Born to Lose

Written by Ted Daffan

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Verse 1

F    G7 C         F        G7      C    C7
Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
      F                         C
Every dream has only brought me pain
G7     C         C7             F
All my life I've always been so blue
        G7                      C
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Verse 2

F    G7 C       F        G7      C   C7
Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
      F                       C
How I long to always have you near
G7           C         C7                F
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
        G7                      C
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Verse 3

F    G7  C      F     G7      C   C7
Born to lose my every hope is gone
        F                     C
It's so hard to face an empty dawn
G7       C          C7       F
You were all the happiness I knew
        G7                      C
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Verse 4

F       G7 C               G7    C
There's no use to dream of happiness
C7    F                 C
All I see is only loneliness
G7     C         C7             F
All my life I've always been so blue
        G7                      C
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
        G7                      C
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
Recorded by: Eddy Arnold (1972), Mac Wiseman (1980)

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