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Bryan Adams – Sometimes You Lose Before You Win on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG Am D EmD/F#C

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[Intro]
 G   G

[Verse 1]
         G
If you try to run,
before you crawl
    G
As sure as hell,
you’re gonna fall
    Am
So take your time,
      D
 to breathe again
            Em
Just let it out, and
       D/F#
let it in
      G
Your life can be,
a merry go
  G
Around and round,
and before you know
        Am
You’re back to where
       D
 you start again
          Em
So let it out,
            D/F#
and let it in

[Chorus]
              G
You’re gonna fall with the
    C         Am         D
grace of a cannonball
              G
You’re gonna rise like
    C            Am     D
a tide above it all
            G              C
You gotta play, play your hand,
      D              Em
 or die where you stand
               C      D
Sometimes you fail before
        Em
you begin
               C      D
Sometimes you lose before
     G     D    C
 you win

[Verse 2]
     G
You gotta try to
 live your life
    G
A quarter mile at a time
           Am
Hear the starting gun
      D
 and you begin
          Em
To let it out,
            D/F#
 and let it in

[Chorus]
              G
You’re gonna run like the
  C     Am       D
 river runs deep
               G            C
You’re gonna blow like the wind,
            Am      D
wind of change
           Em              C
You gotta find, find the spark,
       D             Em
 that lights up the dark
               C
Sometimes you fail
    D          Em
before you begin
               C
Sometimes you lose
     D        G
 before you win

[Solo]
G   C   Am   D   2x

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[Bridge]
            G              C
You gotta play, play your hand,
      D              Em
 or die where you stand
               C      D
Sometimes you fail before
        Em
you begin
               C      D
Sometimes you lose before
      G
 you win

[Chorus]
              G
You’re gonna run like the
   C     Am       D
river runs deep
               G            C
You’re gonna blow like the wind,
           Am      D
 wind of change
           Em              C
You gotta find, find the spark,
        D             Em
 that lights up the dark
               C      D          Em
Sometimes you fail before you begin
               C      D        G
Sometimes you lose before you win
               C      D        G
Sometimes you lose before you win

[End]
C  D   G   G   G   G

How to play Sometimes You Lose Before You Win: key, chords and progression

These are Sometimes You Lose Before You Win chords by Bryan Adams on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Sometimes You Lose Before You Win by Bryan Adams sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: G, Am, D, Em, D/F# and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Em – C – D (V – vi – IV – V in G major). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.