### "Losing Lisa" by Ben Folds ### Taken from "Rockin' The Suburbs" (c) 2001 Epic Records/Sony Music ### Transcribed by Randy Williams (foobar at netho dot net) ### Version on the album is performed at appx. 126bpm ### Paranthetic reference (C Dm) in chorus are done as eighth beat chords ### Listen to the recording to get the feel for it, or leave em off :) ### This is my 1st submission to OLGA, and is all my own. Hope you like it ### Starts with G, repeated for 8 beats

^GThe lights are ^Foff again ^C She took me ^Gby surprise She's so ^Fsensitive ^C This shit just ^Ghappens sometimes She's my ^Feverything ^C She's my best ^Gfriend and more We don't do ^Fanything ^C We didn't ^Gdo the day Be^Ffore you go You ^Emoughta know That I didn't^Eb mean to hurt you, I just ^Dsus4wanted you to ^Dknow

###1st chorus

^GBlack tears are ^Ffalling down her ^Cface Bb C Dm (C Dm) And I am wrong G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm) Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm) She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone ^BbBlack tears ^Care ^Dmfalling, falling^G

###2nd verse

^GRemember ^Flong ago ^C Together ^Glaughing, loving Oh so ^Flong ago ^C When we were ^Gbuying something Life was ^Fsimple then ^C But she's not ^Ghappy now, and I Don't feel ^Fanything ^C Her lips are ^Gmoving I am ^Fmesmerised By ^Emtiny lies I'm ^Ebwatching as the shapes are drawing ^Dsus4slowly from her ^Deyes

###2nd chorus

^GBlack tears are ^Ffalling down her ^Cface Bb C Dm (C Dm) And I am wrong

G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm) Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done G F C Bb C Dm (C Dm) She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone

^BbBlack tears ^Care ^Dmfalling, fall^Cing ^BbBlack tears ^Care ^Dmfalling, fall^Cing ^Dsus4 ^D

### Bridge

^Am7 Losing Lisa ^D ^Am7 Losing Lisa ^D ^F Losing Lisa

And there's ^Dsus4nothing I can ^Ddo ^Dsus4 ^D ###10-bar piano solo - chords same as 1st chorus, repeated twice

^GBlack tears are ^Ffalling, falling (^Cooh ^Bbooh) ^GBlack tears are ^Ffalling, falling (^Cooh ^Bbooh) ^GBlack tears are ^Ffalling, falling (^Cooh ^Bbooh) ^GBlack tears are ^Ffalling, falling (^Cooh ^Bb/Fooh)

Ben Folds - Losing lisa