Even the losers    (intro)    (sample)

 

     A ~                       D       A            G                 A     ~

1.         Well, it was nearly summer, sat on your roof,

                        D              A                     G                            ~

    yeah, we smoked cigarettes and we stared at the moon.

                 D                 A            G                D      ~

    And I showed you stars you never could see,

                                          D            A               C

     babe, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me

 

              D                 A                 G                   A       ~

2. Baby time meant nothin', anything seemed real,

                               D           A                   G                       ~

    yeah, you could kiss like fire and you made me feel.

                        D            A              G          D   ~

    Like every word you said was meant to be,

                                         D            A               C

    babe, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me.

 

                        D        - A - G       D               A       - G

Baby even the losers            get lucky sometimes,

               D        - A - G                                     

even the losers             keep a little bit of pride,

              A

they get lucky sometimes !

 

+ instrumental = verse 2

 

      A            Em                 G      A

    Two cars parked on the overpass,

     A                   Em            G        A

    rocks hit the water like broken glass.

                              A                Em            G               A

    I should have known right then it was too good to last,

     A                       Em                     G                 

    yes, it's such a drag when you’re living in the past.

 

+ CHORUS (2x) ……..

 

    (Tom Petty)