Chords used:
 Ab6 (xx1111@1)     -
 Abadd9/Eb -
 Am (x02210@1)      - x02210
 Bb (x1333x@1)      - 113331
 Bb/D (x1033x@1)    - xx0331
 Bb9 (x1011x@1)     -
 Bb11 (x11111@1)    -
 Bbm6 (x13023@1)    -
 Bbm9dim5  -
 C (x32010@1)       - x32010
 C7 (x32310@1)      - x32310
 C7/G      - 332310
 C13b9/E   -
 Cm (x3101x@1)      - x35353
 Cm7/G     - 335353
 Cm11      -
 D7b9/F#   -
 Dm (xx0231@1)      - xx0231
 Eb (x43121@3)      - x68886
 Ebadd9/G  -
 Edim/G    -
 F (133211@1)       - 133211
 Fm (133111@1)      - 133111
 F#dim (2312xx@1)   -
 Gm7       - 353333
 Gm7/F     - xx3333

                              Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                             |
               I've paid my_  dues,__________

 Cm11                         Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                             |
              time af-ter time,______________

 Cm11                         Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                             |
                I've done my___ sen-tence,

 Cm11                         Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                             |
       but com-mit-ted no__   crime._________

 Cm11                         Eb| (x43121@3)                           |                             |
                 And bad mis- takes,

 Abadd9/Eb                    Eb| (x43121@3)                           |                             |
             I've made afew,____________ (x02210@1)
 Abadd9/Eb                    Eb (x43121@3)         Bb/D| (x1033x@1)                           |                             |
                I've had my_ share of sand kicked in my_

 Cm7/G             F (133211@1)        Bb| (x1333x@1)                           |                             |
 face,        but I've come____   through.
                                        (And I need to go

 Bb11 (x11111@1)     Bbm9dim5          Bb9 (x1011x@1)          C7| (x32310@1)                           |                             |

 on      and on      and      on       and   on.)

 F (133211@1)                          Am| (x02210@1)                           |                             |
 We__________      are the    cham-   pions      my

 Dm (xx0231@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)          C| (x32010@1)                           |                             |
 friends,________                                      and

 F (133211@1)                          Am| (x02210@1)                           |                             |
 we'll_________     keep on   figh- ting__     till   the

 Bb (x1333x@1)                         F#dim (2312xx@1)         D7b9/F#
|                            |                             |
 end.__________

 Gm7                          C7/G
|                            |                             |
 We         are         the   cham-       pions,

 Bbm6 (x13023@1)                       C13b9/E     Edim/G
|                            |                             |
 We         are         the   cham-       pions,

 F (133211@1)                          Ebadd9/G
|                            |                             |
 no____    time       for     los-  ers,          'cause

 Ab6 (xx1111@1)                        Bb| (x1333x@1)                           |                             |
 we         are         the   cham-       pions

 Cm11                         Fm| (133111@1)                           |                             |
                   of the world.___________________________

 Gm7/F                        Fm| (133111@1)                           |                             |
 _______________________________

 Gm7/F                        Fm| (133111@1)                           |                             |

 Gm7/F                        Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                             |
             I've ta-ken my__ bows,

 Cm11                         Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                             |
       and my__ cur-tain calls,_

 Cm11                         Cm| (x3101x@1)                           |                                  |
               you brought me fame and for-tune and ev-'ry-thing

 Cm11                           Cm| (x3101x@1)                             |                           |
 that goes with it, I thank you all.

 Cm11                         Eb| (x43121@3)                           |                             |
      But it's been no bed of ro-  ses,________

 Abadd9/Eb                    Eb| (x43121@3)                           |                             |
                no plea-sure   cruise,______

 Abadd9/Eb                    Eb (x43121@3)              Bb/D| (x1033x@1)                           |                                   |
           I con-si-der it a  chal-lenge be-fore the whole hu-man

 Cm7/G         F (133211@1)            Bb| (x1333x@1)                           |                             |
 race      and I ain't gon-na lose.________
                                          (And I need to go

 Bb11 (x11111@1)         Bbm9dim5      Bb9 (x1011x@1)     C7| (x32310@1)                           |                             |
                                                     We_____
 on      and      on    and   on   and  on.)

 F (133211@1)                          Am| (x02210@1)                           |                             |
__________________ are the    cham-     pions my

 Dm (xx0231@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)      C| (x32010@1)                           |                             |
 friends,_______                                   and

 F (133211@1)                          Am| (x02210@1)                           |                             |
 we'll____       keep on      fight-  ing____       till____

 Bb (x1333x@1)                         F#dim (2312xx@1)       D7b9/F#
|                            |                             |
__ the end.______

 Gm7                          C7/G
|                            |                             |
 We       are        the      cham-     pions,

 Bbm6 (x13023@1)                       C13b9/E   Edim/G
|                            |                             |
 we       are        the      cham-     pions,

 F (133211@1)                          Ebadd9/G
|                            |                             |
 no___     time      for      los-  ers,       'cause

 Ab6 (xx1111@1)                        Bb| (x1333x@1)                           |                             |
 we       are        the      cham-     pions

 Cm11                         F| (133211@1)                           |                             |
                        We________________   are     the
                 (of the world.___________)

 Am (x02210@1)                         Dm| (xx0231@1)                           |                             |
 cham-     pions__    my      friends,______

 Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)            F| (133211@1)                           |                             |
                         and  we'll_____      keep    on

 Am (x02210@1)                         Bb| (x1333x@1)                           |                             |
 fight-    ing___             til the end.____

 F#dim (2312xx@1)      D7b9/F#         Gm7
|                            |                             |
             Ah,              we         are       the
                             (we         are       the

 C7/G                         Bbm6| (x13023@1)                           |                             |
 cham-     pions,             we         are       the
 cham-     pions,             we         are       the

 C13b9/E   Edim/G             F| (133211@1)                           |                             |
 cham-     pions,             no____   time      for
 cham-     pions,             ooh,__________________________

 Ebadd9/G                     Ab6| (xx1111@1)                           |                             |
 lo- sers,    'cause          we         are       the
 _________                    we         are       the

 Bb (x1333x@1)                         Cm11
|                            |                             |
 cham-     pions.
 cham-     pions.)