Instruments (Bass Riff)

| D | D G/D | D | D G/D | D | D G/D || D | Dmaj9 | G/D | A/D |

Intro

| D | Dmaj9 | Mm-noom-ba-deh. Doom-boom-ba-beh| G/D | A/D | Doo-boo-boom-ba-beh-beh

Verse

| D | Dmaj9 | G/D | A/D | Pressure pushin' down on me. Pressin' down on you, no man ask for | D | A/C# |Under pressure that brings a building down | G/B | A |Splits a family in two, puts people on streets

Pre-Hook

| D | A/C# | Mm-ba-ba-beh, mm-ba-ba-beh | G/B | A |Dee-day-da, ee-day-da That's okay

Hook

| G | A/G |That's the terror of knowing what this world is about| G | A/G | Watchin' some good friends screamin', "Let me out" | G | A/G |Pray tomorrow gets me higher | Dsus2/F# | G A | Pressure on people, people on streets

Instruments (Bass Riff)

| D | D | D | D G/D | Da-da-da, mm-mm. Da-da-da-ba-bum. Okay

Verse

| D | Dmaj9 | Chippin' around, kick my brains 'round the floor| G/D | A/D | These are the days it never rains but it pours

Pre-Hook

| D | A/C# | Ee-doh-ba-buh, ee-da-ba-ba-bop| G/B | A | Mm-bo-bop, beh-lup| D | A/C# | People on streets, ee-da-dee-da-day| Gadd9/B | A | People on streets, ee-da-dee-da-dee-da-dee-da

Hook

| G | A/G |It's the terror of knowing what this world is about| G | A/G | Watchin' some good friends screamin', "Let me out" | G | A/G |Pray tomorrow gets me higher, higher, high | Dsus2/F# | G A | A | Pressure on people, people on streets

Bridge

| G | C |Turned away from it all like a blind man| G | C | Sat on the fence but it don't work | G | C |Keep comin' up with love but it's so slashed and torn | Am | F | G/F | F | G/F |Why, why, why?| A | Am | Love. love, love, love | A | A G |Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking

Hook 2

| D | G A G |Can't we give ourselves one more chance? | D | G A G |Why can't we give love that one more chance? | D | G A G |Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love| D | A/C# | Give love, give love, give love, give love?

Hook 3

| G/B | A | D |'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word | A/C# | G/B |And love dares you to care for | A | D | A/C# |The people on the edge of the night | G/B | A |And love dares you to change our way of| G | A/G | G | A/G | Caring about ourselves. This is our last dance| G | A/G | D/F# | G A | This is our last dance. This is ourselves Under pressure

Outro (Bass Riff)

| D | D | D | G/D A/D | Under pressure| D | D | G A | A |Pressure