### "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 F C
The lights are off again
G
She took me by surprise
F C
She's so sensitive
G
This shit just happens sometimes
F C
She's my everything
G
She's my best friend and more
F C
We don't do anything
G
We didn't do the day
F
Before you go
Em
You oughta know
Eb Dsus4 D
That I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know
###1st chorus
G F C
Black tears are falling down her face
Bb C Dm (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb C Dm G
Black tears are falling, falling
###2nd verse
G F C
Remember long ago
G
Together laughing, loving
F C
Oh so long ago
G
When we were buying something
F C
Life was simple then
G
But she's not happy now, and I
F C
Don't feel anything
G
Her lips are moving
F
I am mesmerised
Em
By tiny lies
Eb Dsus4 D
I'm watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes
###2nd chorus
G F C
Black tears are falling down her face
Bb C Dm (C Dm)
And I am wrong
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm)
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Bb C Dm C
Black tears are falling, falling
Bb C Dm C Dsus4 D
Black tears are falling, falling
### Bridge
Am7 D
Losing Lisa
Am7 D
Losing Lisa
F
Losing Lisa
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
And there's nothing I can do
###10-bar piano solo - chords same as 1st chorus, repeated twice
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)
G F C Bb/F
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)