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The Losing End

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The Losing End (When you're on) chords *
G Gsus4  G Gsus4  G
I went Ginto town to see you yesterday
but you were not Dhome.Dsus4  D  Dsus4  D  
So I Amtalked to some old friends
for a while
before I wandered Goff aCloGne.
It's so Ghard for me now
But I'll make it someG7how,
Though I Cknow I'll never be the Cmsame.
Won't you ever change your Gways,
It's so hard to make love Epay
When you're on the losing Amend,
 DAnd I feel that way aGgaCinG.
Well, I Gmiss you more than ever,
since you've gone
I can hardly mainDtain.Dsus4  D  Dsus4  D  
Things are Amdifferent round here
every night,
my tears fall Gdown like CraiGn.
It's so Ghard for me now
But I'll make it someG7how,
Though I Cknow I'll never be the Cmsame.
Won't you ever change your Gways,
It's so hard to make love Epay
When you're on the losing Amend,
 DAnd I feel that way aGgaCinG.
G  D  Am  G C G
It's so Ghard for me now
But I'll make it someG7how,
Though I Cknow I'll never be the Cmsame.
Won't you ever change your Gways,
It's so hard to make love Epay
When you're on the losing Amend,
 DAnd I feel that way aGgaCinG.
G C G
Capo V
     G= D  
 Gsus4= Dsus4  
     D= A  
 Dsus4= Asus4  
    Cm= Gm  
    Am= Em  
     E= B  
     C= G  
    G7= D7  

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The Losing End

by Neil Young

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Gsus4

Dsus4

Asus4

The Losing End (When you're on) chords *

G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

I went into town to see you yesterday

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D

but you were not home.

So I talked to some old friends

for a while

G C G

before I wandered off alone.

It's so hard for me now

But I'll make it somehow,

C Cm

Though I know I'll never be the same.

Won't you ever change your ways,

It's so hard to make love pay

When you're on the losing end,

D G C G

And I feel that way again.

Well, I miss you more than ever,

since you've gone

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D

I can hardly maintain.

Things are different round here

every night,

G C G

my tears fall down like rain.

It's so hard for me now

But I'll make it somehow,

C Cm

Though I know I'll never be the same.

Won't you ever change your ways,

It's so hard to make love pay

When you're on the losing end,

D G C G

And I feel that way again.

G D Am G C G

It's so hard for me now

But I'll make it somehow,

C Cm

Though I know I'll never be the same.

Won't you ever change your ways,

It's so hard to make love pay

When you're on the losing end,

D G C G

And I feel that way again.

G C G

Capo V

G D

Gsus4 Dsus4

D A

Dsus4 Asus4

Cm Gm

Am Em

E B

C G

G7 D7

About The Losing End Chords by Neil Young

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What key is "The Losing End" in?

The chords for "The Losing End" show the original chord names (including G, Gsus4, D, Dsus4, Am, C). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.