QUEEN - "flash" Tablature

Queen
Flash (aka Flash's theme)

Words and music by Brian May

Transcribed by Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de)

Some information first:

John plays a Fender precision bass on this song. While looking at the video, you can see his bass - and how he's
playing the song - very well (look at the staccato he's doing with the left hand)

Here is the score of the song:
Voice1:(freddie)
Voice2:(brian)
Backing vocals
Film dialogues
Guitar choir containing up to eight guitars
Keyboard1(playing sound effects like siren or rockets)
Keyboard2:sound effects(rockets and laser guns)
Keyboard3:swell pad sound
Keyboard4:playing extreme low piano pitches(these tones,that are too low for a regular piano)
Piano
BASS!!!
timpani
drums

Here's the line,john plays very often:(RIFF 1)

4/4 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------
----------------
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
----------------
. . . . . . . . (. means:staccato)


THE key is Am,the tempo is:107

LET's GO

start with Riff 1 six times...
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------| ----------------|
----------------| ----------------|
5-----4-5---2---|Riff 1 four times..5-----4---5---2-|Riff 1 seven1/2 times....
----------------| ----------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (2/4)1 + 2 +
----------------| ----------------| --------|
----------------| ----------------| --------|
5-----4-5---2---|Riff 1 four times...5-----4---5---4-| 5---2---|
----------------| ----------------| --------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|3-3-4-4-5-5-6-6-|
3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 1 eleven times..

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 2/4 1 + 2 +
----------------| ----------------| --------|
----------------| ----------------| --------|
5-----4---5---2-|Riff 1 four times5-----4---5---4-| 5---2---|
----------------| ----------------| --------|

TEMPO:72
1:46
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
------------12--|------------12--|--14----------14|----------------|
10--------------|1010---9--------|----12----------|12------11------|
--------14------|--------10------|------12--12----|----------------|
----------------|----------------|10------9-------|----------------|
. . .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|--------14---------12--12--|----------------
----------------|----------------|----------14---------12--12|----------------
8-------7-------|----------------|0-----------10-------------|8---------------
----------------|1---2---3---4---|---------------------------|----------------

Wait a while(fermate)
Then play riff 1 till fade(back in tempo:107)


THAT'S IT!!!