Champion chords by Kanye West (Official Version)
Chorus 1
Bbm/F
Ab6
Ebm7
Ab6
Did you realize
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
Gb
That you were a champion in their eyes?
Fm7
Ebsus2
Verse 1
Yes, I did
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
So I packed it up and brought it
Bbm
back to the crib
Gb
Fm7
Just a lil' somethin',
Ebsus2
Bbm
show ya how we live
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
Everybody want it but it ain't that serious
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
That's that shit
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm/F
So if you gon' do it, do it just like this
Ab6
Did you realize
Chorus 2
Ebm7
Ab6
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
Gb
That you were a champion in their eyes?
Fm7
Ebsus2
You don't see just
Verse 2
Bbm
how wild the crowd is?
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
You don't see just how fly my style is?
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
I don't see why I need a stylist
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
When I shop so much I can speak Italian
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Fm7
Ebsus2
I don't know, I just want it
Bbm
Gb
better for my kids
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
And I ain't sayin' we was from the projects
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Fm7
But every time I wanted
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Bbm
layaway or a deposit
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Fm7
Ebsus2
My dad'd say, "When you see clothes,
Bbm
close your eyelids"
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
We was sort of like Will Smith and his son
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Fm7
Ebsus2
In the movie, I ain't talkin'
Bbm
'bout the rich ones
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
'Cause every summer he'd get some
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Brand new hare- brained scheme
Bbm
to get rich from
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Fm7
Ebsus2
And I don't know what he did for dough
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Gb
Fm7
But he'd send me back to school
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wit' a new wardrobe, but ayy
Ab6
Did you realize
Chorus 3
Ebm7
Ab6
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
Gb
That you were a champion in their eyes?
Fm7
Ebsus2
Verse 3
I think he did
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
When he packed it up and brought it
Bbm
back to the crib
Gb
Fm7
Just a lil' somethin',
Ebsus2
Bbm
show ya how we live
Gb
Fm7
Everything I wanted,
Ebsus2
Bbm
man it seem so serious
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
That's that shit
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm/F
So if you gon' do it, do it just like this
Ab6
Did you realize
Chorus 4
Ebm7
Ab6
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
Gb
That you were a champion in their eyes?
Fm7
Ebsus2
When it feel like living's
Verse 4
harder
Bbm
than dyin'
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Fm7
Ebsus2
For me givin' up's way harder
Bbm
than tryin'
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
Lauryn Hill said her heart was in Zion
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
Gb
I wish her heart still was in rhymin'
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Ebsus2
Bbm
'Cause who the kids gon' listen to?
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
Huh? I guess me if it isn't you
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Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
Last week I paid a visit to the institute
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Fm7
Ebsus2
They got the dropout
Bbm
keepin' kids in the school
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Fm7
Ebsus2
I guess I'll cleaned up my act
Bbm
like Prince'll do
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Ebsus2
If not for the pleasure,
Bbm
least for the principle
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Fm7
Ebsus2
They got the CD, they got to see me
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Drop gems like I dropped out of PE
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
They used to feel invisible
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Bbm/F
Now they know they invincible
Ab6
Did you realize
Chorus 5
Ebm7
Ab6
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
That you were a champion in their...
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
This is the story of a
Bridge 1
champion
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Runners on their mark and they
pop their guns
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Stand up, stand up, here he comes
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Tell me what it takes to be number one
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Tell me what it takes to be number one
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Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
This is the story of a champion
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Runners on their mark and they
pop their guns
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Stand up, stand up, here he comes
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Tell me what it takes to be number one
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Gb
Fm7
Tell me what it takes to be
Bbm/F
number one
Ab6
Did you realize
Chorus 6
Ebm7
Ab6
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
Gb
That you were a champion in their eyes?
Fm7
Ebsus2
Verse 5
Yes, I did
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
So I packed it up and brought it
Bbm
back to the crib
Gb
Fm7
Just a lil' somethin',
Ebsus2
Bbm
show ya how we live
Gb
Fm7
Everybody want it
Ebsus2
Bbm
but it ain't that serious
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
That's that shit
Bbm
Gb
Fm7
Ebsus2
Bbm/F
So if you gon' do it, do it just like this
Ab6
Did you realize
Chorus 7
Ebm7
Ab6
Gb6
Fm7
Bbm
Gb
That you were a champion in their eyes?
Fm7
Ebsus2
Champion
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