[Intro - Just bass drum] [A7sus4][F7sus4][G7sus4][G7sus4] (x3)
A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 E -7--------3--6-------3---5----------7-------3--6---3--3---------- B -8----10--4----4--6--3-3------------8------*4------3-------------- G -7--------5----------5--------------7-------5-----*5------------ D -7--------3----------3--------------7-------3------3------------ A -0--------3----------5--------------0-------3------5----------- E ---------------------3-----------------------------3------------
A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 to F pickup E -7-787----3--6-------3--------------------------------- B -8-----10-4----4----*3---3----------------------------- G -7--------5----------5-5----5--2-5-------------------- D -7--------3----------3---------0---------------------- A -0--------3----------5---------x----------------------- E ---------------------3---------3-----------------------
[Notes - *play full F then take first finger barre off and use it to fret 1st string on B string to play Fmaj7, then with D play xx023x xx025x xx023x]
F* D F G G G G E -1-0----x----------------------1-0--3------ B -1-1----3-5-3------3--3--------1-1--3-------- G -2-2----2----------2--2----x3--2-2--0------------- D -3-3----0----------0--0--------3-3--0--------- A -3-3---------------------------3-3--x---------- E -1-x---------------------------1-x--3-----------
[Verse 1 - Snare is muted downstrum on strings - not slap - Rhythm is A is on, then off - sus4, A - off 1xxx x2x4] [A] Winding your way [Asus4]down on [A] Baker Street [Asus4] [A] Lite in your head [Asus4], and [A] dead on your feet [Asus4] Well an- [Em] other crazy day, you [G] drink the night away And for- [D]get about e- [Dsus4]very- [D] thing
[A] This city desert [Asus4] makes you [A] feel so cold, it' [Asus4] s got [A] So many people [Asus4] but it's [A] got no soul [Asus4] And it' [Em] s taken you so long to [G] find out you were wrong When you [D] thought it held e- [Dsus4]very- [D] thing
[Chorus 1] [Dm7] You used to think that it was [Am]so [Asus2]ea- [Am]sy [Dm7] You used to say that it was [Am]so [Asus2]ea- [Am]sy But [C] you're tryin, [G] you're tryin [D] now [Quick phrase][Dsus2][D][Dsus4][D] [Dm7] Another year and then you'd [Am]be [Asus2]ha-[Am]ppy [Dm7] Just one more year and then you'd [Am]be [Asus2]ha- [Am]ppy But [C] you're cryin', [G] you're cryin [A] ' now [F]
[Verse 2] [A] Way down the street [Asus2] there's a [A] light in his place [Asus2] He [A] opens the door, [Asus2] he's got that [A] look on his face [Asus2] And he [Em] asks you where you've been, you [G] tell him who you've seen And you [D] talk about a- [Dsus4]ny- [D]thing
[A] He's got this dream a- [Asus2] bout [A] buyin' some land [Asus2] He's gonna [A] give up the booze [Asus2] and the [A] one night stands [Asus2] And [Em] then he'll settle down, in some [G] quiet little town And for- [D] get about e [Dsus4] - very- [D] thing
[Chorus 2] [Dm7] But you know he'll always [Am] keep [Asus2] mo- [Am] ving [Dm7] You know he's never gonna [Am] stop [Asus2] mo- [Am] ving Cause [C] he's rollin', [G] he's the rolling [D] stone [Dm7] And when you wake up it's a [Am] new [Asus2] mor- [Am] ning [Dm7] The sun is shining it's a [Am] new [Asus2] mor- [Am] ning And [C] you're going, [G] you're going [A] home [F]
[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
