ABBA, Waterloo (1974)
Key: :[F] (w: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson)
VERSE 1:
[F] My my, at
[G/F] Waterloo
Nap-
[C/E]-oleon
[A#/D] did sur-
[C]-render
Oh
[F] yeah, and
[G/F] I have met my
[C/E] destin-
[A#/D]-y in
[C] quite a similar
[Dm] way
PRE-CHORUS 1:
The
[Dm] history book on the shelf
is
[G7] always repeating
[C] itself
[C/A#] [C/A] [C/G]
CHORUS:
[F] Waterloo, I was defeated, you
[A#] won the war
[C] Waterloo, promise to love you for-
[F]-ever more
[C]
[F] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[A#] wanted to
[C] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[F] be with you
[/F] Wow,
[/E] wow,
[/D] wow,
[/C] wow
[C] Waterloo, finally facing my
[F] Waterloo
VERSE 2:
[F] My, my, I
[G/F] tried to hold you
[C/E] back but
[A#/D] you were
[C] stronger
Oh
[F] yeah, and
[G/F] now it seems my
[C/E] only
[A#/D] chance is
[C] giving up the
[Dm] fight
PRE-CHORUS 2:
So
[Dm] how could I ever refuse
I
[G7] feel like I win when I
[C] lose
[C/A#] [C/A] [C/G]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2:
SHORT CHORUS:
[F] Waterloo, couldn't escape if I
[A#] wanted to
[C] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[F] be with you
[/F] Wow,
[/E] wow,
[/D] wow,
[/C] wow
[C] Waterloo, finally facing my
[F] Waterloo
OUTRO CHORUS:
Ooh ooh
[C] Waterloo, knowing my fate is to
[F] be with you
[/F] Wow,
[/E] wow,
[/D] wow,
[/C] wow
[C] Waterloo, finally facing my
[F] Waterloo