ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[D] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[D] My my, at
[E/D] Waterloo
Nap-
[A/C#]-oleon
[G/B] did sur-
[A]-render
Oh
[D] yeah, and
[E/D] I have met my
[A/C#] destin-
[G/B]-y in
[A] quite a similar
[Bm] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[Bm] history book on the shelf
is
[E7] always repeating
[A] itself
[A/G] [A/F#] [A/E]
CHORUS:
[D] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[G] won the war
[A] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[D]-ever more
[A]
[D] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[G] wanted to
[A] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[D] be with you
[/D] Wow,
[/C#] wow,
[/B] wow,
[/A] wow
[A] Waterloo, finally facing my
[D] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[D] My, my, I
[E/D] tried to hold you
[A/C#] back but
[G/B] you were
[A] stronger
Oh
[D] yeah, and
[E/D] now it seems my
[A/C#] only
[G/B] chance is
[A] giving up the
[Bm] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[Bm] how could I ever refuse
I
[E7] feel like I win when I
[A] lose
[A/G] [A/F#] [A/E]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[D] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[G] wanted to
[A] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[D] be with you
[/D] Wow,
[/C#] wow,
[/B] wow,
[/A] wow
[A] Waterloo, finally facing my
[D] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[A] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[D] be with you
[/D] Wow,
[/C#] wow,
[/B] wow,
[/A] wow
[A] Waterloo, finally facing my
[D] Waterloo
