Losing Lisa — Ben Folds
Chords and lyrics for Losing Lisa by Ben Folds (key of A#).
Verse 1
### "Losing Lisa" by Ben Folds
### Taken from "Rockin' The Suburbs" (c) 2001 Epic Records/Sony Music
### Version on the album is performed at appx. 126bpm
### Paranthetic reference (C Dm) in chorus are done as eighth beat chords
### This is my 1st submission to OLGA, and is all my own. Hope you like it
### Starts with G, repeated for 8 beats
[G]The lights are [F]off again[C]
She took me [G]by surprise
She's so [F]sensitive[C]
This shit just [G]happens sometimes
She's my [F]everything[C]
She's my best [G]friend and more
We don't do [F]anything[C]
We didn't [G]do the day
[F]Before you go
You [Em]oughta know
That I didn't[Eb] mean to hurt you, I just [Dsus4]wanted you to [D]know
###1st chorus
[G]Black tears are [F]falling down her [C]face
And I am [Bb][C]wrong[Dm)][Dm]
[G]Black tears are [F]falling and she [C]won't say what I've [Bb][C]done[Dm)][Dm]
[G]She's sitting [F]here beside me, then [C]she is [Bb][C]gone[Dm)][Dm]
[Bb]Black tears [C]are [Dm]falling, falling[G]
###2nd verse
[G]Remember [F]long ago[C]
Together [G]laughing, loving
Oh so [F]long ago[C]
When we were [G]buying something
Life was [F]simple then[C]
But she's not [G]happy now, and I
Don't feel [F]anything[C]
Her lips are [G]moving
I am [F]mesmerised
By [Em]tiny lies
I'm [Eb]watching as the shapes are drawing [Dsus4]slowly from her [D]eyes
###2nd chorus
[G]Black tears are [F]falling down her [C]face
And I am [Bb][C]wrong[Dm)][Dm]
[G]Black tears are [F]falling and she [C]won't say what I've [Bb][C]done[Dm)][Dm]
[G]She's sitting [F]here beside me, [C]then [Bb]she is [C][Dm]gone[Dm)]
[Bb]Black tears [C]are [Dm]falling, [C]falling
[Bb]Black tears [C]are [Dm]falling, [C][Dsus4]falling[D]
### Bridge
[Am7] Losing Lisa[D]
[Am7] Losing Lisa[D]
[F] Losing Lisa
And there's [Dsus4]nothing I can [D]do[D][Dsus4]
###10-bar piano solo - chords same as 1st chorus, repeated twice
[G]Black tears are [F]falling, falling [C](ooh [Bb]ooh)
[G]Black tears are [F]falling, falling [C](ooh [Bb]ooh)
[G]Black tears are [F]falling, falling [C](ooh [Bb]ooh)
[G]Black tears are [F]falling, falling [C](ooh [Bb/F]ooh)
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