Alter Bridge – My Champion (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

[Intro/Verse] (Play each chord once up to 'May this lift you up')
B
May this be your victory song

   F#
A song for you when I am gone

  B                                       F#
Reminding you of what you're meant to be

  B
A gift to bring you clarity

    F#
To show you that your destiny

   B                                       F#
Is not defined by what you've failed to see

 F#
No

B             C#  D#m
May this lift you up

                       F#
When you feel you'll fall again

       C#
You cannot win, no

B                 C#  D#m
Hope these words are enough

                  F#        C#
For you to be strong, my friend
[Chorus]
B              F#
Sometimes you fall before you rise

B             D#m             B
Sometimes you lose it all to find

                  F#
You've gotta keep fighting

     F#           C#
And get back up again

         B
My champion

             F#
Oh, my champion
[Verse] (Play each chord once up to 'May this lift you up')
       B
You've lost so many times it hurts

    F#
But failures made are lessons learned

       B                                      F#
'Cause in the end what you are will be much more

         F#
Than you were

B             C#  D#m
May this lift you up

                       F#
When you feel you'll fall again

       C#
You cannot win, no

B                 C#  D#m
Hope these words are enough

                  F#        C#
For you to be strong, my friend
[Chorus]
B              F#
Sometimes you fall before you rise

B             D#m             B
Sometimes you lose it all to find

                  F#
You've gotta keep fighting

     F#           C#
And get back up again

         D#m
My champion
[Bridge]
D#m
Don't ever run away

F#
For every fear you face

D#m                           F#
You will survive and be much more

          F#
Than you were oh oh
[Solo] (Play these as power chords) E - 6th fret D# - 5th fret F# - 1st fret C# - 3rd fret E D# F# x3 E D# C# x1 [Chorus/Outro]
B              F#
Sometimes you fall before you rise

B             D#m             B
Sometimes you lose it all to find

                   F#
You've gotta keep fighting

     F#           C#
And get back up again

     B            F#
The world's gonna try and knock you out

      B            D#m             F#
Just pick yourself up when you go down

                   F#
You've gotta keep fighting

     F#           C#
And get back up again

         B
My champion

             F#
Oh, my champion

         B
My champion

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