ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[A#] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[A#] My my, at
[C/A#] Waterloo
Nap-
[F/A]-oleon
[D#/G] did sur-
[F]-render
Oh
[A#] yeah, and
[C/A#] I have met my
[F/A] destin-
[D#/G]-y in
[F] quite a similar
[Gm] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[Gm] history book on the shelf
is
[C7] always repeating
[F] itself
[F/D#] [F/D] [F/C]
CHORUS:
[A#] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[D#] won the war
[F] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[A#]-ever more
[F]
[A#] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[D#] wanted to
[F] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[A#] be with you
[/A#] Wow,
[/A] wow,
[/G] wow,
[/F] wow
[F] Waterloo, finally facing my
[A#] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[A#] My, my, I
[C/A#] tried to hold you
[F/A] back but
[D#/G] you were
[F] stronger
Oh
[A#] yeah, and
[C/A#] now it seems my
[F/A] only
[D#/G] chance is
[F] giving up the
[Gm] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[Gm] how could I ever refuse
I
[C7] feel like I win when I
[F] lose
[F/D#] [F/D] [F/C]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[A#] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[D#] wanted to
[F] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[A#] be with you
[/A#] Wow,
[/A] wow,
[/G] wow,
[/F] wow
[F] Waterloo, finally facing my
[A#] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[F] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[A#] be with you
[/A#] Wow,
[/A] wow,
[/G] wow,
[/F] wow
[F] Waterloo, finally facing my
[A#] Waterloo
