[Intro - No drums - Just finger pick - 2 bars per chord] |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |
E -9----------12-9---9---------- B -9----10-10--------10-------------- G -9--11-------------11--------- D -X-----------------0------- A -0-------------------------- E ----------------------------
[Verse 1 - Finger pick] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 We've only just begun ......... to live, F#m7 Bm7 White lace and promi...ses, F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A kiss for luck and we're on our waaaay. (start to strum) E7 Amaj7 ( we only begun )
[Verse 2 - Drums in - Light snare sound based on downstroke on strings - not slap ] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Before the rising sun ........we fly, F#m7 Bm7 So many roads to choose, F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 We start off walking and learn to ruuuuun, E7 And yes, we've just begun. (full drums) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu (1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to] F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Sharing horizons that are new to us, F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Watching the signs along the way. (slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333) Bb Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7 Talkin' it over, just the two of us, Bb Ebmaj7 E7sus4 Working together day to day........ E7 together..
[Verse 3 - Light drums again] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 And when the evening comes we smile, F#m7 Bm7 So much of life a...head. F#m7 Bm7 We'll find a place where there's room to grow, E7 And yes, we've just begun. (full drums) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu (1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
[CHORUS:] F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Sharing horizons that are new to us, F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Watching the signs along the way. Bb Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7 Talkin' it over, just the two of us, Bb Ebmaj7 E7sus4 E7 Working together day to day...together..together
[Verse 4] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 And when the evening comes we smile, F#m7 Bm7 So much of life a...head. F#m7 Bm7 We'll find a place where there's room to grow, E7 And yes, we've just |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |C# . . . . begun.
[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
