Keep Yourself Alive

Tonalidad F major Dificultad Intermedio

The story behind

Queen wrote Keep Yourself Alive in 1971, before they had a permanent bassist. The song was released as the first single from their album Queen, along with Son and Daughter. They recorded it in the summer of that year at De Lane Lea studios, with Louie Austin as producer. Brian May played an introduction on his acoustic guitar Hallfredh, and they already had the basic structure: the call and response between Freddie Mercury and the rest of the group. The version that was released was made at Trident studios, where May recorded a take that included vocal harmonies from Mercury and a verse by May instead of Mercury. The song was played live until the early 80s, with improvisations and solos that made it unique. The lyrics, written by May, were sung in an ironic way, but Mercury transformed them. ↓ Skip to chords

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Verse 2

Interlude 1

Verse 3

Verse 4

Interlude 2

Verse 5

Verse 6

Verse 7

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Queen

Queen · 1973 · Track 0

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Tonalidad F major

Duración 3:48

Álbum Queen

Año 1973

ISRC USHR10320835

Did you know

Did you know that the first time Queen released a single, it was with Keep Yourself Alive? This song, written by the guitarist Brian May, opens their first album, the Queen. It was released with Son and Daughter on the B-side, but the truth is that it went largely unnoticed at the time. Later, they re-released it, this time as the B-side of Lily of the Valley, and it wasn't on any album.

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