If I Lose It Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays484

If I Lose It by Charlie Simpson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords Gsus4, C, D, Cmaj7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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INTRO Gsus4 C 

VERSE
 
Gsus4                     C 
A camera smashed apart in my hand 
               Gsus4                       C 
microchips and memories falling through my fingers 
Gsus4                         C 
your head's cut and my arm is broken 
               Gsus4                 D 
there are para medics all around us now 


         C   Cmaj7              G 
so if I lose it, don't you lose me 
          C   Cmaj7              G 
and if i lose it, don't you lose me 

VERSE 

Gsus4                         C 
I've been hooked up to these machines 
                   Gsus4 
they are breathing for me and i've got words to say 
C               Gsus4   C   Gsus4    D 
maybe we should talk, talk, talk 

 
          C  Cmaj7               G 
And if i lose it, don't you lose me 
          C  Cmaj7               G 
And if i lose it, don't you lose me 
               G    C            G 
Don't you lose me, don't you lose me 

 D                 C 
Well we're holding on by the tips of our fingers 
               G                  D 
Praying that life keeps a hold of me 
            C 
As we look off we're just souls in the ether 
         G                D            D 
So far away from these microchips and memories 


C  


G                            C                       G 
I can't tell you what will happen to us as the days pass, please just stay 
     D 
with me 


          C  Cmaj7               G   D 
And if i lose it, don't you lose me 
          C  Cmaj7               G   D 
And if i lose it, don't you lose me 
          C  Cmaj7               G   D 
Well if i lose it, don't you lose me 
           C Cmaj7                   G 
Yeah, if i lose it, please don't lose me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante