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The Loser:Gary Lewis And the Playboys.
#43 on BB Hot 100 on LIBERTY Records
in 1967.
INTRO: Bb   Bbm  Bb  
#1.
BbmHave I got the right to call myself a man?
BbOr will I go Bbmlivin' up to my Bbname again?
EbWhen I get the cFhance to Bblove I let it CpassF.
EbIt's not the first I Clost Bband it won't Fbe the last.
CHORUS:
Cause I'm a (Bbloser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) and the Ebloser
is my Bbname.
#2.
BbmLet 'em use my heart just like a stepping stone.
And Bbwhen it's torn aBbmpart I feel so Bball alone.
EbFeelin' sorry Ffor myBbself is all I Fdo.
EbThings don't ever Fturn out Bblike I want 'em Fto.
CHORUS:
Cause I'm a (Bbloser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) and the Ebloser
is my Bbname.
BRIDGE:
GI'm not asking Bbmuch from love..Gnot expecting Emmuch
from Clove.
CmIf just once BmI could Emwin, CI could Amfall in Gmlove aFgain.
#3.
BbmIn the end I know that I will always lose.
I have only one direction I can choose.
EbStay and let me Dm7treat her like the Ffool I am.
Dm7Have I got the Cmright to Bbcall myFself a man?
OUTRO:
Cause I'm a (Bbloser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) yes I am.
(loser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..
Cause I'm a (Bbloser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) yes I am.
(loser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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