Title: The Winner Takes It All
Artist: ABBA

Transcribed in friendly G, ABBA's recording is in F#, however.
To match the key of the recording:
- transpose this chord sheet -1 to F# or
- tune down the guitar on step to Eb-Ab-Db-G-Bb-Eb or
- transpose this chord sheet -2 to F and use a capo 1st fret
- transpose this chord sheet -5 to D and use a capo 4th fret (my preferred option)

Novice players may leave out the slash chords (see voicings below) and just
play the regular shapes (E7 instead of E7/G#, D instead of D/F#  etc.).

SPECIAL CHORDS

G-shapes      

         D-sha

pes (transpose

 -5)     F-sha

pes (transpose

 -2) 
        E-A-D-
E7/G#   4-x-0-
D/F#    2-x-0-
Am/E    0-x-2-

G-B-e         
1-0-0    B7/D#
2-3-2    A/C# 
2-1-0    Em/B 

   E-A-D-G-B-e
   x-x-1-2-0-2
   x-4-2-2-2-0
   x-2-x-0-0-0

              
         D7/F#
         C/E  
         Gm/D 

   E-A-D-G-B-e
   2-x-0-2-1-2
   x-x-2-0-1-0
   x-x-0-3-3-3


[Intro] / [Cho
Transpose -5 t
  D           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|----3-----2-
B|----3-----3-
G|2---2-----2-
D|0-----------
A|------------
E|------------

rus] and [Brid
o D + capo 4
     D    F#7 
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|0--------
----|3-----3--
----|2-----3--
----|------4--
----|---------
----|---------

ge]
        Bm    
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|----0-
-------|------
-------|4---4-
-------|4-----
-------|2-----
-------|------

           Bm 
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----3-----|2--
----4-----|4--
----------|4--
----------|2--
----------|---

  B7/D#  
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
---0---------|
---2---------|
---1---------|
-------------|
-------------|
  Em          
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|----5-----3-
B|----0-----0-
G|0---0-----0-
D|------------
A|2-----------
E|0-----------

              
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|2-----0--
----|0-----0--
----|0-----0--
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

        A
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
-------|----3-
-------|2---2-
-------|2-----
-------|0-----
-------|------

+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----2-----|0--
----2-----|2--
----------|2--
----------|0--
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
-------------|
---2---------|
---2---------|
---0---------|
-------------|



[Intro]
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[Verse]
              
I don't wanna 


talk
              
About things w

     
e've gone thro

ugh
              
Though it's hu

      
rting me
              
Now it's histo


ry

              
I've played al

 
l my cards
              
And that's wha

         
t you've done 

too
              
Nothing more t

  
o say
              
No more ace to

 
 play


[Chorus]
              
The winner tak

      
es it all
            
The loser stan

     
ding small
         
Beside the vic

  
tory
              
That's her des

  
tiny


[Verse]
              
I was in your 


arms
             
Thinking I bel

/
onged there
              
I figured it m

    
ade sense
              
Building me a 


fence

              
Building me a 


home
              
Thinking I'd b

  
e strong there
            
But I was a fo

/
ol
              
Playing by the

 
 rules


[Bridge]
              
The gods may t

       
hrow a dice
            
Their minds as

         
 cold as ice
       
And someone wa

y down here
              
Loses someone 


dear


[Chorus]
              
The winner tak

      
es it all
            
The loser has 

   
to fall
         
It's simple an

       
d it's plain
              
Why should I c

  
omplain?


[Verse]
           
But tell me do

es she kiss
              
Like I used to

 
 kiss you?
              
Does it feel t

   
he same
              
When she calls

      
 your name?

              
Somewhere deep


 inside
              
You must know 

  
I miss you
              
But what can I

 
 say
              
Rules must be 

 
obeyed


[Bridge 2]
           
The judges wil

l decide
            
The likes of m

   
e abide
         
Spectators of 

    
the show
              
Always staying

 
 low


[Bridge 3]
              
The game is on

  
 again
           
A lover or a f


riend
         
A big thing or

   
 a small
              
The winner tak

      
es it all


[Verse]
              
I don't wanna 


talk
              
If it makes yo

  
u feel sad
            
And I understa

/
nd
              
You've come to

          
 shake my hand

       
I apologize
              
If it makes yo

  
u feel bad
             
Seeing me so t


ense
             
No self-confid

ence, but you 

see …Z


[Outro]

              
The winner tak

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es it all
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The winner tak

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es it all ...

           
 So the winner

         
 takes it a -a

/
ll
            
 And the loser


 has to fall
           
 Throw a di-ic

          
e, cold as ice
            
 Way down here

 
, someone dear
           
 Takes it a-al

          
l, has to fall
            
 It seems plai

         
n to me ...

(fade out over last lines)