How Can You Lose What You Never Had Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays519

How Can You Lose What You Never Had by Elvis Presley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, E, A, G, Gbm and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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Intro: D E A D G D 

#1. 
D           E     A              D   G D 
How can you lose, what you never had.. 
D        E     A                D   G D 
I tell myself, when I'm feeling sad. 

Bridge: 
D                  G 
You don't have the right to cry, you  
         Gbm      B 
believed your own lie. 
E                            A 
It's your fault because, you thought  
G    Gbm     A 
that she was yours. 

#2. 
D             E     A             D    G D 
Think it over once, think it over twice. 
D              E     A      D      G D 
I wish I could take, my own advice. 

Bridge: 
  D      G 
I know I should be glad, why does it  
Gbm     B 
hurt so bad? 
            E     A              D   G D 
How can you lose, what you never had? 


INTERLUDE: D E A D G D 

Bridge: 
D                  G 
You don't have the right to cry, you  
         Gbm      B 
believed your own lie. 
E                            A 
It's your fault because, you thought  
G    Gbm     A 
that she was yours. 

#3. 
D             E     A             D    G D 
Think it over once, think it over twice. 
D              E     A      D      G D 
I wish I could take, my own advice. 

Bridge: 
  D      G 
I know I should be glad, why does it  
Gbm     B 
hurt so bad? 
            E     A              D   G D 
How can you lose, what you never had? 


OUTRO: 
D           E    A              D   G D 
How can you lose what you never had?  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante