[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
[Verse 1] [A] How many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high? [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Chorus 1 - Big doubled vox on chorus - no harmonies] Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova in the sky [A] (drums in)
[Vamp - A G D/F# E]
[Verse 2] [A] Wake up the dawn and ask her why a [G] dreamer dreams she never dies wipe [D/F#] that tear away now from your eye [E] -------- [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Chorus] Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova
cos [G] people believe that they're gonna get away for the [A] summer -------- [G] but you and i we live and die the [D] world is still spinning around we don't know [E] why why why why (hold note and start solo quietly)
[Guitar Solo 1] Accordion first - play A with descending bass to F# then play Emaj then the solo [A][G][D/F#][E] x 4
[Verse] [A] How many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high? [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova
cos [G] people believe that they're gonna get away for the [A] summer -------- [G] but you and i we live and die the [D] world is still spinning around we don't know [E] why why why why
[Guitar Solo 2:] [A][G][D/F#] ([F][G]) x4 ([F][G]) ([F][G]) [A][G][D/F#][E] x2
[Verse 3:] [A] how many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? [D/F#] where were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Outro:] we were getting [A] high we were getting [G] high we were getting [D/F#] high we were getting [E] high
[A][G][D/F#] ([F][G]) x2
[End]
[Notes] [Guitar Solo 1 - Just play chords to begin - then add solo lines] E ---------------------- B -2-------2---------2-- G -2-4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-2-----2h4-2-- A -0---------2h4-------- E ---------------------- -----------S-T---a---S(nare)
E ---------3---------3-- B -2-------0---------0-- G ---4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-------2h4-0-- A -----------2h4-----X-- E -3-------3---------3--
E ---------2---------2-- B -2-------3---------3-- G ---4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-0-----2h4-0-- A ---------X-2h4-----X-- E -2-------2---------2--
E ---0------------------ B -2-0------------------ G -1-1------------------ D -2-2------------------ A -2-2------------------ E -0-0------------------