Rush – Losing It (Guitar Acoustic)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This version is rearranged a bit from the original so it can be played on a single acoustic guitar.
It's in standard tuning instead of a half-step down, and makes use of more open chords.
I'd always been meaning to do an acoustic version of this song, and I finally got around to it
when Neil Peart died.
Chords:
Dsus2: xx0230 D#sus2: x64466 C#sus2: x46644
Bsus2: x24422 Bbsus2: x13311 Csus2: 35533
[Intro]
Dm Dm F Bb e|---------1p0-------------------1p0----------------------| B|-------3-----3---------------3-----1--------------------| G|-----2--------------0h2----2--------------0h2-2-----3---| x2 D|--0-------------0-0-----0-------------0-0-----3-----3---| A|----------------------------------------------3-----1---| E|----------------------------------------------1---------| (Continues throughout the verse up until the C chord)
[Verse 1]
Dm The dancer slows her frantic pace, in pain and desperation, F Bb Her aching limbs and downcast face aglow with perspiration Dm Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire, with just the briefest pause F Bb C The flooding through her memory, The echoes of old applause. F Dsus2 She limps across the floor and closes her bedroom door...
[Intro repeat]
Dm Dm F Bb e|---------1p0-------------------1p0----------------------| B|-------3-----3---------------3-----1--------------------| G|-----2--------------0h2----2--------------0h2-2-----3---| x2 D|--0-------------0-0-----0-------------0-0-----3-----3---| A|----------------------------------------------3-----1---| E|----------------------------------------------1---------| (Continues throughout the verse up until the C chord)
[Verse 2]
Dm The writer stares with glassy eyes, defies the empty page F Bb His beard is white, his face is lined and streaked with tears of rage. Dm Thirty years ago, how the words would flow, with passion and precision, F Bb C But now his mind is dark and dulled by sickness and indecision F Dsus2 And he stares out the kitchen door, where the sun will rise no more...
[Bridge]
Play this once to transition into the bridge e|-------------| B|----------1--| G|------2-0----| D|--0-3--------| A|-------------| E|-------------|
D C G G
D C G Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies D C G But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be D#sus2 C#sus2 Bsus2 F# Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it
[Chorus]
Bbsus2 Csus2 For you, the blind who once could see Bbsus2 Csus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 The bell tolls for thee... Bbsus2 Csus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 The bell tolls for..
[Solo]
e|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| B|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| G|-----2-0-----------0-----| |---------------------------------3----5--| D|-0-3-----2-----0-3---2---| x4 |----0-3---2---0-3---2---0-3---2--3----5--| A|-----------3-1---------3-| |--1-----3---1-----3---1-----3----1----3--| E|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Bbsus2 Csus2 For you, the blind who once could see Bbsus2 Csus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 The bell tolls for thee... Bbsus2 Csus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 The bell tolls for thee...
[Outro]
Dm
e|---------1p0----|
B|-------3-----3--|
G|-----2----------|
D|--0-------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|************************************
| p Pull-off
| h Hammer-on
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