If I Lose

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Ralph Stanley

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                               F
I never thought I'd need you but now I find I'm wrong
G7                           F         C
Come on back sweet mama back where you belong
F
I've rambled over town to find that I can't win
G7                          C
Come on back and pick me up again

Chorus

G7                                            C
Now if I lose (if I lose) let me lose (let me lose)
G7                                     C
I don't care (I don't care) how much I lose
F
If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime
G7                              C
My baby she's got money all the time

Verse 3

F
Of all the other gals I've known there's none to take your place
G7                               F                 C
Cause when I get into a jam they just ain't in the race
F
So now that you're back here let's take another round
G7                                                   C
With you here by my side babe the deal just can't go down

Chorus

G7                                            C
Now if I lose (if I lose) let me lose (let me lose)
G7                                     C
I don't care (I don't care) how much I lose
F
If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime
G7                              C
My baby she's got money all the time

Chorus

G7                                            C
Now if I lose (if I lose) let me lose (let me lose)
G7                                     C
I don't care (I don't care) how much I lose
F
If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm tryin' to win a dime
G7                              C
My baby she's got money all the time