[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
[BPM 135 - Intro D/A = 557775 D/C# = 9x777x OR x00232 AND x40232 FOR FULLER SOUND IN CHORUSES] [Riff x 4 - No drums for 1st then backward beat] Emaj then play low E muted with 6th then 7th on A D 2-2--------- A 2-2--2-4-5-- E 0-0--X-X-X--
[Chorus - Normal drums - D/A - x00232, D/C# - x40232] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When I'm [D/C#]
[Verse] [E] drivin' in my car [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on the radio [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And he's [E] tellin' me more and [D/A] more [D/A] - [D/A] about [D/C#] some [E] useless informa [D/A] tion [D/A] - [D/A] Supposed [D/C#] to [E] fire my imaginat [D/A] ion [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When [D/C#] I'm
[Verse] [E] watchin' my [D/A] TV [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on to [D/A] tell me - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] How [E] white my shirts can be [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Well, he [E] can't be a man 'cause he [D/A] does [D/A] n't [D/A] smoke [D/C#] the [E] same cigarettes [D/A] as me [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Verse] When I'm [E] ridin' 'round the [D/A] world [D/A][D/A] And [D/C#] I'm [E] doin' this and I'm [D/A] sign [D/A] in' [D/A] that [D/C#] And I'm [E] tryin' to make some girl [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Who tells me, [E] baby, better come back [D/A] later [D/A] next week, [D/A][D/C#] 'cos you [E] see I'm on a [D/A] losing [D/A][D/A] streak [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus] I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#]
