In the key of A, the One chord is a form of A9 which is a D7 shape played at the
4th fret moved over 1 string. That chord is played in an upbeat chop and is slid up to the sixth fret
as part of the first 4 bars, and as an accent as desired.
The Four chord is a simplified D9 with the top three strings barred at the 5th fret. This is also slid up 2
fret as an accent.
The Five chord is an E7 #9 (also known as the Hendrix chord). It is played in the verse over the words
"Bit by bit".
A9 version: 0-0-5-4-5-0 slide up to 0-0-7-6-7-0
D9 version: 0-0-0-5-5-5 slide up to 0-0-0-7-7-7
E7#9: x-7-6-7-8-0
[Verse 1]:
A9
You stay out all night - until the break of day
A9
Snap me up with every - thing I say
[Chorus]:
D9 A9
Little by little, Oh I'm losing ya I can see
A9 E7#9 D9 A9
Oh Bit by bit (darling), Your love is slipping away from me
[Verse 2]:
A9
What youre doing baby, You know it ain't right
A9
I wonder what you're doing, That takes all night
[Chorus]:
D9 A9
Little by little, Oh I'm losing ya I can see
A9 E7#9 D9 A9
Oh Bit by bit (darling), Your love is slipping away from me
[Whoas 1]:
A9 D9 A9 E7 D9 A9
Whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa Whoa etc - sung over verse and chorus chords but
no shots on the bit by bit part.
[Verse 3]:
A9
I get so disgusted, When I try to kiss you
A9
Just don't feel, Like I used to do
[Chorus]:
D9 A9
Little by little, Oh I'm losing ya I can see
A9 E7#9 D9 A9
Oh Bit by bit (darling), Your love is slipping away from me
[Verse 4]:
A9
Tried to trail you last night, Baby, in my car
A9
So scared I might find, Just what I was, looking for
[Chorus]:
D9 A9
Little by little, Oh I'm losing ya I can see
A9 E7#9 D9 A9
Oh Bit by bit (darling), Your love is slipping away from me
[Whoas 2]:
A9
Now I say Whoa----- Baby that's the way I feel
A9 D9 A9
Now I say Whoa----- Baby that's the way I feel
E7 D9 A9
Whoa----- Baby that's the way I feel