[Intro Riff - No drums to start then come in during next repeat of riff] [B][A][E] ([B/A][B]) x 2  (hammer on B and A barre chords - E play from open and hammer on)
[Intro] I [B] won't let you down. [A] I will not give you up [E] Gotta have some faith in the sound [A/B] [B] It's the one good thing that I've got I won't let you down. [A] So please don't give me up [E] Because I would really, really [A/B] love [B] to stick around
[Vamp] [B][A][E] ([B/A][B]) x 2
[Verse 1] [F#] Heaven knows I was just a [E] young boy Didn't know what I wanted to be [A/B][B][A/B][B] I [F#] was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride [E] and joy And I guess it was enough for me [A/B][B][A/B][B] To [F#] win the race, a prettier face [E] Brand new clothes and a big fat place On your rock [A/B] and roll TV [B][A/B][B] But to [F#] day the way I play the game is not the [E] same, no way Think I'm gonna get me some happy [A/B][B][A/B][B]
I [Bm] think there's something you should know [Bmmaj7 - x24332] I think it's time I told you so [Bm7] There's something deep inside of me [Bm6 - 7x6777] There's someone else I've got to be [Bm] Take back your picture in a frame [Bmmaj7] Take back your singing in the rain [Bm7] I just hope you understand [F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus] [B] All we have to [A] do now Is [E] take these lies and make [A/B] them [B] true somehow [B] All we have to [A] see Is that I [E] don't belong to you And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take [B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Verse 2] [F#] Heaven knows we sure had some fun [E] boy What a kick just a buddy and me [A/B][B][A/B][B] We [F#] had every big-shot goodtime band on the run [E] boy We were living in a fantasy [A/B][B][A/B][B] We [F#] won the race, got out of the place [E] Went back home got a brand new face for the boys [A/B] on MTV [B][A/B][B] But to [F#] day the way I play the game has got to c [E] change oh yeah Now I'm gonna get myself happy [A/B][B][A/B][B]
[Bm] I think there's something you should know [Bmmaj7 - x24332] I think it's time I stopped the show [Bm7] There's something deep inside of me [Bm6 - 7x6777] There's someone I forgot to be [Bm] Take back your picture in a frame [Bmmaj7] Don't think that I'll be back [Bm7] again . I just hope you understand [F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus] [B] All we have to [A] do now Is [E] take these lies and make [A/B] them [B] true somehow [B] All we have to [A] see Is that I [E] don't belong to you And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take [B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Bridge] - Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 Bm6 x2
[Bm]Well it looks like the road to heaven But it [Bmmaj7] feels like the road to hell When I [Bm7] knew which side my bread was buttered [Bm6]I took the knife as well
[Bm] Posing for another picture [Bmmaj7] Everybody's got to sell [Bm7] But when you shake your ass. They notice fast [Bm6] And some mistakes were build to last
[Bm] That's what you get [Bmmaj7] That's what you get [Bm7] That's what you get for [Bm6] changing your mind
[Bm] That's what you get. And after all this [Bmmaj7] time I just hope you understand [F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus] [B] All we have to [A] do now Is [E] take these lies and make [A/B] them [B] true somehow [B] All we have to [A] see Is that I [E] don't belong to you And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take [B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Verse 1 - No drums] I've paid my [Am] dues, [Em7] time after [Am] time [Em7] ....I've done my [Am] sentence [Em7] but committed no [Am] crime [Em7] And bad mi- (arp pattern by strings played for C-51,2,3,1,2,3 F-61,2,3,1,2,3) [C] stakes, [F] I've made a [C] few [F] I've had my [C] share of sand [G/B] kicked in my [Am7/E] face, but [D/F#] I've come [G] through and we mean to go [G7] on, and on, and on, and [A] on
[Chorus - Full drums - Accent G and A with snare hits] [D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G][A] And [D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end [G][G/F#][G/F][D#dim - with capo, 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10) [Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. [D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] Of the world [Dm][Em7/B][Dm][Em7/B][Dm][Em7/B]
[Verse 2 - No drums] I've taken my [Am] bows, [Em7] and my curtain [Am] calls [Em7] You brought me [Am] fame and fortune and everything that [Em7] goes with it I thank you [Am] all ... [Em7] But it's been no bed of (drums in) [C] roses [F] no ooo [C] pleasure cruise [F] .... I consider it a [C] challenge before the [G/B] whole human [Am7/E] race and [D/F#] I ain't gonna [G] lose - And we mean to go [G7] on, and on, and on, and [A] on!
[Chorus - Full drums - Accent G and A with snare hits] [D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G][A] And [D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end [G][G/F#][G/F][D#dim - 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10) [Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. [D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] Of the .... (no world) [D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G][A] And [D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end [G][G/F#][G/F][D#dim - 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10) [Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. [D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] Of the ... [D] world