ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[Eb] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[Eb] My my, at
[F/Eb] Waterloo
Nap-
[Bb/D]-oleon
[Ab/C] did sur-
[Bb]-render
Oh
[Eb] yeah, and
[F/Eb] I have met my
[Bb/D] destin-
[Ab/C]-y in
[Bb] quite a similar
[Cm] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[Cm] history book on the shelf
is
[F7] always repeating
[Bb] itself
[Bb/Ab] [Bb/G] [Bb/F]
CHORUS:
[Eb] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[Ab] won the war
[Bb] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[Eb]-ever more
[Bb]
[Eb] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[Ab] wanted to
[Bb] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[Eb] be with you
[/Eb] Wow,
[/D] wow,
[/C] wow,
[/Bb] wow
[Bb] Waterloo, finally facing my
[Eb] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[Eb] My, my, I
[F/Eb] tried to hold you
[Bb/D] back but
[Ab/C] you were
[Bb] stronger
Oh
[Eb] yeah, and
[F/Eb] now it seems my
[Bb/D] only
[Ab/C] chance is
[Bb] giving up the
[Cm] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[Cm] how could I ever refuse
I
[F7] feel like I win when I
[Bb] lose
[Bb/Ab] [Bb/G] [Bb/F]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[Eb] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[Ab] wanted to
[Bb] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[Eb] be with you
[/Eb] Wow,
[/D] wow,
[/C] wow,
[/Bb] wow
[Bb] Waterloo, finally facing my
[Eb] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[Bb] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[Eb] be with you
[/Eb] Wow,
[/D] wow,
[/C] wow,
[/Bb] wow
[Bb] Waterloo, finally facing my
[Eb] Waterloo