Queen – Good Company (Chords and Tab)

August 27, 2009

I’m amazed that no one has put the chords for this up already. It’s a ukulele classic. I suppose it is more than a little over shadowed on A Night at the Opera with it being followed by Bohemian Rhapsody.

It’s no surprise that Brian May learnt the ukulele before the guitar. This performance is definitely not one of someone who is playing the ukulele like a guitar. He’s throwing in a lot of Formby moves. There are a few triplets and, in the solo, a bunch of sort-of-split-strokes.

I think he must be tuned up half a step to G#C#FA#. They certainly seem to be the more natural chord shapes. And they match the chord shapes he’s using in this clip of him discussing the track (but the uke is tuned way down).

For the strumming, he’s doing mainly down strums with a few triplets thrown in to liven things up.

EXPECTING TO FIND CHORDS/TABS? Try clicking where it says the name of the song in red under the video.
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13 Responses to “Queen – Good Company (Chords and Tab)”

zym on August 27th, 2009 6:44 pm

wow – i never realised it was a uke track, but then its probably about 10 years since i last heard it. :)

As you say, rather over shadowed on Night at the Opera I guess
Ukulelia on August 27th, 2009 7:16 pm

Bless you.
Ukulelia on August 27th, 2009 8:02 pm

Far be it from me to question your majestic authority, but across the pond we leave the second “a” out of “comapany” (check the title on the solo tab).

Also, maybe this combo for the F chord in the solo?

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Cat Green Bike on August 28th, 2009 10:43 am

Al, I LOVE YOU!!
Iverrrrrrr on August 28th, 2009 3:14 pm

OOOOH, I’VE WAITED FOR THIS! :D
I’ve wanted to learn this song for years!!! It shall be done NOW!
Ukulele Bartt on August 28th, 2009 5:57 pm

Hey, Al -
“Good Company” is one of my favorites – thanks for posting!
I just played that song at a show a couple of weeks ago, and “Dreamer’s Ball,” too. Brian May got me started on uke when I saw him play it on “Bring Back that Leroy Brown” with Queen.

And please forgive my intrusion (I still herald your greatness), but is there a typo in your chord chart? Perhaps this D7 should be a Db7:

F F7 Bb D7 C7 Bbm Dm
I hardly noticed Sally as we parted company

F F7 Bb Db7 C7 Bbm Dm
I hardly noticed Sally as we parted company

— Al, you are the Freddie Mercury of UWG (Ukulele Website Guys). Thanks!
Woodshed on August 29th, 2009 10:21 am

zym: Yeah, I’d completely forgotten about it as well until I stumbled across that clip.

Ukulelia: Only one ‘a’ in ‘comapany’? You crazy yanks.

Xenia: Then why do you never call?

Iverrrrrrrr: Good luck with it.

Bartt: Thanks for pointing out the typo. Fixed it. I shall endeavour to grow a Mercury ’stache.
Ukulelia on August 29th, 2009 7:10 pm

Once saw this high-larious video of some guy impersonating both George Formby and Freddie Mercury performing Blackpool Rock. Tried to find it to post it here, but it’s been pulled from YouTube.
Ukulele Bartt on August 29th, 2009 7:32 pm

Ukulelia -
That was Stevie Riks doing Freddie and George. He got dumped from YouTube but he’s back with a new screen name. Here’s the link:

http://www.youtube.com/mrstevieriks
Woodshed on August 30th, 2009 1:51 pm

Thanks for the link, Bartt.
Ukulelia on September 4th, 2009 4:00 pm

Bartt, I’m not seeing the Mercury/Formby video on his page. Am I blind, or is it not currently up? tx, Gary
Ukulele Bartt on September 6th, 2009 10:33 pm

Ukulelia -
I don’t know if he has that exact vid up. When Youtube dumped him, he had about 300 videos posted. With his new screen name, I guess he’s only uploaded a few thus far. If you e-mailed him, he’d probably re-load it.
fork on November 8th, 2009 8:06 pm

im so glad to see uke tabs for queen. the riffs for ‘Death on Two Legs’ by queen deserves some looking into if you have the time- its quite catchy.

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Queen – Good Company (Chords and Tab)