BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Queen · 1975

Listen carefully and fill in the missing words.

    Verse 1
Is this the real life? Is this just (1)?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from (2)
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no (3)
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me

Verse 2
Mama, just killed a (4)
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's (5)
Mama, life had just (6)
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you (7)
If I'm not back again this time (8)
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

Verse 3
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my (9), body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the (10)
Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't wanna (11)
I sometimes wish I'd never been (12) at all

Opera Section
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very (13) me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
No, we will not let you go (let him go)
We will not let you go (let him go)
We will not let you go (let me go)
Will not let you go (let me go)
Will not let you go (never, never, never, never let me go)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia
Mamma mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

Rock Section
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

Outro
Ooh
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
Nothing really (14), anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
  

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen · 1975

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Song Worksheets

Collocation Station

Match each word from the song to its most natural collocation partner. Draw lines to connect them.

1. escape

2. pulled

3. thrown

4. face

5. shivers

6. spare

A. reality

B. truth

C. spine

D. life

E. away

F. trigger

Rewrite a Line

Choose one line from each section of the song and rewrite it while keeping the same rhythm and rhyme scheme. Your new lines should fit the emotional tone of each section.

Think about what each section represents emotionally - the questioning beginning, the guilty confession, the fear of death, the chaotic opera, the anger, and the final acceptance.

Did you know?

Read these facts about the song. Which one surprises you most?

🎵Bohemian Rhapsody was written entirely by Freddie Mercury and took three weeks to record using innovative multi-tracking techniques.
⭐The song has no traditional chorus and combines three different musical styles: ballad, opera, and hard rock in one composition.
🎸It was the most expensive single ever made at the time, costing £40,000 to produce in 1975.
📀The famous head-banging scene in Wayne's World helped introduce the song to a new generation in 1992.
🎤Mercury never explained the song's meaning, saying he wanted people to interpret it for themselves.

Discussion & analysis

Discuss each question with your partner.

1What psychological journey does the narrator go through in this song?
2How do the different musical styles reflect different emotional states?

3Have you ever felt torn between different parts of your personality like the narrator?
4Why might Mercury have chosen not to explain what the song really means?

🎭 Play It! — Charades

A student (or teacher) secretly picks a song title or artist from the board. They act it out — no speaking, no miming letters. First person to guess correctly takes the next turn.