I’ve paid my (Cm)dues,

and time af ter (Cm)time.

I’ve done my sen tence for tune and ev ’ry thing that (Bb)goes with it, but com mit ted I thank no you (Cm)crime.

But it’s been And bad mis (Eb)ros takes, es,

I’ve made a few.

(Eb)cruise.

I con sid I’ve er it had a my (Eb)share of sand fore (Bb)kicked in my man (F)face but I I’ve ain’t gon come na (Bb)through.

And I need to go on, and on, and on, and (C)on.

(F)We

are the (Am7)cham pions,

my (Dm7)friend.

And (F)we’ll

keep on (Am7)fight ing till the (Bb)end.

(Gm)We

are the (C)cham

pions.

(Bbdim7)We

are the cham

pions.

(F)No

time for (Gm7)los

ers, ’cause (Ab6)we

are the (Bb7)cham

pions

of the (Fm)world.

I’ve tak en my (Cm)bows

and my cur tain (Cm)calls.

You brought me fame and for tune and ev ’ry thing that (Bb)goes with it, but com mit ted I thank no you (Cm)all.

But it’s been no bed of (Eb)ros takes, es,

no pleas a ure (Eb)cruise.

I con sid I’ve er it had a my (Eb)chal lenge be fore (Bb)the whole hu man (F)race and I I’ve ain’t gon come na (Bb)lose.

And I need to go on, and on, and on, and (C)on.

(F)world.

are the (Am7)cham pions,

my (Dm7)friend.

And (F)we’ll

keep on (Am7)fight ing till the (Bb)end.

(Gm)We

are the (C)cham

pions.

(Bbdim7)We

are the cham

pions.

(F)No

time for (Gm7)los

ers, ’cause (Ab6)we

are the (Bb7)cham

pions

of the (Fm)world.

I’ve tak en my

of the (Bb7)cham

pions.