Evie - Part III (I'm Losing You)
Written by Harry Vanda and George Young
4 beats per chord symbols with * character
\ = 4 beats are licks outlined below
` = 2 beats
[Intro]
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
When
[Verse]
C#m\
I woke this morning, I was king of the world
Amaj7\
Longing to know if we'd a boy or a girl
F#m\
Yes, I had a feeling as proud as any man could ever
C#m7* C#m7*
Hope to be
[Verse]
C#m\
Without any warning I don't know where I am
Amaj7\
It seems so unreal that I just can't understand that
F#m\
Each passin' minute the one that I love is slippin'
C#m7* B*
away from me
[Chorus]
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you (oh ow)
F#mLosing you (yeah) B7sus4losing you (uh ooh)
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you (losing)
F#m C#m7* C#m7*
Losing you, I'm losing you there's
[Verse]
C#m\
There's no need to worry, I can still hear them say
(still hear
Amaj7\
One's born ev'ry minute, ev'ry hour, ev'ry day
them say) (ev-er
F#m\
So just you relax, take the weight off your back
-y day)
C#m7* C#m7*
There's nothing you can do
[Verse]
C#m\
For how could they know this simple thing could go wrong
(could go
Amaj7\
Just once in a million it just happens along
so wrong) (happens
F#m\
I can't understand it, I can't think at all
a-long)
C#m7* B*
I don't know what to do
[Chorus]
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you (yeah yeah)
F#mLosing you (woh-oh) B7sus4losing you (ow weah)
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you (oh woah)
F#mLosing you, I'm
[Interlude]
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
Losing you oh woh-oh
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah__________
[Bridge]
A(E-bass) E*
I can't believe this is happenin'
A(E-bass) E*
I can't believe this is real
A(E-bass) E*
I don't believe I can take anymore
F#m7 G#7sus4` G#7`
Oh, I can't carry on, no, I can't carry on
[Verse]
C#m\
If I had the faith, well, I'd go down on my knees
Amaj7\
Won't somebody help me, won't somebody please
F#m\
So tell me I'm sleeping, just tell me I'm dreaming
C#m7* C#m7*
I'll wake up again
[Solo]
C#m\ Amaj7\
F#m\ C#m7* B*
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you
F#mLosing you, B7sus4losing you
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you
F#mLosing you, G#7sus4losing you (yeah-eah well)
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you (yeah)
F#mLosing you, B7sus4losing you
BeEfore I know it I'm Amaj7losing you
F#mLosing you
[Interlude]
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
Losing you
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah____________________
(losing you, aagh, losing you)
[Outro] (four times ending on G#7 with cacophonous breakdown)
C#m* \ G#7sus4 G#7
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah____________________
(aagh, losing you, aagghhh, yeah)
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CHORDS:
C#m G#7sus4 G#7 Amaj7 Amaj7 F#m EB7(4) A E* Aand E* make a
e|--4-----4-------4-----0------4-----2----0----2-----0---0--| jangly sound in
B|--5-----4-------4-----2------5-----2----0----4(5)--5---5--| the bridge with
G|--6-----6-------5-----1------6-----2----1----2-----6---4--| open 1st string
D|--6-----4-------4-----2------6-----4----2----4-----7---6--| doubled on the
A|--4-----6-------6-----0------0-----4----2----2-----7---7--| 2nd string
E|--------4-------4------------------2----0----------5---0--|
The second voicing of Amaj7 has the high third but loses the low fifth.
Suggest high voicing in the verse, low voicing in the chorus.
PASSING CHORDS:
A suspension occurs on Beat 1 (syncopated)
Played thus:
F#m1 2 3 4 B7sus4+ 1 B72 3 4
F#m1 2 3 4 G#7sus4+ 1 G#72 3 4
LICKS:
C#m* Bassline is doubled on lead guitar
/ \ = position shift - slide ready to pick on the beat
C#m1 2 e + 3 4 e + 1 2 e + 3 4 e + a
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------1-------1-1-----|/2-------2-2-----4-------4-4--/6-|
A|-4-------4-4---------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#7sus41 2 3 4 e + a G#71 2 3 e + a 4 +
G|---------------------------------|-----------------4---------------|
D|(6)------------------------4---4-|-6-----------------6--\4-----2---|
A|-----------------------------6---|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#m7* When this lick is repeated the bass plays E on beat 1
(err... except at the end of the first chorus)
The piano hits an out of key G natural first time!
C#m1 2 e + C#m7a 3 + 4 e +
e|-4-------4-4---4====-4-----4-4---|
B|-5-------5-5---5====-5-----5-5---|
G|-6-------6-6---4====-6-----6-6---|
D|-6-------6-6---6====-6-----6-6---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
C# C# B C# C#-bass
E (2.)
B*
B1 Bsus42 B3 + a 4 e +
e|---------------------------------|
B|-4-------5-------4---4-4-4-4-4---|
G|-4-------4-------4---4-4-4-4-4---|
D|-4-------4-------4---4-4-4-4-4---|
A|-2-------2-------2---------------|
E|---------------------------------|
B B B C# E C#-bass
D# E F# G#-lead guitar
Leaving the capo at the fourth fret after Part II an effective
arrangement of this song can be performed in the key of Am/C.
Waynus Of Uranus
April 2005