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Classic Queen Chords Tab

by Queen


 This is a really good album of queens.
(#)= ANY NUMBER IN PARENTHASIS IS THE SONG NUMBER

(1). ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST_________
 Em
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 A
 1. Steve walks warily down the street, with the brim pulled way down low.
 Em
 \
 A
 Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine guns ready to go.
 C
 
 G
 Are you ready, are you ready for this,
 C
 
 G
 are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
 C
 
 G
 
 A
 
 D
 Out of the doorway the bullets rip,     to the sound of the beat. Yeah!
 Em
 
 A
 
 e
 
 A
 Another one bites the dust.     Another one bites the dust.
 e
 
 A
 And another one gone, and another one gone , another one bites the dust.
 F#m
 
 B
 
 Em
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 A
 –
 Em
 –
 A
 Hey, I'm gonna get you too, another one bites the dust.
 Em
 
 A
 2. How do you think I'm going to get along, without you, when you're gone.
 Em
 
 A
 You took me for everything that I had, and kicked me out on my own.
 C
 
 G
 
 G
 Are you happy, are you satisfied, how long can you stand the heat?
 C
 
 G
 
 A
 
 D
 Out of the doorway the bullets rip,   to the sound of the beat.  + CHORUS
 Em
 
 Em
 Another one bites the dust.    Another one bites the dust.
 Em
 
 Em
 Another one bites the dust.    Another one bites the dust.
 Em
 
 A
 3. There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man, and bring him to the ground.
 Em
 You can beat him, you can cheat him, you can treat him bad,
 A
 and leave him when he's down.
 C
 
 G
 
 G
 But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you, I'm standing on my own two feet.
 C
 
 G
 
 D
 Out of the doorway the bullets rip, repeating the sound of the beat.

    + CHORUS    + Em - A - Em - A Em    (capo 1st)


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(2). CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE_________
 D
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 D
 
 G
 
 G
 1.          This thing called love, I just can't handle it,
 D
 
 G
 
 C
 
 G
 this thing called love, I must get round to it,
 D
 
 Bb
 
 C
 
 D
 I ain't ready, crazy little thing called love.
 D
 2. This thing (this thing) called love (called love),
 G
 
 C
 
 G
 it cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night.
 D
 it swings (woo woo) it jives (woo woo),
 G
 
 C
 
 G
 it shakes all over like a jelly fish
 D
 
 Bb
 
 C
 
 D
 I kinda like it - crazy little thing called love.

      - - - - - - - - - - -  G               C                            G

    There goes my baby, she knows how to rock'n'roll,
 Bb
 
 e
 she drives me crazy, she gives me hot and cold fever -

             A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - A - F - E - A

    she leaves me in a cool cool sweat.
 D
 
 G
 
 C
 
 G
 3. I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks,
 D
 
 G
 
 C
 
 G
 take a back seat, hitchhike and take a long ride on my motorbike,
 D
 
 Bb
 
 C
 
 D
 until I'm ready - crazy little thing called love.

   Bb - D - Bb - E - A         + repeat verse 3  + repeat verse 1
 Bb
 
 C
 
 D
 Crazy thing called love, yeah yeah ! (repeat 5x and fade…)

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(3). FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS_________
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 B7
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 Em
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 G7
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 C
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 1.     Another red letter day,
 Em
 
 Bm
 
 D
 so the pound has dropped and the children are creating.
 C
 
 Am
 The other half ran away,
 D
 
 C
 
 G
 
 D
 taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber.
 G
 
 B7
 
 Em
 Got a pain in the chest. Doctor’s on strike.
 G7
 What you need is a rest.
 Am
 
 D
 
 D7
 It’s not easy, love, but you got friends you can trust.
 C
 
 A
 Friends will be friends,
 G
 
 Em
 
 G
 when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention.
 D
 
 B7
 Friends will be friends,
 Em
 
 C
 when you’re through with life and all hope is lost,

         G                                 A                     C      - D - - - - - - -- - -

hold out your hand, cause friends will be friends --- right to the end.

    -
 G
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 B7
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 Em
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 G7
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 C
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 F
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 C
 
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 D
 2.      Now it’s a beautiful day,
 Em
 
 Bm
 
 D
 the postman delivered a letter from your lover.
 C
 
 Am
 Only a phone call away,
 D
 
 C
 
 G
 
 D
 you try to track him down, but somebody stole his number.
 G
 
 B7
 
 Em
 It’s a matter of fact, you’re getting used to life
 G7
 without him in your own way.
 Am
 
 D
 
 D7
 It’s not easy, love, ‘cause you got friends you can trust.
 C
 
 A
 Friends will be friends,
 G
 
 Em
 
 G
 when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention.
 D
 
 B7
 Friends will be friends,
 Em
 
 C
 when you’re through with life and all hope is lost,

         G                                  A                     C      - D - - - - - - -- - -

hold out your hand, ‘cause friends will be friends --- right to the end.

    +
 G
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 F
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 C
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 Bb
 
 G
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 Bb
 3. Instrumental = verse 2 (except last line which is sung again)
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 Bm
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 C
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 Em
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 G7
 
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 D7
 It’s so easy now ‘cause you got friends you can trust.

+ CHORUS   +
 C
 
 A
 Friends will be friends,
 G
 
 Em
 
 G
 when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention.
 D
 
 B7
 Friends will be friends,
 Em
 
 C
 when you’re through with life and all hope is lost,
 G
 
 A
 
 C
 -
 D
 hold out your hand, ‘cause right to the end --- friends will be friends.

+ CHORUS as instrumental (2x)

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(4). I WANT TO BREAK FREE_________________
 C
 1. I want to break free, I want to break free,

    I want to break free from your lies, you're so self satisfied,
 F
 
 C
 I don't need you. I've got to break free.
 G
 
 F
 
 G
 
 C
 God knows, God knows I want to break free.
 C
 2. I've fallen in love, I've fallen in love for the first time,
 F
 
 C
 and this time I know it's for real, I've fallen in love, yeah.
 G
 
 F
 
 G
 
 C
 God knows, God knows I've fallen in love.
 G
 
 F
 It's strange but it's true,
 G
 
 F
 I can't get over the way you love me like you do,
 Am
 
 D
 but I have to be sure, when I walk out that door.
 F
 
 G
 
 Am
 
 G
 
 G
 
 Am
 Oh, how I want to be free, baby,      oh how I want to be free,
 G
 
 F
 
 G
 
 C
 oh, how I want to break free.
 C
 3. But life still goes on,

    I can't get used to, living without, living without, living without you
 F
 
 C
 by my side, I don't want to live alone, hey.
 G
 
 F
 
 G
 
 C
 God knows,      got to make it on my own.
 G
 
 F
 
 G
 
 C
 So baby can't you see,     I've got to break free.

    I've got to break free, I want to break free, yeah,

    I want, I want, I want, I want to break free....

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(5).  RADIO GA GA__________
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 Em
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 Em
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 G
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 D
 (2x)
 G
 
 D
 Radio.
 D
 1. I'd sit alone and watch your light,
 Em
 my only friend through teenage nights,
 G
 
 Em
 
 G
 
 D
 and everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio.
 D
 2. You gave them all those old time stars,
 Em
 through wars of worlds, invaded by Mars,
 G
 you made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry,
 Em
 
 G
 
 D
 
 D
 you made us feel like we could fly (radio).
 D
 So don't become some background noise,
 F
 a backdrop for the girls and boys,
 G
 who just don't know or just don't care,
 e
 and just complain when you're not there.
 D
 You had your time, you had the power,
 A
 
 G
 
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 you've yet to have your finest hour. Radio (radio)
 G
 
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 G
 
 D
 
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 D
 
 G
 
 D
 All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio goo goo, radio ga ga.
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 D
 
 G
 
 D
 All we hear is, radio ga ga, Radio blah blah,
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 A
 
 Bm
 
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 A
 
 D
 Radio what's new?        Radio, someone still loves you!
 D
 3. We watch the shows, we watch the stars
 Em
 on videos for hours and hours.
 G
 We hardly need to use our ears,
 Em
 
 G
 
 D
 how music changes through the years.
 D
 Let's hope you’ll never leave old friends,
 F
 like all good things on you we depend.
 G
 So stick around ‘cause we might miss you,
 e
 when we grow tired of all this visual.
 D
 You had your time, you had the power.
 A
 
 G
 
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 you've yet to have your finest hour. Radio (radio).
 G
 
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 D
 All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio goo goo, radio ga ga.
 G
 
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 D
 All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio bloo bloo, radio ga ga.
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 All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio blah blah.
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 Radio what's new?        someone still loves you!
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 Em
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 Radio ga ga.      Radio ga ga.    Radio ga ga.
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 F
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 G
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 e
 
 D
 You had your time, you had the power.
 A
 
 G
 
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 you've yet to have your finest hour. Radio (radio). ….


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(6).WE WILL ROCK YOU___________
 Am
 1. Buddy, you`re a boy, make a big noise playing

    in the street, gonna be a big man someday.

    You got mud on your feet, you big disgrace,
 G
 
 Am
 kicking your can all over the place. Singing
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 We will, we will rock you,   we will, we will rock you.
 Am
 2. Buddy, you`re a young man, hard man shouting

    in the street, gonna take on the world someday.

    You got blood on your face, you big disgrace,
 G
 
 Am
 waving your banner all over the place.
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 
 Am
 We will, we will rock you, singing we will, we will rock you.
 Am
 3. Buddy, you`re on old man, poor man pleading

    with your eyes, gonna make you some peace someday.

    You got mud on your face, you big disgrace,
 G
 
 Am
 somebody better take you back in your place.
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 
 Am
 We will, we will rock you,  singing  we will, we will rock you,
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 everybody  we will, we will rock you, come on
 G
 
 F
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 D
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We will, we will rock you.


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(7).BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (abridged version)______

Em - - - - - - - - -   - A   - - - - - - - - - - - -

     Is this real life,       is the just fantasy?

D7  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G - - - - - - - - -

     Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
 Em
 
 G7
 
 C
 Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see !
 Am
 
 D
 I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, because I’m
 G#
 
 G
 
 F#
 
 G
 
 G#
 
 G
 
 F#
 
 G
 Easy come, easy go, little high, little low,
 C
 
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 A
 
 D
 
 D7
 
 G
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    any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
 G
 
 Em
 1. Mama, just killed a man,
 Am
 
 D
 put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
 G
 
 Em
 
 Am
 
 C
 
 D
 Mama, life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away.
 C
 
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 Am
 
 Dm
 Mama, uh, uh, didn't mean to make you cry,
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 G7
 
 C
 if I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
 G
 
 Am
 
 Fm
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 Dm
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 G
 -
 G7
 Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
 G
 
 Em
 2. Too late, my time has come
 Am
 
 C
 
 D
 sent shivers down my spine, body's achin' all the time.
 G
 
 Em
 Goodbye everybody, I've got to go,
 Am
 
 C
 
 D
 gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
 C
 
 G
 
 Am
 
 Dm
 Mama, uh, uh,     I don't want to die,
 G
 
 G7
 
 C
 I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.

    + -
 G
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 Am
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 Dm
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 G
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 G7
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 G
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 Am
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 Dm
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 G
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 G7
 ….

   (orig. = capo 3rd)


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(8). FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS______________
 D
 
 G
 
 G
 
 A
 Are you gonna take me home tonight? Ah, down beside that red firelight.
 D
 
 G
 Are you gonna let it all hang out?
 D
 
 A
 
 D
 Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round.
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 1. I was just a skinny lad,  never knew no good from bad.

                        \
 A
 But I knew love before I left my nursery.
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 Left alone with big fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny.
 A
 
 D
 Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me.
 D
 
 D
 2. I've been singing with my band,  across the wire, across the land
 A
 I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the way.
 D
 
 D
 But their beauty and their style, went kind of smooth after a while,
 A
 
 D
 take me to them lovely ladies every time.
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 
 G
 
 A
 Oh! Won't you take me home tonight. Oh! Down beside your red firelight,
 D
 
 G
 Oh! And you give it all you got.
 D
 
 A
 
 D
 Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round.
 A
 
 D
 Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round
 D
 
 D
 3. Now your mortgages and new homes, and the stiffness in your bones,
 A
 ain't no beauty queens in this locality.
 D
 
 G
 
 D
 Oh, but I still get my pleasure, still get my greatest treasure,
 A
 
 D
 heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me.  + CHORUS


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(9).IS THS THE WORLD WE CREATED_________

    C - - -        C - Em - C7 - F - Fm - C - - -
 Am
 
 G
 
 F
 1.        Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed,
 Am
 
 G
 
 F
 take a look at all the suffering we breed.
 C
 
 F
 
 Dm
 So many lonely faces scattered all around,
 e
 
 F
 -
 Dm
 searching for what they need. - - -
 C
 
 Em
 
 F
 
 G
 Is this the world we created, what did we do it for ?
 Am
 
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 Dm
 
 G
 Is this the world we invaded          against the law ?
 C
 
 Em
 
 C7
 
 F
 
 Fm
 So it seems in the end, is this what we're all living for today ?
 C
 The world that we created ?
 Am
 
 G
 
 F
 2.       You know that every day a helpless child is born,
 Am
 
 G
 
 F
 who needs some loving care inside a happy home.
 C
 
 F
 
 Dm
 Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne,
 e
 
 F
 
 Dm
 waiting for life to go by. - - - Oh.
 C
 
 Em
 
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 G
 Is this the world we created ? We made it on our own.
 Am
 
 Em
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 Dm
 
 G
 Is this the world we devastated,           right to the bone ?
 C
 
 Em
 
 C7
 
 F
 If there's a God in the sky looking down, what can he think of
 Fm
 
 C
 what we've done to the world that he created.

(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 2nd)


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(10).KILLER QUEEN__________________
 Am
 
 G
 1. She keeps Moet et Chandon in her pretty cabinet,
 Am
 
 G
 
 C
 'Let them eat cake' she says, just like Marie Antoinette.

          \
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 C7
 
 F
 A built-in remedy  for Kruschev and Kennedy,
 Fm
 
 C
 
 Dm
 
 G
 At anytime an invitation you can't decline.
 e
 
 Am
 
 G7
 
 B7
 
 Em
 Caviar and cigarettes, well versed in etiquette, extraordinarily nice.
 G
 
 Bm
 
 Em
 
 Bm
 She's a Killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine
 Em
 
 Bm
 dynamite with a laser beam.
 e
 
 A
 
 G
 Guaranteed to blow your mind. Anytime
 F#
 
 Bm
 
 e
 
 G
 Recommended  at  the price, insatiable an appetite. Wanna try?
 Am
 
 G
 2. To avoid complications she never kept the same address,
 Am
 
 G
 
 C
 in  conversation she spoke just like a baroness.
 G
 
 C7
 
 F
 Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah
 Fm
 
 C
 
 G
 Then again,  incidentally, if you're that way inclined.
 e
 
 Am
 Perfume came naturally from Paris.
 G7
 
 C
 
 B7
 
 Em
 For cars she couldn't care less, fastidious and precise. + CHORUS

3. Instr.: (= lines 1-4 of verse 2)
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 G
 
 e
 
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 e
 
 Am
 Drop of a hat she's as willing as playful as a pussy cat,
 G
 
 C
 
 G
 
 C
 then momentarily out of action, temporarily out of gas.
 B7
 
 Em
 
 D
 
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 D
 
 Em
 To absolutely drive you wi...ld, wi...ld.  (She's all out to get you)

+ CHORUS)


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(11).WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS____________
 Am
 
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 Am
 1. I've paid my dues,      time after time,
 G
 
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 I've done my sentence,     but committed no crime.
 G
 
 C
 
 F
 
 C
 And bad mistakes,     I've made a few
 F
 
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 G
 
 Am
 I've had my  share of sand kicked in my face,
 D
 
 G
 but I've come through.
 G7
 
 A
 
 A7
 (And I need to go on and on and on and on.)
 D
 
 F#m
 
 Bm
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 A
 We are the    champions      my friends,
 D
 
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 B7
 and we'll keep on   fighting till the end.
 Em
 
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 A
 We are the champions, we are the champions,
 D
 
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 no time for losers,  'cause we  are the champions ~ ~
 Em
 
 Dm
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   of the     (world       (not when refrain is repeated!)
 Am
 
 G
 
 Am
 2. I've taken my bows,      and my curtain calls,
 G
 
 Am
 
 G
 you brought me fame     and fortune and everything,
 Am
 that goes with it,     I thank you all.
 G
 
 C
 
 F
 
 C
 But it's been no bed of roses,     no pleasure cruise,
 F
 
 C
 
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 A
 I consider it a  challenge before the whole human race
 D
 
 G
 
 G7
 
 A
 
 A7
 and I ain't gonna lose. (And I need to go on and on and on and on.)

+ CHORUS  + CHORUS

(capo 3rd)

    (Queen)

Well thats the whole album. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and it took a long time 
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