[Intro - Capo 2 - do use capo] [Just drums for a couple of bars] [F][G][C][Am]
[F][G][C][Am] E 1-----------0-- B 1--------1--0-3 G 2-2-2-0-2---0-- D 3-----------0-- A X-----------X-- E 1*----------3-- *USE THUMB
[Verse 1] It's [F] fine, it's [G] cool You can [C] say that we are nothing, but you [Am] know the truth And guess [F] I'm the [G] fool With her [C] arms out like an angel through the [Am] car sunroof
[Pre-Chorus- Dm9-xx0210] [Dm9] I don't wanna call it off [Dm] But you don't wanna call it love (go down octave at this point) [Dm9] You only wanna be the one that [Dm] (drums stop) I call baby
[Chorus- drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Verse 2] I'm cliche, [F] who cares? [G] It's a se [C] xually explicit kind of [Am] love affair And I cry, [F] it's not [G] fair I just [C] need a little lovin', I just [Am] need a little air
[Pre-Chorus] [Dm9] Think I'm gonna call it off [Dm] Even if you call it love [Dm9] I just wanna love someone who [Dm] (drums stop) calls me baby
[Chorus - drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Bridge] When you [Dm] wake up next to him in the middle of the night [Dm] With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife [Dm] And when you think about me, all of those years ago [Dm] You're standing face to face with "I told you so" (drop octave for vocals) [Dm] You know I hate to say it, I told you so [Dm] You know I hate to say, but I told you so
[Chorus] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Outro - slow down to end] You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[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