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Born To Lose

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Bmajor

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1/12

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 12Position: 5

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[Intro]
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-4---5-5-5-5-5-4----|
E|-------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
B5Well, that's just the way it goes
E5This city is so cold
B5And I'm ... I'm so sold
E5That's why I know (I say hit it)
[Chorus]
F#5Born to loB5se
F#5Born to loB5se
F#5Born to loB5se
G5Baby I waA5s born to B5lose
[Verse 2]
Nothing to do
And nothing to say
Only one thing that I know
It's the only way ... I said hit it!
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Living in a jungle
It ain't so hard
But living in the city
It'll eat out ... eat out your heart (I said hey)
[Chorus]
Born to lose (I said hit it
Born to lose (I said hit it)
Born to lose
Baby I was born to lose
Baby I was born to lose
Baby I was born to lose
Baby I was born to…
[Solo Chords]
    B5        E5x4
Play Chorus 3 or 4 times and finish

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Born To Lose

by Johnny Thunders

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#5

[Intro]

e|-------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------|

D|----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------|

A|--5-5-5-5-5-4---5-5-5-5-5-4----|

E|-------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

Well, that's just the way it goes

This city is so cold

And I'm ... I'm so sold

That's why I know (I say hit it)

[Chorus]

F#5 B5

Born to lose

F#5 B5

Born to lose

F#5 B5

Born to lose

G5 A5 B5

Baby I was born to lose

[Verse 2]

Nothing to do

And nothing to say

Only one thing that I know

It's the only way ... I said hit it!

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

Living in a jungle

It ain't so hard

But living in the city

It'll eat out ... eat out your heart (I said hey)

[Chorus]

Born to lose (I said hit it

Born to lose (I said hit it)

Born to lose

Baby I was born to lose

Baby I was born to…

[Solo Chords]

B5 E5

Play Chorus 3 or 4 times and finish

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