[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] I sit and wait [E] .............. does an angel .......contem [A] plate my fate ([C#m]) (C#m passing chord - just play on 4) [B] ...................and do they know [E] .....the places where we go when we're grey and [A] old ...................... ([C#m]) [B] ........... 'cos I've been [F#m] told .......... that salva [A] tion ........... lets their [C#m7] wings unfold .................. [A] ................. so when I'm [D] lying in my bed ........thoughts [A/C#] running through my head ..... and I [E] feel that love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Verse 2] [E] when I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one [A] way street ([C#m]) [B] ................. I look above [E] ......... and I know i'll always be blessed [A] with love ([C#m]) [B] ............... and [D] as the feeling grows ... she breathes [A/C#] flesh to my bones and [E] when love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
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[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
