[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
[Intro - Capo 3 - BPM 119] --[Dm]---------[G]-------[C]-[G/B][Am] E 1-1-1-0---0---X---0-3-0--0---3---0--------- B 1-1-3-3---3---3---0------1---0---1---------- G 2-2-2-2---2---0---0------0---0---2-------- D 0-0---0---0---0---0------2---0---2--------- A --------------x---X------3---2---0-------- E --------------3---3---------------------
[Verse] We get it on [Dm] Most every night [G] when that [C] moon is [G/B] big and bright [Am] It's a super [Dm] natural delight [G] everybody's [C] dancing in [G/B] the [Am] moonlight
[Verse] Everybody [Dm] here is out of sight , [G] they don't [C] bark and they [G/B] don't bite [Am] They keep things [Dm] loose they keep it tight, [G] everybody's [C] dancing in [G/B] the [Am] moonlight
[Chorus] [Dm] Dancing in the moonlight, [G] everybody's [C] feeling warm [G/B] and bright [Am] It's such a [Dm] fine and natural sight, [G] everybody's [C] dancing in [G/B] the [Am] moonlight
[Verse] We like our [Dm] fun and we never fight, [G] you can't [C] dance and stay [G/B][Am] uptight It's a super [Dm] natural delight, [G] everybody's [C] dancing [G/B] in the [Am] moonlight
[Chorus] [Dm] Dancing in the moonlight, [G] everybody's [C] feeling warm [G/B] and bright [Am] It's such a [Dm] fine and natural sight, [G] everybody's [C] dancing in [G/B] the [Am] moonlight
[Verse] We get it on [Dm] Most every night [G] when that [C] moon is [G/B] big and bright [Am] It's a super [Dm] natural delight [G] everybody's [C] dancing in [G/B] the [Am] moonlight
[Chorus] [Dm] Dancing in the moonlight, [G] everybody's [C] feeling warm [G/B] and bright [Am] It's such a [Dm] fine and natural sight, [G] everybody's [C] dancing in [G/B] the [Am] moonlight
[End] [with capo on 3 - otherwise in 10th fret / Dm position Riff for guitar solo looping arrangement] E ---------15--15-13-----15-18-15-----15-13---15-13-- B ---13-16-----------------------16-----------------16 G -13------------------------------------------------- D ---------------------------------------------------- A ---------------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------------
