I Know How To Lose You Chords
by John Hiatt
I Know How To Lose You by John Hiatt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G C D G
I don't know how to keep a good thing
C D G
I've lost it all before
G C D G
Had a sweet girl back awhile
C D
I walked right through her door
D G C G
Out of town, out of state
C
Out of all she could see through
Em D C G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em D G
But I know how to lose you
G C D G
Down the hall, she turns off the lights
C D G
I left before the dawn
G C D G
No word said, not one tear shed
C D
But for a while you're gone
D G C G
Then I'm neatly dressed, in my emptiness
C
Out on the bright avenue
Em D C G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em D G
But I know how to lose you
B7 Em
You know the story, still I hope for myself
C G D
Like a man who plays the lottery expecting great wealth
B7 Em C
No regard for his mental state, his emotions or his health
C D
Like this was all happening to some other version of himself
G C D G
People see me on the street
C D G
They don't recall your name
G C D G
It's like they've never seen us before
C D
How well I hide the pain
D G C G
And tip my hat, and crack a grin
C
And remark on a sky so blue
Em D C G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em D G
But I know how to lose you
Em D C G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em D G
But I know how to lose you