ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[B] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[B] My my, at
[C#/B] Waterloo
Nap-
[F#/A#]-oleon
[E/G#] did sur-
[F#]-render
Oh
[B] yeah, and
[C#/B] I have met my
[F#/A#] destin-
[E/G#]-y in
[F#] quite a similar
[G#m] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[G#m] history book on the shelf
is
[C#7] always repeating
[F#] itself
[F#/E] [F#/D#] [F#/C#]
CHORUS:
[B] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[E] won the war
[F#] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[B]-ever more
[F#]
[B] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[E] wanted to
[F#] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[B] be with you
[/B] Wow,
[/A#] wow,
[/G#] wow,
[/F#] wow
[F#] Waterloo, finally facing my
[B] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[B] My, my, I
[C#/B] tried to hold you
[F#/A#] back but
[E/G#] you were
[F#] stronger
Oh
[B] yeah, and
[C#/B] now it seems my
[F#/A#] only
[E/G#] chance is
[F#] giving up the
[G#m] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[G#m] how could I ever refuse
I
[C#7] feel like I win when I
[F#] lose
[F#/E] [F#/D#] [F#/C#]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[B] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[E] wanted to
[F#] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[B] be with you
[/B] Wow,
[/A#] wow,
[/G#] wow,
[/F#] wow
[F#] Waterloo, finally facing my
[B] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[F#] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[B] be with you
[/B] Wow,
[/A#] wow,
[/G#] wow,
[/F#] wow
[F#] Waterloo, finally facing my
[B] Waterloo
