The Loser:Gary Lewis And the Playboys.
#43 on BB Hot 100 on LIBERTY Records
in 1967.
INTRO: Bb Bbm Bb
#1.
Bbm
Have I got the right to call myself a man?
Bb Bbm Bb
Or will I go livin' up to my name again?
Eb F Bb C F
When I get the chance to love I let it pass.
Eb C Bb F
It's not the first I lost and it won't be the last.
CHORUS:
Bb
Cause I'm a (loser) with a broken heart..
Eb
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) and the loser
Bb
is my name.
#2.
Bbm
Let 'em use my heart just like a stepping stone.
Bb Bbm Bb
And when it's torn apart I feel so all alone.
Eb F Bb F
Feelin' sorry for myself is all I do.
Eb F Bb F
Things don't ever turn out like I want 'em to.
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CHORUS:
Bb
Cause I'm a (loser) with a broken heart..
Eb
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) and the loser
Bb
is my name.
BRIDGE:
G Bb G Em
I'm not asking much from love..not expecting much
C
from love.
Cm Bm Em C Am Gm F
If just once I could win, I could fall in love again.
#3.
Bbm
In the end I know that I will always lose.
I have only one direction I can choose.
Eb Dm7 F
Stay and let me treat her like the fool I am.
Dm7 Cm Bb F
Have I got the right to call myself a man?
OUTRO:
Bb
Cause I'm a (loser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) yes I am.
(loser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..
Bb
Cause I'm a (loser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(loser) yes I am.
(loser) with a broken heart..
(loser)..tearin' me apart..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.