Ben Folds – Losing Lisa (Guitar)

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### 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)