diagram
  • Guitar E chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-1-0-0Guitar E chord diagram
  • Guitar G#m | A♭m chord diagram Fingering: 4-6-6-4-4-4 Barre at fret 4. Base fret 4.Guitar G#m | A♭m chord diagram
  • Guitar C# | D♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-4-3-1-2-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar C# | D♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
  • Guitar F# | G♭ chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-3-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F# | G♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram
  • Guitar F# | G♭ chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-3-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F# | G♭ chord diagram
  • Guitar A#m | B♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-1-3-3-2-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar A#m | B♭m chord diagram


[Gm]Is this the real life? [C]Is this [Gm]just [C]fan[Gm]ta[C]sy?
[F]Caught in a [Cm]land[F]slide, no [Bb]escape from [Cm]re[Bb]a[F]li[Bb]ty.
[Gm]Open your eyes, look [Bb]up to the skies and [Eb]see.
[Cm]I’m just a poor boy, [F]I need no sympathy, because I’m
[B]easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]little [Bb]high, [A]little [Bb]low.
[Eb]Anyway the [Bb]wind blows [C#]doesn’t really [F]matter to me, to [Bb]me.


[Bb]Mama just [Gm]killed a man, put a [Cm]gun against his head,
pulled my [Cm]trigger, now he’s [F]dead.
[Bb]Mama, life had [Gm]just begun, but [Cm]now I’ve gone and
[B]thrown it [Eb]all a[Cm]way. [Ab] [G]


[Eb]Mama, [Bb] [Cm]ooh didn’t [Fm]mean to make [E]you [Ab]cry. [Fm]
If [Bb]I’m not back again this time [Eb]tomorrow, carry [Bb]on, carry [Cm]on
as if [Abm]nothing really [Eb]matters. [Ab] [Eb] [Eb] [Fm] [Bb]


[Bb]Too late, my [Gm]time has come, sends [Cm]shivers down my spine,
body’s [Cm]aching all the [F]time.
[Bb]Goodbye, everybody, I’ve [Gm]got to go, gotta [Cm]leave you all
[B]Behind and [Eb]face the [Cm]truth. [Ab] [G]


[Eb]Mama, [Bb]ooh [Cm] [Fm]I don’t want to [E]die, [Ab] [Fm]
I [Bb]sometimes wish I’d never been born at all


[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] [Fm] [E] [Ab] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Fm] [E] [Ab] [Fm] [Db] [Db] [Db] [Db]
[A] [D]I [A]see a [A]little [A]silhou[D]etto [A]of a [A]man.
[A]Scara[D]mouche, [A]Scara[D]mouche, [A]will you [A]do the [A]Fan[D]dan[A]go?
[Db]Thunderbolt and [Ab]lightning [C]very, very [E]fright’ning [A]me.
Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, GallileoFigaro, Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh…


[B]I’m [Bb]just a [A]poor [Bb]boy and [B]no[Bb]body [A]loves [Bb]me.
[Ab]He’s [Eb]just a [Eb]poor [Eb]boy [Ab]from a [Eb]poor [Eb]fami[Eb]ly.
[Ab]Spare him his [Eb]life from this [F]monstrosi[Bb]ty.
[Ab] [Eb] [F#] [Fm]
[B]Easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]will you [Bb]let me [A]go? [Bb]Bis[Eb]mil[Bb]lah!
[Eb]No, [Bb]we will [Eb]not [Bb]let [Eb]you [Bb]go.[Eb]Let him go! Bismillah!
[Eb]We will not let you go.Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go.Let me go.
[Eb]Will not let you go.Let me go. Will not let you go.Let me go.
[F#]Oh-oh-oh-oh…


[Bm]No, [A]no, [D]no, [Db]no, [Gb]no, [Bb]no, [Eb]no. Oh mama mia, mama mia,
[Eb]Mama [Ab]mi [Eb]a, [D]let [Cm]me [Bb]go.
Be[Eb]elze[Ab]bub has a [D]devil put [Gm]aside for [Bb]me,
[Bb]for me, for me.


[Eb] [F]
[Bb]So you think you can stone me and [Eb]spit in my [Bb]eye. [Db]
[Bb]So you think you can love me and [Eb]leave me to [Ab]die.


[Fm]Oh, [Bb]baby, [Fm]can’t do this to me, [Bb]baby.
[Fm]Just gotta get [Bb]out, [Fm]just gotta get [Bb]right outta [Eb]here.


[Eb] [F] [Gb] [Ab] [A] [B] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]Ooh[Cm] [B]Ooh [Cm]yeah, [B]ooh [Cm]yeah [Bb] [Eb] [D] [Gm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Cm]Nothing really [Gm]matters, [Cm]anyone can [Gm]see.
[Cm]Nothing really [Abm]matters, [Ab]nothing really matters to [Eb]me.


[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Eb] [Bb] [Bbm] [C] [C] [C] [C] [F]
[Bb]Any[F]way the [Ab]wind [Gm]blows.
[F]

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ArtistQueen
AlbumA Night at the Opera
Year1975
KeyGm

How to play Bohemian Rhapsody on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody on guitar requires 20 chords and 61 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Bohemian Rhapsody uses these transitions most often: Bb → Eb (18), Eb → Bb (13), and Ab → Eb (9). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Gm - C chord transition.

1. Gm → C chord transition

To move from Gm to C;

  1. While playing Gm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
Gm to C

2. C → F chord transition

To move from C to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.
C to F

3. F → Cm chord transition

To move from F to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 1.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from D string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.
F to Cm

4. F → Bb chord transition

To move from F to Bb;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from D string fret 3 to B string fret 3.
F to Bb

5. Bb → Cm chord transition

To move from Bb to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 3 to fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 3 to E string fret 3.

6. Bb → Gm chord transition

To move from Bb to Gm;

  1. Keep index finger on A string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 3 to B string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

7. Bb → Eb chord transition

To move from Bb to Eb;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Keep ring finger on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky on B string from fret 3 to fret 4.

8. Eb → Cm chord transition

To move from Eb to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 4 to E string fret 3.

9. F → B chord transition

To move from F to B;

  1. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Slide your pinky from D string fret 3 to B string fret 4.

10. B → Bb chord transition

To move from B to Bb;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 4 to fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on G string from fret 4 to fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky on B string from fret 4 to fret 3.

11. Bb → A chord transition

To move from Bb to A;

  1. While playing Bb, lift your pinky from B string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.

12. Bb → C# chord transition

To move from Bb to C#;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 3 to A string fret 4.

13. C# → F chord transition

To move from C# to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from A string fret 4 to D string fret 3.

14. Gm → Cm chord transition

To move from Gm to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Keep pinky on E string fret 3.

15. Cm → B chord transition

To move from Cm to B;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 1 to fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to B string fret 4.

16. B → Eb chord transition

To move from B to Eb;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 4 to E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on G string from fret 4 to fret 3.
  4. Keep pinky on B string fret 4.

17. Cm → Ab chord transition

To move from Cm to Ab;

  1. While playing Cm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 1 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 4.

18. Ab → G chord transition

To move from Ab to G;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 3.

19. G → Eb chord transition

To move from G to Eb;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

20. Cm → Fm chord transition

To move from Cm to Fm;

  1. While playing Cm, lift your middle finger from D string fret 1.
  2. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

21. Fm → E chord transition

To move from Fm to E;

  1. While playing Fm, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  4. Place middle finger on A string fret 2.

22. E → Ab chord transition

To move from E to Ab;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on A string from fret 2 to fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 4.

23. Ab → Fm chord transition

To move from Ab to Fm;

  1. While playing Ab, lift your middle finger from A string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger from E string fret 4 to A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

24. Fm → Bb chord transition

To move from Fm to Bb;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.
  4. Place middle finger on D string fret 3.

25. Cm → Abm chord transition

To move from Cm to Abm;

  1. While playing Cm, lift your middle finger from D string fret 1.
  2. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 4.
  3. Slide your ring finger on A string from fret 3 to fret 6.
  4. Lift your pinky from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 6.

26. Abm → Eb chord transition

To move from Abm to Eb;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 6 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 6 and place it on B string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on E string fret 3.

27. Eb → Ab chord transition

To move from Eb to Ab;

  1. While playing Eb, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Keep index finger on D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 3 to E string fret 4.

28. Eb → Fm chord transition

To move from Eb to Fm;

  1. While playing Eb, lift your middle finger from E string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 3.

29. Fm → Db chord transition

To move from Fm to Db;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on B string fret 2.

30. Db → A chord transition

To move from Db to A;

  1. While playing Db, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.

31. A → D chord transition

To move from A to D;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 3.

32. Db → Ab chord transition

To move from Db to Ab;

  1. While playing Db, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 4.

33. Ab → C chord transition

To move from Ab to C;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on A string fret 3.

34. C → E chord transition

To move from C to E;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.

35. E → A chord transition

To move from E to A;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 2.

36. A → B chord transition

To move from A to B;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

37. Bb → Ab chord transition

To move from Bb to Ab;

  1. While playing Bb, lift your pinky from B string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 4.

38. Eb → F chord transition

To move from Eb to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 4 to D string fret 3.

39. Eb → F# chord transition

To move from Eb to F#;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 4.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 4 to D string fret 4.

40. F# → Fm chord transition

To move from F# to Fm;

  1. While playing F#, lift your middle finger from G string fret 3.
  2. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger on A string from fret 4 to fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky on D string from fret 4 to fret 3.

41. Fm → B chord transition

To move from Fm to B;

  1. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to G string fret 4.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on D string fret 4.

42. F# → Bm chord transition

To move from F# to Bm;

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 4 to D string fret 4.
  4. Lift your pinky from D string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 4.

43. Bm → A chord transition

To move from Bm to A;

  1. While playing Bm, lift your pinky from G string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.

44. D → Db chord transition

To move from D to Db;

  1. Slide your index finger on G string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.

45. Db → Gb chord transition

To move from Db to Gb;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 4.
  4. Slide your pinky from A string fret 4 to D string fret 4.

46. Gb → Bb chord transition

To move from Gb to Bb;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from D string fret 4 to B string fret 3.

47. Eb → D chord transition

To move from Eb to D;

  1. While playing Eb, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger on E string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

48. D → Cm chord transition

To move from D to Cm;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to D string fret 1.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

49. Ab → D chord transition

To move from Ab to D;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 3.

50. D → Gm chord transition

To move from D to Gm;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Keep ring finger on B string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

51. Bb → Db chord transition

To move from Bb to Db;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 3 to A string fret 4.

52. F → Gb chord transition

To move from F to Gb;

  1. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger on G string from fret 2 to fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on A string from fret 3 to fret 4.
  4. Slide your pinky on D string from fret 3 to fret 4.

53. Gb → Ab chord transition

To move from Gb to Ab;

  1. While playing Gb, lift your pinky from D string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 4.

54. Ab → A chord transition

To move from Ab to A;

  1. Slide your index finger on D string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.

55. B → Ab chord transition

To move from B to Ab;

  1. While playing B, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 4 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 4.

56. Gm → Ab chord transition

To move from Gm to Ab;

  1. While playing Gm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 4.

57. Abm → Ab chord transition

To move from Abm to Ab;

  1. While playing Abm, lift your pinky from D string fret 6.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 6 to E string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on A string fret 3.

58. Bb → Bbm chord transition

To move from Bb to Bbm;

  1. Keep index finger on A string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.

59. Bbm → C chord transition

To move from Bbm to C;

  1. While playing Bbm, lift your pinky from G string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.

60. F → Ab chord transition

To move from F to Ab;

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 4.

61. Gm → F chord transition

To move from Gm to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Bohemian Rhapsody.

  • Bohemian Rhapsody includes 222 chord transitions, 61 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.06% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Bohemian Rhapsody contains 2 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Bohemian Rhapsody connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After Bb, the most likely next chords across Chordier are F (34%), C (20%), and Dm (9%).
    • Bb → F: 34%
    • Bb → Gm: 6%
    After Eb, the most likely next chords across Chordier are Bb (30%), F (18%), and Ab (10%).
    • Eb → Bb: 30%
    • Eb → F: 18%