riff 1:
A|-------|
E|-3--5--|
C|-------|
G|-------|

bass:
A|-5-5-5-555-x---|
E|-x-x-x-xxx-5---|
C|-2-2-2-222-x---|
G|-x-x-x-xxx-2---|

Intro:

(bass) + (riff 1)
(bass) + (riff 1)

(finger picking) + (bass) + (riff 1)
[D]... [A]... [G]... [A]...
[D] Doom doom bah deh [A] Doom doom ba deh [G] Doom doom bah [A] Deh deh
[D] Pressure… pushing [A] down on me … Pressing [G] down on you, no man ask [A] for
Under [D] pressure… that burns a [A] building down… Splits a [G] family in two
Puts [A] people on streets
[D] Mmmm bah bah deh [A] Doom bah bah deh [G] Plee deh dah [A] Ee deh dah, that's Ok

(metal strumming)
It's the [G] terror of knowing what the [A] world is about
[G] Watching some good friends screaming … [A] "Let me out!"
Pray to-[G]-morrow gets me [A] higher,
Pressure [D/] on [D/] people, people [G/] on [A/] streets

(bass) + (riff 1)
Day day de mm hm Da da da ba ba Okay

(finger picking) + (bass) + (riff 1)
[D] Chipping around, [A] I kick my brains around the [G] floor
[G] These are the days it [A] never rains but it pours
[D] Ee do bay bup, Ee [A] do bay ba bup Ee do [G] bup, bay bup [A]
[D] People on streets … Dee da Dee [A] da day
[G] People on streets … Dee da Dee [A] da dee da dee da

(metal strumming)
It's the [G] terror of knowing what the [A] world is about
[G] Watching some good friends screaming … [A] "Let me out!"
Pray to-[G]-morrow gets me [A] high, high, high___________
Pressure [D/] on [D/] people, people [G/] on [A/] streets

(1.. 2.. 3..)
Turned a-[G/]-way from it all like a [C/] blind man [G/] Sat on a fence but it [C/] don't work
Keep [G/] coming up with love but it's so [C/] slashed and torn
[F] Why? - [G] Why? - [F] Whyyyyyyyy-[G]-yyyyy-[F]-yyyyy? [A]

(down down strumming)
[A] Love, love, love, love, love
[A] Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking. Can't we

(metal strumming)
[D] give ourselves one more [G//] chance?
[A//] Why can't we [D] give love that one more [G//] chance?
[A//] Why can't we [D] give love, give love, [G] give love, give love
[D] Give love, give love, [A] give love, give love?

Because [G] love's such an [A] old fashioned [D] word and love [A] dares you to [G] care for
The [A] people on the [D] edge of the [A] night
[A] And love [G] dares you to [A] change our way of
[G] Caring a-[A]-bout ourselves [G] This is our [A] last dance
[G] This is our [A] last chance [D/] This [D/] is [A/] our - [G/] selves [A/]

Under pressure
(bass) + (riff 1)
(bass) + (riff 1)
(bass) [G/] [A/]