• Song:

    Losing Lisa

  • Artist:

    Ben Folds

  • Album:

    2001-09-22: La Zona Ros...

### "Losing Lisa" by Ben Folds
### Taken from "Rockin' The Suburbs" (c) 2001 Epic Records/Sony Music
### Transcribed by Randy Williams (foobar at netho dot net)

### Version on the album is performed at appx. 126bpm
### Paranthetic reference (C Dm) in chorus are done as eighth beat chords
### Listen to the recording to get the feel for it, or leave em off :)
### This is my 1st submission to OLGA, and is all my own. Hope you like it

### Starts with G, repeated for 8 beats

G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)          CThe (x32010@1)lights are off again
            GShe (320003@1)took me by surprise
         F (133211@1)                CShe's (x32010@1)so sensitive
               GThis (320003@1)shit just happens sometimes
         F (133211@1)                CShe's (x32010@1)my everything
              GShe's (320003@1)my best friend and more
            F (133211@1)             CWe (x32010@1)don't do anything
          GWe (320003@1)didn't do the day
  FBefore (133211@1)you go
    EmYou (022000@1)oughta know
             Eb (x43121@3)                      Dsus4 (xx0233@1)       DThat (xx0232@1)I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know

###1st chorus

G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)              CBlack (x32010@1)tears are falling down her face
         Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb (x1333x@1)        C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)            GBlack (320003@1)tears are falling, falling

###2nd verse

G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)       CRemember (x32010@1)long ago
         GTogether (320003@1)laughing, loving
      F (133211@1)       COh (x32010@1)so long ago
             GWhen (320003@1)we were buying something
         F (133211@1)          CLife (x32010@1)was simple then
              GBut (320003@1)she's not happy now, and I
           F (133211@1)       CDon't (x32010@1)feel anything
             GHer (320003@1)lips are moving
     FI (133211@1)am mesmerised
   EmBy (022000@1)tiny lies
    Eb (x43121@3)                               Dsus4 (xx0233@1)         DI'm (xx0232@1)watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes

###2nd chorus

G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)              CBlack (x32010@1)tears are falling down her face
         Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) (C Dm)
And I am wrong

G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb (x1333x@1)        C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)         CBlack (x32010@1)tears are falling, falling
Bb (x1333x@1)        C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)  DBlack (xx0232@1)tears are falling, falling

### Bridge

Am7 (x02010@1)            D (xx0232@1)   Losing Lisa
Am7 (x02010@1)            D (xx0232@1)   Losing Lisa
F (133211@1)   Losing Lisa

Dsus4 (xx0233@1)       D (xx0232@1)    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)there's nothing I can do

###10-bar piano solo - chords same as 1st chorus, repeated twice

G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1) BbBlack (x1333x@1)tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1) BbBlack (x1333x@1)tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1) BbBlack (x1333x@1)tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1) Bb/FBlack (102220@1)tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
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