[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] (no tempo - start note F# (fretted note on high E string when playing Bm7) [Bm7] i...................... [Em7] can't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one ....[D#maj7#5/A#-x2103x] who [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real
[Em7] oh! what am i supposed to do oh! what am [Em7] i supposed to do baby when i'm so [F#m7] hooked up on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise, [Em7] oh i realise [A7sus4] that you are somebody el [A7] se's guy
[Bridge] (tempo) - add solo widdles in Bm [Em7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4 [Em7][Em7][A7sus4][A7] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Verse] [G7] can you re [F#m7] member the [Bm7] times we spent together [G7] sharing our [F#m7] days in the [Bm7] sun [G7] then i [F#m7] found out that [Bm7] you were somebody else's lover [G7] after all the plans we [F#m7] made, now [Bm7] were shattered
[Chorus] but still i [Em7] can't get off my high horse i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Verse] [G7] that day in sep [F#m7] tember, i'm [Bm7] sure you can remember [G7] that's when all the [F#m7] stuff hit the [Bm7] fan [G7] you told me a [F#m7] lie and you [Bm7] didn't have an alibi but [G7] baby yet i [F#m7] still [Bm7] cared
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go, no, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Bridge] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Chorus] oh i c [Em7] an't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy