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/ Queen / This song is simply written by Mercury as a song
/ We Are the Champions / for winners, and naturally it has been adopted by
/ News of the World / football fans. This is the ultimate song for simply
/_______________________/ celebration victory! ;)
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Also, check out my Guitar Pro version of this arrangement:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/q/queen/we_are_the_champions_acoustic_ver2_guitar_pro.htm
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Verse: [Cminor]
Cm C11 4x
||-----------3--------|----3 -3------------||
||o----------4--------|----3 -3--------3--o|| (space after a note
||--5-----5-----5-----|----3 -3-----3------|| means staccato here)
||-----5-----------5--|----3 -3------------||
||o-3-----------------|-3--------3--------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||
Eb Ab Eb Ab
|----------3--------|----4 -4-----------|----------3--------|----4 -4----------|
|-4--------4--------|----4 -4-----------|-4--------4--------|----4 -4----------|
|-------3-----3-----|----5 -5--------5--|-------3-----3-----|----5 -5--------5-|
|----5-----------5--|----6 -6-----6-----|----5-----------5--|----6 -6-----6----|
|-6-----------------|-6--------6--------|-6-----------------|-6--------6-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Eb Bb/D Cm F Bb
|-------------------|-3--------5--------|-6-----------------|
|-4--------6--------|-4--------6--------|-6--------6--------|
|-------3--------7--|-------5--------5--|-------7-----------|
|----5--------8-----|----5--------7-----|----8-----------8--|
|-6--------5--------|-3--------8--------|-------------8-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-6--------6--------|
Bb11 Bb11 C
|-------------------|------------0^----|
|-4--------4--------|-4----------1^----|
|-------5--------5--|---------5--0^----|
|----6--------6-----|------6-----2^----|
|-------------------|------------3^----|
|-6--------6--------|-6----------------|
" I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I've come through "
" I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose "
Chorus: [Fmajor]
F Am Dm Bb C
|-1^-------1--------|-0--------0-------|----------1--------|----------0^-------|
|-1^-------1--------|-1--------1-------|-------3-----3-----|-3--------1^----1--|
|-2^----2-----2-----|-------2-----2----|----2-----------2--|-------3--0^-0-----|
|-3^-3-----------3--|----2-----------2-|-0-----------------|----3-----2^-------|
|-3^----------------|-0----------------|-------------------|-1--------3^-------|
|-1^----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F Am Bb /A /G F#o D7/F#
|-1^-------1--------|-0--------0-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1^-------1--------|-1--------1-------|-3--------3--------|-------1^----1^----|
|-2^----2-----2-----|-------2-----2----|-------3-----------|-------2^----2^----|
|-3^-3-----------3--|----2-----------2-|----3--------------|-------1^----0^----|
|-3^----------------|-0----------------|-1--------1--0-----|----0--------x^----|
|-1^----------------|------------------|----------------3--|-2--------2-----2--|
Gm7 C/G Bbm Bbo/E -/G
|----------1--------|----------0-------|----------1--------|----------------0--|
|----------3--------|----------1-------|----------2--------|-------2-----2-----|
|-------3-----3-----|-------0-----0----|-------3-----3-----|----3-----3--------|
|----0-----------0--|----2-----------2-|----3-----------3--|-5-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-1-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|-3----------------|-------------------|-0--------3--------|
F Eb/G Ab6 Bb7
|-1--------1--------|------------------|-------------------|-1--------1--------|
|-1--------1--------|-4--------4-------|-4--------4--------|-3--------3--------|
|-2-----2-----2-----|----------3-------|-------5-----5-----|-------1-----1-----|
|----3-----------3--|-------5-----5----|----3-----------3--|----3-----------3--|
|-------------------|----6-----------6-|-------------------|-1-----------------|
|-1-----------------|-3----------------|-4-----------------|-------------------|
C11
|----3--------------|
|----3--------------|
|----3--------------|
|----3--------------|
|-3-----------------|
|-------------------|
" We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world "
Interlude: [Fminor]
Fm Bb/F Fm Bb/F
|----------1--------|------------------|----------1--------|-------------------|
|----------1--------|----3 -3--------3-|----------1--------|----3 -3--------3--|
|-------1-----1-----|----3 -3--------3-|-------1-----1-----|----3 -3--------3--|
|----3-----------3--|----3 -3-----3----|----3-----------3--|----3 -3-----3-----|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1-----------------|-1--------1-------|-1-----------------|-1--------1--------|
Fm C11
|----------1--------|-3 -3-------------|
|----------1--------|-3 -3-----------3-|
|-------1-----1-----|-3 -3--------3----| (Then repeat it from the top till the
|----3-----------3--|-3 -3-------------| end of the Chorus, which is then
|-------------------|-3 -3-----3-------| repeated before ending the song.)
|-1-----------------|------------------|
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This huge song CAN actually be boiled down to these chords, which the song
is based around. The chords aren't exactly simple, but this is really just
the song basically: a verse, a chorus and a little thing in between...
Verse: [Cminor]
| Cm | C11 | Cm | C11 |
| Cm | C11 | Cm | C11 |
| Eb | Ab | Eb | Ab |
| Eb Bb/D | Cm F | Bb |
| Bb11 | Bb11 C |
Chorus: [Fmajor]
| F | Am | Dm | Bb C |
| F | Am | Bb , /A /G | F#o D7/F# |
| Gm7 | C/G | Bbm | Bbo/E -/G |
| F | Eb/G | Ab6 | Bb7 | C11 |
Interlude: [Fminor]
| Fm | Bb/F | Fm | Bb/F |
| Fm | C11 |
Verse
2x Chorus
LYRICS
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I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I've come through
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 26th /November /09
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