[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 - just bass drum] [E] When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] wakes up next to [E] you When I [E] go out yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] goes along with [E] you
If I [E] get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] gets drunk next to [E] you And if I [E] haver yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] havering to [E] you
[Chorus - Full drums] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door
[Verse 2 - Semi drums - snare only on 4] When I'm [E] working yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who' [B] s working hard fo [E] r you And whe [E] n the money comes in for the work I'll do I'll pass [A] almost every pe [B] nny on to you [E]
[E] When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] comes back home t [E] o you And if [E] I grow old well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] growing old with [E] you
[Chorus - Full drums] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
[Verse 3] When I'm [E] lonely yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] lonely without [E] you When I' [E] m dreaming well I know I'm gonna dream I'm gonna dr [A] eam about the [B] time when I'm with [E] you. When I [E] go out, well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] goes along with [E] you And when [E] I come home, yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] comes back home with [C#m] you I'm gonna [F#m] be the man who's [B] coming home with [E] you
[Chorus] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
And [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your do [E] or