Queen - Machines (Or Back To Humans): Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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G
It's a Machine's world
 F                            A#
Don't tell me I ain't got no soul
G
When the machines take over
F                            A#
It ain't no place for rock'n'roll.

      F
They tell me I don't care
                            C
But deep inside I'm just a man

Chorus:
       G
They freeze me they burn me
They squeeze me they stress me
      Am
With smoke-blackened pistons
of steel they compress me
     F                       C                   F
But no-one, but no-one, but no-one can wrest me away
             G
Back to Humans.

(We have no disease
No troubles of mind
We are fighting for peace
No regard for the time
We never cry, we never retreat
We have no conception
Of love or defeat)

What's that machine noise?
It's bytes and mega chips for tea
It's that Machine, boys
With random access memory
Never worry, never mind
Not for money, not for gold, yeah

Chorus:
It's software it's hardware
It's heartbeat is time-share
It's midwife's a disk drive
It's sex-life is quantised
It's self-perpetuating a parahumanoidarianised.
Back to Humans
Back to Humans.
Back to Machines, machines, machines, machines.

G
Living in a new world
Thinking in the past
Living in a new world
How you gonna last
    F
Machine world
           G
It's a Machine's world...


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Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" by Queen.

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