ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[C] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[C] My my, at
[D/C] Waterloo
Nap-
[G/B]-oleon
[F/A] did sur-
[G]-render
Oh
[C] yeah, and
[D/C] I have met my
[G/B] destin-
[F/A]-y in
[G] quite a similar
[Am] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[Am] history book on the shelf
is
[D7] always repeating
[G] itself
[G/F] [G/E] [G/D]
CHORUS:
[C] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[F] won the war
[G] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[C]-ever more
[G]
[C] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[F] wanted to
[G] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[C] be with you
[/C] Wow,
[/B] wow,
[/A] wow,
[/G] wow
[G] Waterloo, finally facing my
[C] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[C] My, my, I
[D/C] tried to hold you
[G/B] back but
[F/A] you were
[G] stronger
Oh
[C] yeah, and
[D/C] now it seems my
[G/B] only
[F/A] chance is
[G] giving up the
[Am] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[Am] how could I ever refuse
I
[D7] feel like I win when I
[G] lose
[G/F] [G/E] [G/D]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[C] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[F] wanted to
[G] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[C] be with you
[/C] Wow,
[/B] wow,
[/A] wow,
[/G] wow
[G] Waterloo, finally facing my
[C] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[G] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[C] be with you
[/C] Wow,
[/B] wow,
[/A] wow,
[/G] wow
[G] Waterloo, finally facing my
[C] Waterloo
