Key: Cm
Introduction:
Cm Gm7/C
I've paid my dues
Cm Gm7/C
Time after time
Cm Gm7/C
I've done my sentence
Cm Gm7/C
But committed no crime
Eb Ab/Eb
And bad mistakes
Eb Ab/Eb
I've made a few
Eb Bb/D Cm
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
F7 Bb
But I've come through
Ab/Bb Bbm7(b5) Bb7 C7
And I mean to go on, and on, and on, and on
F Am Dm Bb C7
We are the champions, my friends
F Am Bb F#º7
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Gm7 C7/G Bbm6 Bbm6/Db Eº7 Gº7
We are the champions, we are the cham - pions
F Eb9/G Ab6 Bb Cm7(4)
No time for losers 'cause we are the champions
Fm Gm7 Fm Gm7/F Fm Gm7/C
Of the world
Cm Gm7/C
I've taken my bows
Cm Gm7/C
And my curtain calls
Cm
You brought me fame and fortune
Gm7/C
And everything that goes with it
Cm Gm7/C
I thank you all
Eb Ab/Eb
But it s been no bed of roses
Eb Ab/Eb
No pleasure cruise
Eb
I consider it a challenge
Bb/D Cm
Before the whole human race
F7 Bb
And I ain't gonna lose
Ab/Bb Bbm7(b5) Bb7 C7
And I mean to go on, and on, and on, and on
F Am Dm Bb C7
We are the champions, my friends
F Am Bb F#º7
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Gm7 C7/G Bbm6 Bbm6/Db Eº7 Gº7
We are the champions, we are the cham - pions
F Eb9/G Ab6 Bb Cm7(4)
No time for losers 'cause we are the champions
F
Of the world
F Am Dm Bb C7
We are the champions, my friends
F Am Bb F#º7
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Gm7 C7/G Bbm6 Bbm6/Db Eº7 Gº7
We are the champions, we are the cham - pions
F Eb9/G Ab6 Bb Cm7(4)
No time for losers 'cause we are the champions