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Song: I’m Losing You - Video Artist: John Lennon & Cheap Trick Album: Double Fantasy (Original Recording) Place: Hit Factory Studios, NYC, NY (1980) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yun9eirze7A; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Losing_You_%28John_Lennon_song%29; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fantasy; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3AUiCGqnk Tempo: 3|4 Tuning: Standard Style: Hard Rock: Partly struck chords, mixed with quick chord flourishes. Chords: EADGBe Am XX2210 C XX2010 G# XX6544 G XX5433 C* XX5553 F XX3211 F7 XX1211 E XX2100 E7 XX0100 CREDITS (Over): ‘John Lennon, I’m Losing You’. [Colour Video: ’REVOLVER TV’ watermark over all frames, throughout. Two camera streams of John Lennon’s guitar body whilst being played, and face at the end, interspersed with the black and white Cheap Trick video footage.] John Lennon: ”We’ll find each other, at the end of the lick. Ha-ha!” Audio Engineer: “Roll Audio” [The lead lick from ‘She’s A Woman' and a Bass line, is faintly heard.] [Clapper Board: Take - , Sound #9; John & Yoko, Roll #1; Jay Dubin, Job No. 8069.] INTRO: (Starts with, muted Snare Drum, double strike & Bass Drum tap) |Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am|(Morphing chords: Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) |Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am|(Morphing chords: Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) VERSE 1:
AmHere in some stranger's room, G#Late in the afternoon.G C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down) What am I doing here at all? E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) Ain't no doubt about it.
REFRAIN 1: Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you, Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you. VERSE 2:
AmSomehow the wires have crossed, G#Communication's lost.G C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down) Can't even get you on the telephone, E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) Just got to shout about it. (Ahh—hee-heh!)
REFRAIN 2: Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you, Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you. CHORUS [MIDDLE EIGHT]:(Piano intro)
CHere in the vGalley of indCecision, EI don't know what to do. Am E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) I feel you sliping away, Am E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) I feel you sliping aw-ay-ah-ae.
BRIDGE: E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) One-two-three-four, E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) One-two-three-four. E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) One-two… REFRAIN 3: Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you, Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you. VERSE 4:
AmYou say you’re not getting enough, G#But I remind you of all that bad stuff.G C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down) So what the hell am I supposed to do? Just put a bandaid on E/E7/E(Down/Down/Down)it?
REFRAIN 4: Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) And stop the bleeding now, Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) Stop the bleeding now. (Ooh-ooo-ooh!) INSTRUMENTAL: (Lead over) |Am G# G C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down) E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am| (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) VERSE 5:
AmI know I hurt you then, G#But that was way back when,G C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down) And well, do you still have to carry that cross? E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down) Don't want to hear about it.
REFRAIN 5: Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you, Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down) I'm losing you. (Ooh-ooo-ooh!) CODA: Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Riff Over) Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Riff Over)
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am(Riff Over & Fade)
[End] Notes: 1. ”…Lennon recorded an early demo version of "I'm Losing You" in July 1980. This version, part of which appeared on The Lost Lennon Tapes, was played on acoustic guitar with a drum machine, and Lennon overdubbed additional guitar and vocal parts. Producer Jack Douglas originally suggested that Lennon use Cheap Trick as the backing band to play on the song. A version was recorded on 12 August 1980 with Cheap Trick's guitarist Rick Nielsen and drummer Bun E. Carlos backing Lennon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3AUiCGqnk They also recorded a version of Yoko Ono's "I'm Moving On," which is a companion piece to "I'm Losing You.”…” 2. This version is based on the recently released by video by Revolver Records https://www.facebook.com/pages/Revolver-Records-Video/599329840151333, some 35 years after is raw recorded footage was taken at the Hit Factory, NYC, NY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hit_Factory. 3. ”The Cheap Trick version of "I'm Losing You" was included on the John Lennon Anthology collection released in 1998.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fantasy 4. This is how is sounds to my ear. As none of the versions out there, capture the manic guitar threshing that is depicted by John Lennon on his limited edition futuristic Sardonyx guitar http://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/1012/john-lennons-weirdest-guitar-the-sardonyx/49784, in the 1980 video.