Song: The Loser
Artist: Elliott Murphy
Album: 12 (1990)
Tabbed by: Javier de la Fuente
The whole song played with arpeggios
[Intro arpeggios]
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[Verse]
E Bm D A
I was looking for the answer as in some fairy tale
E Bm D A
Somebody said there's a man here and all his life he has just failed
E Bm D A
You only learn from the losers, of this I am sure
E Bm
And as I walked down his old street
D A
I heard him talking as he walked in the door
[Chorus]
G G/B G G/B D E9sus4 D/F# Dadd4 D
How do I know that I'm not dreaming,
G G/B G G/B D E9sus4 D/F#
how do I know this is for real
A Bm
Or that my destiny has not been writen
A Bm A G Bm A G
And that my fate has not been sealed, . . . been sealed
[Verse]
E Bm D A
I said my life is like a straight line, but no that's not true at all
E Bm D A
It's more like a series of accidents and into each situation I fall
E Bm D A
Man I get some tired of thinking I'm like a dog whose watching TV
E Bm
'Cause I know something is happening
D A
But I don't know what's happening to me
[Chorus]
G G/B G G/B D E9sus4 D/F# Dadd4 D
Take one thing that you are sure of,
D D G G/B G G/B D E9sus4 D/F# Dadd4 D
You can be sure that one thing will be taken away
A Bm
Everything's on loan here there are no owners
A Bm A G Bm A G
It all came to pass not to stay . . . not to stay
[Instrumental]
F#m A F#m A D E9sus4 D/F# D F#m A F#m A D E9sus4 D/F# D
Bm C# D A C#m C#
F#m G#m A D A C#m C# D C#
[Chorus]
G G/B G G/B D E9sus4 D/F# Dadd4 D
Try to accept that you'll keep searching
D G G/B G G/B D E9sus4 D/F#
That's the thing you will do for most of your life
A Bm
And all the answers they just don't exist here
A Bm A G Bm A G
Here lies the question and they rule your life . . . rule your life
[Outro]
A G D
G A G A D
G D
G A G A D G