[Intro - Capo 4 - No drums - Keep capo for live so - just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record] [G]xxx [G]xxx [G]xx[Gsus4] xx[Gsus4]x - Repeat
(Full drums in * G move through Gsus4 3x0033 3x0013 **D descend to Dsus2) [Distorted Riff]      [G]         [D]        [C]           [G] E ---------------2--*2p0---0-----0--------------- B ---s3--*3p1----3-----3---1-----1----3--*3p1--- G ----0----------2-----2---2--*2p0----0------- D ----0--------------------x-----2----0------ A ----x--------------------3-----3----x----- E ---s3-------------------------------3-------
[Verse 1 - Light drums - Pluck chords on first note then chug their bass note to simulate record] [G] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [D] you And everything you do [Cmaj7] Yeah, they were all yellow [G] I came along I wrote a song for [D] you And all the things you do [Cmaj7] And it was called "Yellow" [G] ........... So then I took my [D] turn Oh, what a thing to have done [Cmaj7] And it was all yellow [G] ([Gsus4][G])
[Chorus 1] [Cmaj7] Your skin [Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones [Cmaj7] Turn in.... to [Em7]something [D] beautiful [Cmaj7] You know, [Em7] you know I [D] love you so [Cmaj7] (drums stop) You know I love you so
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [G][D][C] ([G][Gsus4])
[Verse 2] [G] I swam across I jumped across for [D] you Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7] 'Cause you were all yellow [G] I drew a line I drew a line for [D] you Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7] And it was all yellow [G][Gsus4]
[Chorus 2] [C] Your skin [Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones [Cmaj7] Turn in.... [Em7] to something [D] beautiful [Cmaj7] And you know [Em7] For you I [D] bleed myself [Cmaj7] dry (drums stop) For you I bleed myself dry
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [G][D][C] ([G][Gsus4])
[Bridge] It's [G] true... oooh, look how they shine for [D] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Cmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [G] Look how they shine for [D] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Cmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine (stop drums)
[Outro] [G] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [Dm7] you And all the things that you [Cmaj7] do [End]
[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