Queen - We Are The Champions Chords & Tabs

 

We Are The Champions Chords & Tabs

Queen Chords & Tabs

Version: 4 Type: Tab

We Are The Champions Tab

   
Intro            1st Verse
                   Moderately Slow Rock Q.=60
                   Eb          Bb                  Cm/Eb     Bb
 12/8
  Gtr I
  H    W           E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E  E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------||-3-----3-----1-1---------|-------^8-------------------|
|---------------||-4-----4-----3-3-------3-|-4-----^8--------6-6--------|
|---------------||---5-----5---3-3-----3---|---5---^8--------7-7-----5--|
|---------------||-------------------5-----|-----5----10-----8-8---5----|
|---------------||-----3-----3-----3-------|---------------------3------|
|---------------||-------------------------|-------------8-8------------|


        C5/G     Bb                        Bb
                                                       Gtr IV
  E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E +Q.
|-------8------------------|-------3-------1-1-------|-------------------------|
|-4-----8--------6-6-------|-4-------4-----3-3-----3-|-------8-----9-----------|
|---5------------7-7-----3-|---5-----------3-3---3---|-----8---8-----8---------|
|---------10-----8-8---5---|-------------------5-----|---8-------8-----8-(8)---|
|-----3--------------3-----|-----3-----3-3-----------|-6-----------------------|
|------------8-8-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                            Eb5  Bb/D C5             Bb
                                                    6/8
                            Gtr II
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q  +E   Q.     H.
|-------------6-----------|------------------------|-------|
|-------8-------9---------|------------------------|-3-----|
|-----8---8-------8---5-8-|-8----------------------|-3-----|
|---8-------8-------6-----|-8----8----5--(5)-------|-3-----|
|-6-----------------------|-6----5----3--(3)\------|-1-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------1----|-------|


                         Chorus
  Bb5     Bb5  C5         F5         A5
 12/8
                               PM|
  H.      Q.   Q  +E      Q.   E E E Q.   E E E
|----------------------||-----------------------|
|----------------------||-----------------------|
|-3-------3----5--(5)--||-----------------------|
|-3-------3----5--(5)--||-3----------7----7-----|
|-1-------1----3--(3)\-||-3----------7----7-----|
|----------------------||-1----1-0-3-5----5---5-|


  D5           Bb5  C5
  Q.   Q  +E   Q.     Q   +E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-7----7--(7)\-----------------|
|-7----7--(7)\-8----/10--(10)\-|
|-5----5--(5)\-8----/10--(10)\-|
|--------------6-----/8---(8)\-|


  F5         A5           Bb                  D5
  Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E Q  E +E  Q
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-7----7--------2-(2)-2--|
|-3----------7----7-----|-8----8--------1-(1)-0--|
|-3----------7----7-----|-8----8-----------------|
|-1----1---3-5----5---5-|-6----6-5-3-2-----------|


  G5        C/G         Bb5  Bbm                              F5/C     Bbsus4
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.     Q.   e E E Q.    Q   +S  S   Q.   +E  Q   Q.   E E E
|---------------------|----------------------------|----------1--(1)---1-1-1--|
|-3----3----5----5----|----------------------------|----------1--(1)---4-4-4--|
|-0----0----5----5----|------6---------------------|-------------------3-3-3--|
|-0----0----5----5----|-8----8---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-8----8-----7----10--(10)s8-|--------------------------|
|-3----3--3-3----3----|-6----6---9-----------------|-1----(1)-----3-----------|


     Fm/Ab           Dm      F7sus4/C
                            6/8
  Q  E +E  E E  Q.   E E E   S S Q  +Q   +E
|--------------------------|------------------||
|----6-(6)-4---------6-6-6-|-6-6-6--(6)--(6)\-||
|----5-(5)---5-------7-7-7-|-8-8-8--(8)--(8)\-||
|----6-(6)-----------------|-8-8-8--(8)--(8)\-||
|--------------------------|------------------||
|-4------------/6----------|-8-8-8--(8)--(8)\-||


          Ab
 12/8
  Gtr I
  E  E  E E.  E. E  E E  E E E
|---------8--------------------|
|---------9--------------------|
|---10------------------10-7---|
|------10----10-------8------8-|
|-8----------------10----------|
|----------------8-------------|


  Ab    F5/C       Bb                Fm/Ab Bb/C
  E E E  E  E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q  E E E
|-------13---------1-1-------|-------1-----1-1--------||
|-1-----13---------3-3-------|-------1-----3-3------3-||
|-1----------------3-3-----3-|-1-----1-----3-3----3---||
|---3------15------------5---|---3-----3--------5-----||
|----------------------3-----|-------------3-3--------||
|-----1-------13-1-----------|-----1-----1------------||


 2nd Verse
  Eb           Bb                     Cm/Eb     Bb
  E  E E E E E E E E  E  E E   E  E E  E  E E E E E  E  E E
|-3------3-----1-1-----------|--------^8--------------------|
|-4------4-----3-3---------3-|-4------^8--------6-6---------|
|----5-----5---3-3-------3---|----5---^8--------7-7-------5-|
|---------------------5------|------5----10-----8-8-----5---|
|------3-----3-----3---------|-----------------------3------|
|----------------------------|--------------8-8-------------|
|
| Gtr V
| H.           E E E +Q.       Q.      Q.     E E E  Q.
|----------------------------|--------------------3--3------|
|------------------6-(6)-----|--------------------3---------|
|--------------3-------------|---------5p=====3-------------|
|----------------5-----------|------------------5-----------|
|-3--------------------------|-3----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H.           E E E  E  Q     H.             E E E +Q.
|----------------------------|--------------------3-(3)-----|
|------------------6--6------|----------------3-------------|
|--------------3---7---------|------------------3-----------|
|----------------5-------8---|------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------|-3----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|


         C5/G       Bb
  E  E E  E   E E E E E  E  E E
|---------8---------------------|
|-4-------8---------6-6---------|
|----5--------------7-7-------3-|
|------------10-----8-8-----5---|
|------3-----------------3------|
|---------------8-8-------------|
|
|                     ~~~~~~
| Q.     +Q     E E E E +Q.
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------5p3-------------|
|-------------------3h5-(5)-----|
|-3------(3)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| Q.      E   E E E E E +Q.
|---------3---------------------|
|-------------4-------6-(6)-----|
|-----------------7---7-(7)-----|
|-------------5-----5-----------|
|-3-------------3---------------|
|-------------------------------|


                 Bb
  E  E E E E E E E E  E  E  E     E E E  E  E E E E E +Q.
|--------3-------1-1------------|---------------------------|
|-4--------4-----3-3--------3---|--------8------9-----------|
|----5-----------3-3-----3------|-----8-----8-----8---------|
|---------------------5---------|---8---------8-----8-(8)---|
|------3-----3-3----------------|-6-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Q.     E E E E E E  Q    +E     E E E  Q    E E E E +Q.
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------4---3----6----(6)\-|---------------9-----------|
|--------5-----5---3------------|-----8-------8---8---------|
|----------5--------------------|---8----8----------8-(8)---|
|-3-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| H.           E E E +Q.          E E E +E  Q   E E E +Q.
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------3----------------|-----------8---9-----------|
|----------------3--------------|-----8-(8)-8-----8---------|
|------------------5-(5)--------|---8---------------8-(8)---|
|-3-----------------------------|-6-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|


                Eb             Ab5/Eb
   E  E E  E  E E E E E  E   E E
|-----------------6--------------|
|----------8--------9------------|
|-------8-----8-------8------5-8-|
|-----8---------8--------6-------|
|--6-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
|  Q.     +Q    E E E E  E   E E
|-----------------6--------------|
|---------------8---9----------9-|
|---------------8-----8--------8-|
|------------------------8--10---|
|--6------(6)--------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| +Q.      E  Q   E E E +Q.
|-----------------6--------------|
|-------------------9------------|
|---------------------8-(8)------|
|-(8)---------8------------------|
|----------6---------------------|
|--------------------------------|


  Eb5  D5   C5 C    F      Bb        Bb                   CIII
                          6/8       12/8
  Gtr III
  Q.   Q.   Q  +E   Q.     H.        Q.     Q.     Q.      Q.
  |    |    |   |   |      |         |      |      |       |
  /    /    /   o   o      /         /      /      /       /

  Gtr II
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                                     |-3--|
  Q.   Q.   Q  +E   Q.     H.        Q.     Q.     Q.      E.     S  S S  S
|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------||
|------------------------|-3-------|-9b11---9b11---9b11---11b13==11rp8------||
|-8----------------------|-3-------|-----------------------------------9----||
|-8----7----5------------|-3-------|-------------------------------------10-||
|-6----5----3--(3)\------|-1-------|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------1----|---------|----------------------------------------||

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 Chorus 2
  F5         Am          D5                 Bb5               C5
  Gtr II
  ~~                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~
                                                               |--3---|              |3-|
  H.         H.          Q.   E  Q           +S    S  S  E.    S   S  S  S     T  T  S  E
|----------------------|--------------------------10----------10--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------13b15=======(13)r----10-13b15-----13p11-------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------12b14-12p10-------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------12p10-|
|-8--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q.   Q  E  Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q        +E     Q.               Q.
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5----5----|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5----5----|-7----7--------(7)\-----------------------------------------------|
|-3----3-----7----7----|-7----7--------(7)\---8/--------------10\-------------------------|
|-3----3-----7----7----|-5----5--------(5)\---8/--------------10\-------------------------|
|-1----1--3/-5----5--5-|----------------------6/---------------8\-------------------------|


  F5                    Am
    ~~~~~~~~~~
   +Q.    +S   +E.    E H.
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(10)---(10)-(10)\----------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
|   Q.     E        E E Q.   Q.
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------5----5-----|
|-----------------------5----5-----|
|---3------3------------7----7-----|
|---3------3------------7----7-----|
|---1------1--------1-3-5----5-----|


  Bb                       D5     G5                C/G
                     ~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                TP
               |-3-|
  H.         E S S S E +E  E  E    Q.       +E  E E  Q.    +Q   E
|-------------------------------|-----------------8----------------|
|--------------------------8-10-|-10pb11---(10)--------------------|
|------------7h8p7p5-7-(7)------|-------------------------------x\-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------10----(10)--x\-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------x\-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Q.   E E E Q.        +E  E  E    Q.        Q    E  Q.     Q.
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--3---------3-------5------5------|
|-7----7-------------------2----|--0---------0-------5------5------|
|-8----8-------------------0----|--0---------0-------5------5------|
|-8----8------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-6----6-5-3-2---------(2)----2-|--3---------3----3--3------3------|


  Bb5    Bbm
                      ~~~
    Q.    Q    E      Q.    E.  +S    E
|--------------------------------------------|
|-/11----13---13pb14-13----11--(11)s==2------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|   Q.    e E  E      Q.    Q        +S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------6----------------------------------|
|---8-----8----------------------------------|
|---8-----8-----------7----10-------(10)s8---|
|---6-----6----9-----------------------------|


            F5/C          Ebsus2/Bb
   ~~~~~~~~~         ~~~
   Q.   +E  E. +S    Q.   +E  E +E
|------------------------------------|
|-----------6--(6)\-----------6-(6)\-|
|-/5----(5)---------/5----(5)--------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|  Q.   +E  Q        Q.    E  E  E
|-----------1-------(1)----1--1--1---|
|-----------1-------(1)----4--4--4---|
|--------------------------3--3--3---|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--1----(1)----------3---------------|


       Fm/Ab             Dm      F7sus4/C
                                6/8
   ~~~~~~~~~~       ~~~    ~
   Q.    +E  E   E  Q.   E Q     E   Q  +Q.
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------6\----------6-----|-6---6--(6)-------|
|-/5-----(5)----/5--5------5---|-3---3--(3)-------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|
|  Q   E +E  E   E  Q.   E E E   S S Q  +Q   +E
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------6-(6)-4-----------6-6-6-|-6-6-6--(6)--(6)\-|
|------5-(5)-----5-------7-7-7-|-8-8-8--(8)--(8)\-|
|------6-(6)-------------------|-8-8-8--(8)--(8)\-|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|--4---------------/6----------|-8-8-8--(8)--(8)\-|


  F5         Am          D5          Bb5   C5               F5/C  Am   A5
 12/8
  Q.   Q  E  Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q  +E  E E E  E  E  E    Q.   E E E Q.   E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------------|------1-----------------|
|------------5----5----|-----------------------------|------1-----------------|
|------------5----5----|-7----7--(7)-----------------|------------5------5----|
|-3----3-----7----7----|-7----7--(7)-8-8-8-10-10-10\-|------------7----7------|
|-3----3-----7----7----|-5----5--(5)-8-8-8-10-10-10\-|------------7----7------|
|-1----1--3/-5----5--5-|-------------6-6-6--8--8--8\-|-1------1-3-5----5---5--|


  Bb                                            G5                 C/G
  Gtr II
        ~~~~~       ~~~~~                        ~~~~~~~~~~
  Q.    E     E  E  Q.       E      +E   S  S    Q.    +E   +Q     Q   Q     S  S E
|------------10-10----------------------------|-----------------------------10s17---|
|------13b15-------13b15----13pb15r(13)-11p10-|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-12----(12)-(12)\--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                   ~~~~~
| Q.   +E     E  E  Q     E  E       E   E       Q.     Q        E Q.    Q.
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--3------3----------5-----5----------|
|-7----(7)------------------------------------|--0------0----------5-----5----------|
|-8----(8)----------------1--0-------7---5----|--0------0----------5-----5----------|
|-8----(8)------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-6----(6)----5--3--2-------------------------|--3------3--------3-3-----3----------|


  Bb5     Bbm
   ~~~~~
   Q.      Q    E       Q.       E  +E.       S
|-17b18---17---17pb18--15b17====15r(15)p=====13--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.      e E  E       Q.       Q       +S   S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------6-------------------------------------|
|--8-------8-------------------------------------|
|--8-------8------------7-------10------(10)s=8--|
|--6-------6----9--------------------------------|


               F5/C                Ebsus2/Bb
   ~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~
   Q.       E   E  +S   S  Q.       Q    +S   S
|-15b17====15--15r(15)p13-15b17====15r==(15)p13-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|  Q.      +E   Q          Q.       E E   E
|---------------1---------(1)-------1-1---1-----|
|---------------1---------(1)-------4-4---4-----|
|-----------------------------------3-3---3-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--1-------(1)-------------3--------------------|


          Fm/Ab                          Dm                  F7sus4/C
   ~~~~~~                                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q.        Q     +S   S  E.    S  S  S  S     S  S  S  E    +W                +H
|-15b17=====15r===(15)p13-20b22-20p18-17-------------------|---------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------20b22-20p18-------|---------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------19-17-|-(17)--------------(17)----*|
|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|
|  Q      E +E  E   E      Q.             E        E     E     Q.   +Q.   +H.
|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|---------6-(6)-4-------------------------6--------6-----6-|---6----(6)---(6)----------*|
|---------5-(5)-----5---------------------7--------7-----7-|---8----(8)---(8)----------*|
|---------6-(6)--------------------------------------------|---8----(8)---(8)----------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|--4----------------------/6-------------------------------|---8----(8)---(8)----------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths