- To sing with a standalone guitar, including guitar and bass elements.
- Recordings: Peel Session in February 1979, Unknown Pleasures in June 1979, 12” Atmosphere in August 1980
(also in Substance and Heart and Soul). I used the Unknown Pleasures version, and added at the end the
additional verse of the 12” version (note there is some minor lyrics differences in other verses).
- If you manage to sing while playing the main riff, do it in verse 1 and the additional verse.
- Chords can be seen in this 1979 performance: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rn39z
- Hooky was playing the riffs on its bass starting from the 19th fret on the G string and continuously playing
the open D string. With a guitar you can do the same starting from the 7th fret on G string. But starting
from the 12h fret of the D string sounds better with a guitar, even if you lose the open string.
[Chords]
G 355433 A 577655 Bb 688766 C 8-10-10-988 D 10-12-12-11-10-10
[Intro]
(Drums)
(Riff 1)
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B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-12–-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-10-8--8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-10-8-10-8-5--5-5-|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1] 0:30
G A Bb
Confusion in her eyes that says it all
C D
She's lost control
G A Bb
And she's clinging to the nearest passer by
C A
She's lost control
G A Bb
And she gave away the secrets of her past
C D
And said "I've lost control again"
G A Bb
And of a voice that told her when and where to act
C A
She said "I've lost control again"
[Instrumental] 0:57
(Riff 2)
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B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-8-8-10--10-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
[Verse 2] 1:16
G A Bb
And she turned around and took me by the hand
C D
And said "I've lost control again"
G A Bb
And how I'll never know just why or understand
C A
She said "I've lost control again"
G A Bb
And she screamed out kicking on her side
C D
And said "I've lost control again"
G A Bb
And seized up on the floor, I thought she'd died
C A
She said "I've lost control"
G A Bb
She's lost control again
C D
She's lost control
G A Bb
She's lost control again
C A
She's lost control
[Instrumental] 1:56
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
(Riff 1) x2
[Verse 3] 2:36
G A Bb
And I had to phone her friend to state my case
C D
And say "She's lost control again"
G A Bb
And she showed up all the errors and mistakes
C A
And said "I've lost control again"
G A Bb
And she expressed herself in many different ways
C D
Until she lost control again
G A Bb
And walked upon the edge of no escape
C A
And laughed "I've lost control"
G A Bb
She's lost control again
C D
She's lost control
G A Bb
She's lost control again
C A
She's lost control
[Outro] 3:16
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
[Additional verse (long version)] 4:02
G A Bb C D
G A Bb C A
G A Bb
I could live a little better with the myths and the lies
C D
When the darkness broke in, I just broke down and cried
G A Bb
I could live a little in a wider line
C A
When the change is gone,
G A Bb
When the urge is gone
C D
To lose control...
G A Bb C A
G A Bb C D
When the urge is gone
G A Bb C A
(fading)
G A Bb C D