God save our gracious queen!
Long live our noble queen!
God save the queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the queen!
Composed by unknown (arr. by May)
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About "God Save the Queen"
From the original Queen Album "A Night at the Opera" (November 21, 1975)
Brian May recorded the anthem in 1974 before their Sheer Heart Attack tour. He played a guide piano which was edited out later and added several layers of guitars. After the song was completed it was played as an outro at virtually every concert Queen played. When recording the track May played a rough version on piano for Roy Thomas Baker. He called his own skills on the piano sub-par at the time. He performed the song live on the roof of Buckingham Palace for the Queen's golden jubilee in 2002.
Brian May has stated that he performed the song on the roof of Buckingham Palace as a homage to Jimi Hendrix's version of "The Star-Spangled Banner
Guitar layering is one of May´s disctintive technics as a rock guitarist. He has stated, the technique was born in his mind looking for a violin sound. For tracks like this, he stated he can use "up to 30" layers, using a small Vox amplifier built by John Deacon, and later released commercially like the "Brian May" amplifier by Vox.
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