Loser                                                               115bpm

 

First performance: February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y. "Loser" appeared in the first set between "Hurts Me Too" and the first "Greatest Story Ever Told." Other firsts in the show included "Bertha", "Johnny B. Goode," "Playing in the Band," and "Wharf Rat." It remained in the repertoire thereafter.

 


 

Am    G     C      D

C       Em  Am

Am   C      G      Em   D   

C      Em   Am   G      Am

If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn,

I could arm a town the size of Abilene.

Don't you push me baby, cause I'm moaning low

And you know I'm only in it for the gold.

 

All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars

And I could pay you back with one good hand

You can look around about the wide world over

And you'll never find another honest man.

 

Last fair deal in the country, Sweet Suzie,

Last fair deal in the town

Put your gold money where your love is baby,

Before you let my deal go down, go down.

 

Don't you push me baby, cause I'm moaning low

Well I know a little something you won't ever know

Don't you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee

I'm gonna get up in the morning and go.

 

Everybody bragging' and drinkin' that wine

I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines

Come to daddy on the inside straight,

And I got no chance of losin' this time

Got no chance of losin' this time

Got no chance of losin' this time, this time.


 

 

 


Loser

VVCVVLCV

     

 

|-Intro---------|---x--0----------------------|

|---------------|---x--1----------------------|

|---------------|---x--2----------------------|

|---1/2-0-1p0---|---x--2----------1/2-0-1p0---|

|-------------3-|-0-----------0-------------3-|

|---------------|---------0h3-----------------|

 

 

| Am  /// | G  /// | C  /// | D  /// |   %  |

| C  ///    |Em /// |Am///|   %    |

| Am  /// | C  / G / | Em  /// | D /// |   %  | 

 (play 2 times during 4th verse only and then go to coda from here)

||  C  /  Em  /| Am  / G  /| Am  / / /|      %     :|| 

1. If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn,

|-------|

|--3--3-|

|--1--1-|

|--3--3-|

|-------|

|--Bdim-|

I could arm a town the size of Abilene.

Don't you push me baby, cause I'm moaning low

|---------------7--|----------------------|

|-1-------------8--|---3--1--3---3-3-1-3--|

|-0--4--5--7----9--|---2--2--2---2-2-2-2--|

|-2--5--7--9----9--|-0-0--0--0------------|

|-3-----------7----|----------------------|

|-C-----G-----Em---|-D--------------------|

And you know I'm only in it for the gold.

|-Bob-------|-Jerry--------|

|-----------|--------------|

|-----------|-----------2--|

|-----5h6h7-|-2-1p0--------|

|-6h7-------|-------3p0----|

|-pm------Am|--------------|

 

|------------------5-5-5--|

|-1-1--3--5--3--1--5-5-5--|

|-2-2--1--5--1--2---------|

|-2-2--3--7--3--2---------|

|-------------------------|

|-JB-2-21-03--------------|

 

 


2. All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars

And I could pay you back with one good hand  (Drum build)

You can look around about the wide world over

|--------------------|
|-3--1--3---3-3-1-3--|
|-2--2--2---2-2-2-2--|
|-0--0--0------------|
|--------------------|

|-D------------------|

And you'll never find another honest man.

|---------------|---------------------------|-G-|

|---------------|---------------------1-----|---|
|-----2-2-2p0---|-0h2-2-2p0---2-2p0-----2p0-|---|
|-1/2---------2-|-----------2-------2-------|---|
|---------------|---------------------------|---|
|-----Am--------|---------------------------|-3-|                           

Chorus 1                                                                   3x

||  G ///| D ///| A ///|  %   :|| 


Last fair deal in the country, [Sweet Suzie],


|-Suzie-----------|-G-|

|-----------------|---|

|-------------2---|---| or

|-5p4p2-----------|---|

|-------5-3h4---0-|---|

|-A---------------|-3-|

|-----9-7--------|
|---------10-8---|
|-8/9----------9-|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|

 

Last fair deal in the town


|---------------|
|---------------|
|-5-4-2-----2-2-| or
|-------5-2-2-2-|
|---------------|

|---------------|

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------2/3\2-0-----0-0-|
|-0-2p0---------2p0-----|

Put your gold money where your love is baby,


 

||  C / Em /| Am  / G /| D ///|  %  |

Before you let my deal go down,

 

 

 

 
|--------------------|
|-3--1--3---3-3-1-3--|
|-2--2--2---2-2-2-2--|
|-0--0--0------------|
|--------------------|

|-D------------------|


|Am  ///|  %  |

go down.

|-Am--------------------------------o----o---o--o---| o=harmonics
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-down-----------------------------------------(7)--|
|--------------------10---------------------(7)-----|
|--------------10-12----12p10----------(12)---------|

|--------10/12----------------12-0-(12)-------------|


 

3. Don't you push me baby,

|---------------C-|

|-----------------|

|-4b5r4-----------|

|-------5---------|

|---------5-0-2-3-|

|-----------------|

cause I'm moaning low

Well I know a little something you won't ever know     (Drum build)

|-------5------------|

|--------------------|

|---7b9---7p5--------|

|-------------7-5p7--|

|--------------------|

|--------------------|

Don't you touch hard li-quor, just a cup of cold coffee

Gonna get [wake] up in the morning and go.

 

|-Bob-------|-Jerry--------|

|-----------|--------------|

|-----------|-----------2--|

|-----5h6h7-|-2-1p0--------|

|-6h7-------|-------3p0----|

|-pm------Am|--------------|

 

4. Everybody bragging' and drinkin' that wine

I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines      (Drum build)

|-way-she-shines------------------------------|-Am--|
|----------------1-0--------------------------|-----|
|--------------------2-0-2------2-------------|-----|
|---------------------------1/2---2\1p0-------|-----|
|---------------------------------------3p0---|--0--|

|-Am----------------------------------------3-|-----|

Come to dad-dy on an inside straight,

|--------------------|
|-3--1--3---3-3-1-3--|
|-2--2--2---2-2-2-2--|
|-0--0--0------------|
|--------------------|

|-D------------------|

Well I got no chance of losin' this time

Got no chance of losin' this time

Got no chance of losin' this time.

 

 


Lead = 2 x Verse   Follows 3x “got no chance”

1| Am  /// | G ///   | C  /// | D ///| % |
2| C  ///  | Em ///  | Am  ///|  %   |
3| Am  /// | C / G / | Em  ///| D ///| % |
4| C / Em /| Am / G /| Am /// |  %  :|  into G “Last bad deal”

 

Lead

|-Intro------------------------------|----------7--------------7-|
|---------------------------8-9-(10)-|-10-10-10---10-8-8--8-10---|
|--------------7-----7-8-9-----------|---------------------------|
|-7-9-10--9-10----10-----------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|

|------------------------------------|-Am------------G-----------|

 

|-8-10b12r10-8-10---|-------15----------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-15b17----15b17--15b17---15-13-|-15-13-----|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------14--|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|

|-C-------------D---|-C---------------Em------------|-Am--------|

 

|-------------------------------|-12---15-12-----|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-13------12--15-|-12b15r12--10----|
|-------12----------------------|-------------12-|--------------12-|
|-12/14----14\12-10-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------12-10h11h12-|----------------|-----------------|

|-Am----------------------------|--Am -----C---G-|-Em--------------|

 

|----------10------8-----7-----5-|----------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------|-----7------5-----3-----1-1-|
|----10/11----11\9---9\7---7\5---|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5/7----7\5---5p4---4\2-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|

|-D------------------------------|----------------------------|

 

|-----8----7----------------------|--------------------------|-----|
|-------8----8-------10-------8---|---------------------8-9--|-10--|
|-8/9----------9--------9-------7-|-------------5-7-8/9------|-----|
|----------------9/10-----8/9-----|-------5-6-7--------------|-----|
|---------------------------------|-5-6-7--------------------|-----|

|-C--------Em-----Am------G-------|-Am-----------------------|-----|

 


Chorus  2

 

(Repeat 4th Verse Coda)

Everybody bragging' and drinkin' that wine

I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines

Come to daddy on the inside straight,

And I got no chance of losin' this time

Got no chance of losin' this time

Got no chance of losin' this time, this time.

 

| Am  / Em  /| Am  / Em  /|D  ///| Asus2  ///|

|---7-----12--|
|--10-----12--|
|---9—or--9--|
|--10-----10--|
|---0---------|
|-Asus2-------|