ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[Gb] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[Gb] My my, at
[Ab/Gb] Waterloo
Nap-
[Db/F]-oleon
[B/Eb] did sur-
[Db]-render
Oh
[Gb] yeah, and
[Ab/Gb] I have met my
[Db/F] destin-
[B/Eb]-y in
[Db] quite a similar
[Ebm] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[Ebm] history book on the shelf
is
[Ab7] always repeating
[Db] itself
[Db/B] [Db/Bb] [Db/Ab]
CHORUS:
[Gb] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[B] won the war
[Db] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[Gb]-ever more
[Db]
[Gb] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[B] wanted to
[Db] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[Gb] be with you
[/Gb] Wow,
[/F] wow,
[/Eb] wow,
[/Db] wow
[Db] Waterloo, finally facing my
[Gb] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[Gb] My, my, I
[Ab/Gb] tried to hold you
[Db/F] back but
[B/Eb] you were
[Db] stronger
Oh
[Gb] yeah, and
[Ab/Gb] now it seems my
[Db/F] only
[B/Eb] chance is
[Db] giving up the
[Ebm] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[Ebm] how could I ever refuse
I
[Ab7] feel like I win when I
[Db] lose
[Db/B] [Db/Bb] [Db/Ab]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[Gb] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[B] wanted to
[Db] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[Gb] be with you
[/Gb] Wow,
[/F] wow,
[/Eb] wow,
[/Db] wow
[Db] Waterloo, finally facing my
[Gb] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[Db] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[Gb] be with you
[/Gb] Wow,
[/F] wow,
[/Eb] wow,
[/Db] wow
[Db] Waterloo, finally facing my
[Gb] Waterloo
