IntroD (or Figure 2)
Um boom ba bay
A
Um boom ba bay
G
Um Um boom ba bay bay
AVerse 1D
Pressure
A
Pushing down on me
G
Pressing down on you
A
No man ask for
D
Under pressure
A
That burns a building down
G
Splits a family in two
A
Puts people on streets
BridgeD
Um ba ba bay
A
Um ba ba bay
G
Dee day duh
A
Ee day duh
Verse 2G
It's the terror of knowing
A
What this world is about
G
Watching some good friends
A
Screaming let me out!
GA
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
D
Pressure on people
GA
People on streets
Bridge
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Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay
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Verse 3D
Chippin' around
A
I kick my brains round the floor
G
These are the days
A
It never rains but it pours
D
Ee do bay bup
A
Ee do bay ba bup
G
Ee do bup
A
Bay bup
D
People on streets
A
Dee da dee da day
G
People on streets
A
Dee da dee da dee da dee da
Verse 4G
It's the terror of knowing
A
What this world is about
G
Watching some good friend
A
Scream let me out!
G
Pray tomorrow
A
takes me high high higher
G
Turned away from it all
C
Like the blind man
GC
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Verse 5]
G
Keep coming up with love
A
But it's so slashed and torn
CF
Why?
GF
Why?
A
LoveLoveLove!
A
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Verse 6]
DGA
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
DGA
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
DADA
Why can't we give love give love give love?
GADAGA
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
Verse 7]
GAD
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
AG
And love dares you to care
ADA
For the people on the edge of the night
GA
And love dares you to change our way
DA
Of caring about ourselves
GA
This is our last dance
GA
This is our last chance
DAG
This is ourselves
Under Pressure
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DA
Under Pressure
DGAD
Pressure
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.