[Keyboard Intro - Capo 2 - Start melody is root note - in this case G - Capo 6 for original] (Random percussion - then full drums with Wooooh)
[C][C][Am] ([F]([F][G])) - 8 bars (each chord outside of curved brackets = 2 bars) ([C] ([C] x x ([C][G]))) - 2 bars
[Verse 1 - Melody starts on open G string - root note of G chord] [G] Clocks strikes upon the hour, and the [Am] sun begins to fade, [G] still enough time to figure out how to [Am] chase my blues away. [F] I've done alright [G] up 'til now, it's the [C] light of day that [F] shows me how, and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness calls [F][F][F][F] .. [G][G]
[Chorus] [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
[Vamp - C9 riff to G] [C][C][C][C] [C][C9][C][C] - [C][G]
[Verse 2] [G] I've been in love and lost my senses, [Am] spinning through the town, [G] soon or later the fever ends, and I [Am] wind up feeling down. [F] I need a man who'll [G] take a chance, on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last. and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness calls [F][F][F][F] .. [G][G]
[Chorus] [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
[Bridge] [Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] somebody to love me, [Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] to hold me in his arms, oh! I [F] need a man who'll take a [G] chance, on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last so [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, my lonely heart calls [F][F/E][F][F/E][G]
[KEY CHANGE - Chorus] [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D]
[Interlude] x4 [D] oh oh oh oh dance (Dance)
[Bridge - Just strum chords fast same pattern as vocals on first line of each 3] [D] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [D] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [Bm] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance...(Dance) Uh-huh (slow down to stop) [G] With some[Em] body who [A] loves me [D] (stop)
[End] [Keyboard Intro] [C][C][Am] E 0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0--- B 1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1-----------1---3-1------3-1 G 0--00-------0-------------------0--00-------0-------------------2-----------2--------------- D 2--22-------2-------------------2--22-------2-------------------2-----------2--------------- A 3--33-------3-------------------3--33-------3-------------------0-----------0--------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S
(as long as you love melody) [F][F9][G][C][C][C9][C][G] E 1--33-----------0---0--3---00--0--03-----------0-----0-----0-3-- B 1---1-----------1-3-1--3---11--1--11-----------1-3-1-1-----1-3- G 2---2-----------2---2--0---00--0--00-----------0-----0-----0-0- D 3---x-----------3---3--0---22--2--22-----------2-----2-----2-0 A 3---3-----------x------x---33--3--33-----------3-----3-----3-2- E 1---1-----------x------3-------------------------------------3- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B
[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
