[Verse 1] [A] Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and [D] it don't walk As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans [E][D/F#][C/G][E/G#]
[Verse 2] [A] Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothin' next to [D] baby's treat, If you pardon me, I'd [A] like to [Bm] say, We'll [C#m] do o [E] kay, forever in [A] blue jeans [A]
[Chorus] Maybe to [A] night,maybe to [A7] night by the [D/A] fire all a [Dm/A] lone you and [A] I, Nothing a [G] round but the [D] sound of my [Dsus4] heart and your [E] sighs
[Verse 3] [A] Money talks, but it can't sing and dance, and [D] it can't walk As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe [E] [D/F#][C/G][E/G#]
[Verse 4] [A] Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothin' next to [D] baby's treat, If you pardon me, I'd [A] like to [Bm] say, We'll [C#m] do o [E] kay, forever in [A] blue jeans [A]
[Chorus] Maybe ton [A] ight, maybe to [A7] night by the [D/A] fire all a [Dm/A] lone you and [A] I Nothing a [G] round but the [D] sound of my [Dsus4] heart and your [E] sighs [E]
[Verse 5] [A] Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and [D] it don't walk As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe
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[Outro] If you pardon me, I'd [A] like to [Bm] say, We'll [C#m] do o [E] kay, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe [A][D] As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe [A][D] As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans.
[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