My Champion chords by Alter Bridge

Chords with lyrics

Intro/Verse:
(Play each chord once up to 'May this lift you up')

BB
May this be your victory song
  F#F#
A augmentedA song for you when I am gone
 BB                    F#F#
Reminding you of what you're meant to be
 BB
A augmentedA gift to bring you clarity
  F#F#
To show you that your destiny
  BB                    F#F#
Is not defined by what you've failed to see
 F#F#
No
BB       C#C# DmDm
May this lift you up
            F#F#
When you feel you'll fall again
    C#C#
You cannot win, no
BB         C#C# DmDm
Hope these words are enough
         F#F#    C#C#
For you to be strong, my friend

Chorus:
BB       F#F#
Sometimes you fall before you rise
BB       DmDm       BB
Sometimes you lose it all to find
         F#F#
You've gotta keep fighting
   F#F#      C#C#
And get back up again
     BB
My champion
       F#F#
Oh, my champion

Verse:
(Play each chord once up to 'May this lift you up')
    BB
You've lost so many times it hurts
  F#F#
But failures made are lessons learned
    BB                   F#F#
'Cause in the end what you are will be much more
     F#F#
Than you were

BB       C#C# DmDm
May this lift you up
            F#F#
When you feel you'll fall again
    C#C#
You cannot win, no
BB         C#C# DmDm
Hope these words are enough
         F#F#    C#C#
For you to be strong, my friend

Chorus:
BB       F#F#
Sometimes you fall before you rise
BB       DmDm       BB
Sometimes you lose it all to find
         F#F#
You've gotta keep fighting
   F#F#      C#C#
And get back up again
     DmDm
My champion

Bridge:
DmDm
Don't ever run away
F#F#
For every fear you face
DmDm              F#F#
You will survive and be much more
     F#F#
Than you were oh oh

Solo:
(Play these as power chords)

E MajorE - 6th fret
D#D# - 5th fret
F#F# - 1st fret
C#C# - 3rd fret

E MajorE D#D# F#F# x3
E MajorE D#D# C#C# x1

Chorus/Outro:
BB       F#F#
Sometimes you fall before you rise
BB       DmDm       BB
Sometimes you lose it all to find
          F#F#
You've gotta keep fighting
   F#F#      C#C#
And get back up again
   BB      F#F#
The world's gonna try and knock you out
   BB      DmDm        F#F#
Just pick yourself up when you go down
          F#F#
You've gotta keep fighting
   F#F#      C#C#
And get back up again
     BB
My champion
       F#F#
Oh, my champion
     BB
My champion
     F#F#
My champion

(Power chords apart from F#, play F#F# as a barre chord)
E MajorE  D#D# C#C# F#F#
Ooh Oh Oh Oh

Other versions of My Champion

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