In the studio version, this is capo'd to the third fret. when darren played it 
live, he capo'd at the second fret. 
Enjoy!

Emi
Underneath these stairs

I hear the sneers and feel glares of
     C
My cousin, my uncle and my aunt.

Emi
Can't believe how cruel they are

And it stings my lighting scar
			     C
To know that they'll never ever give me what I want.

Ami
I know I don't deserve these
D7
Stupid rules made by the Dursleys
	   G, B/G, Emi
Here on Privet drive.

Am7
Can't take all of these muggles,
	C
But despite all of my struggles,
Bm7
  I'm still alive.

C	        D9		     Emi		D C	
I?m sick of summer and this waiting around.
C	     D9		     Emi				D C
Man, it?s September, and I?m skipping this town
C		Bm7	  Emi					A7	
Hey It?s no mystery, there?s nothing here for me now

			 C		Bmi Am7
I gotta get back to Hogwarts,
	  D7		Emi   A7
I gotta get back to school.

C		Bmi Am7
Gotta get myself to Hogwarts,
		D7		    G    G7
Where everybody knows I'm cool.

	   C		    G		     D 		Em7
Back to witches and wizards, and magical beasts,
     C		    G		       D 	Em7
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts.
      C		    G		   D 	        Em7
It?s all that I love, and it's all that I need.
F      C   	 F	C			D9
HOGWARTS, HOGWARTS, I think I'm going back---

G----CC-G

G				  	B/G	 Emi
I'll see my friends, gonna laugh 'til we cry
Emi						C
Take my Firebolt, gonna take to the sky
C		Am7			    Gmi			D9
NO WAY this year anyone's gonna die, and it's gonna be totally awesome

G				    B/G	 Emi
I'll cast some spells, with a flick of my wand
Emi					     C
Defeat the dark arts, yeah bring it on!
C	     Am7			   Gmi 			   D
And do it all with my best friend Ron, 'cuz together we're totally 

awesome
	Bmi 			        E			E7
RON: yeah, and it's gonna be totally awesome!

Dialogue 

A					    F#m
It's been so long, but we're going back
						Bmi
Don?t go for work, don't go there for class


		     D	
As long as were together--

			Dmi
-- gonna kick some ass


			    E
... and it?s gonna be totally awesome!

A					F#m
This year we'll take everybody by storm,
					     D
Stay up all night, sneak out of our dorm
		         Dmi			       E
But let's not forget that we need to perform well in class
			        F
If we want to pass our OWLS!

Fm					Dmi
I may be frumpy, but I'm super smart
						Bb
Check out my grades, they're "A's" for a start
		   G/Bb			Bbm
What I lack in looks well I make up in heart, 
				   C
And well guys, yeah, that's totally awesome
F
This year I plan to study a lot...

Dmi
That would be cool if you were actually hot
Bb	    G/Bb						   Bbm		
Hey Ron, come on, we're the only friends that she's got!

Bbm
And that's cool...
		C
... and that's totally awesome
Bmi				D7
Yeah it's so cool, and it's totally awesome!

C		  D 			Emi 			D C
We're sick of summer and this waiting around
C 		  D 		    Emi			D C
It's like we're sitting in the lost and found
C	      Bm7
Don't take no sorcery
Emi			A7
For anyone to see how...

			 C		Bmi Am7
We gotta get back to Hogwarts
	      D7	     Emi   A7
We gotta get back to school
			 C		Bmi Am7
We gotta get back to Hogwarts
		D7		    G    G7
Where everything is magic-cooooool

	   C		    G		     D 		Em7
Back to witches and wizards, and magical beasts,
     C		    G		       D 	Em7
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts.
      C		    G		   D 	        Em7
It?s all that I love, and it's all that I need.
F      C   	 F	C			D
HOGWARTS, HOGWARTS, I think I'm going back---


Ami						  F
This year you bet I?m gonna get outta here
					Dmi
The reign of Malfoy is drawing near
				       E
I?ll have the greatest wizard career, 

And its gonna be totally awesome

Ami						F
Look out world, for the dawn of the day
					     Dmi
When everyone will do whatever I say

And that Potter wont be in my way, and then
E
I?ll be the one who is totally awesome!

Yeah you?ll be the one who is totally awesome. 

A
Come on guys! Were gonna miss the train!

A						F#m
Who knows how fast this years gonna go?
						D
Hand me a glass, let the butterbeer flow

   	      Bmi
Maybe at last, I?m gonna talk to Cho,

D				E7
Oh no, that be WAY too awesome

A						     F#m
We?re back to learn everything that we can
						Bmi
It?s great to come back to where we began
			      D					    E			    E7
And here we are, and alakazam! here we go, this is totally awesome!




D		  E		  F#m			E D
Come on and teach us everything you know

D		   E		       F#m		E D
The summer?s over and were itchin? to go
D		         C#  
I think were ready for

F#m
Albus Dumbledore! 
G	   E
Oooooo Ahhhhhh.

			      D			 Bmi
Welcome, all of you to Hogwarts
	        E	        F#m   Bmaj7
I Welcome all of you to school
				   D		Bmi
Did you know that here at Hogwarts
		E			A	A7
We?ve got a hidden swimming pool?

			      D	 	Bmi
Welcome, welcome, welcome Hogwarts
	        E	     	   F#m                 Bmaj7
Welcome, all you hotties, nerds, and tools
					D		Bmi
Now that I've got you here at Hogwarts
				D		A
I?d like to go over just a couple of rules:

	   D		    A		     E		F#m	E D
Back to witches and wizards, and magical beasts
    D		    A		      E		F#m	  E D
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts
      D		A	      E		   F#m
It's all that I love, and all that I need.
     G	   D	      G    D 		E7
At HOGWARTS, HOGWARTS, 
	   E		B		     F#m	   G#m
Back to spells and enchantments, potions and friends
     E
To Gryffindors! 

B
Hufflepuffs!
F#m
Ravenclaws!
G#m		F#m
Slytherins!
E		B		      Eb   G#m
Back to the place where our story begins
      D   E	    D    E
It?s Hogwarts, Hogwarts, 

F#
I?m sorry, what?s its name?

D    E	       D    E
Hogwarts, Hogwarts

F#
I didn?t hear you kids!

D     E       D    E
Hogwarts, Hogwarts

				B
Man, I?m glad I?m back.