Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

Transcribed by Shane McDonald : (shanemcd@shanemcdonald.org)

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Introduction

The introduction alternates between D and Dsus4, in a shuffle beat ; one bar of which is shown below.

Note : You can use your little finger to change to the Dsus4

D   Dsus4   D      ... Repeat x 4
|-2-2-3-2---2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Verses

D	 		    G	         C      G
This thing,  called love, I just  can't  handle it,

      D			   G	  	C        G
this, thing,  called love, I must, get  round to it,

       D	      Bb	     C		   D       
I anit ready,   Crazy little thing called  love.

(3 beat pause)

     D			   G	      C         G
This thing, called love, it cries,  in  cradle at night,

   D		      G			 C     G
it swings, it jives, it shakes, all overlike a jelly-fish,

        D	 	Bb	      C	          D
I kinda like it, Crazy little thing called love.

	      G	      C		      G
There goes my baby, she knows how to rock and roll,

              Bb		        E	         A
She drives me crazy, she gives me hot and cold fever,

         F  (stop chord - dampen with hand)      *    E   A
then she leaves me in a cool, cool sweat.

           D		  G	     C     G	
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, 

       D
take a back seat, hitch-hike , 

    G			 C	   G	       D
And take a long ride on my motor bike until I'm ready,

Bb	   C	     D
Crazy Little thing called love.

(during guitar solo)

Bb	D	Bb	E   A	F	-	E    A

D	 		    G	         C      G
This thing,  called love, I just  can't  handle it,

      D			   G	  	C        G
this, thing,  called love, I must, get  round to it,

       D	      Bb	     C		   D       
I anit ready,   Crazy little thing called  love.

Outro
Bb		C	     D
Crazy little thing called love.         (Repeat Ad-Lib to fade ...)

* Subnote :

Bass Guitar plays 6 notes - D C# C , A G# G
Then play 6 swift E Chords then chord of A

Last Updated : November 24th 2003