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Kygo & OneRepublic – Lose Somebody Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Lose Somebody by Kygo & OneRepublic on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Gb Db Bbm Ab

[Verse 1]
Gb Db
It’s a classic “me” mistake
Bbm
Someone gives me love
Ab
And I throw it all away
Gb Db
Tell me have I gone insane?
Bbm Ab
Talkin’ to myself but I don’t know what to say

[Pre-Chorus]
Gb Ab Bbm
‘Cause you let go
Db Ab
And now I’m holdin’ on
Gb Ab Bbm
I guess you don’t know what you got
Ab
Until it’s gone

[Chorus]
Gb Db
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
Bbm Ab
Just to find out you really love someone
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Oh-oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah
Gb Db
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
Bbm Ab
Just to find out you really love someone
Gb Db
Oh-oh, yeah
Bbm Ab
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody

[Verse 2]
Gb Db
So don’t tell me it’s too late
Bbm
Hearts are made to bend
Ab
Baby, please don’t let me break, yeah
Gb Db
I knew I should’ve stayed
Bbm
‘Cause now you’re movin’ on
Ab
And I don’t know what to say

[Pre-Chorus]
Gb Ab Bbm
‘Cause you let go (Yeah, you let go)
Db Ab
And now I’m holdin’ on (I’m holdin’ on)
Gb Ab Bbm
I guess you don’t know what you got
Ab
Until it’s gone

[Post-Chorus]
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah

[Chorus]
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
Bbm Ab
Just to find out you really love someone
Gb Db Bbm Ab
Oh-oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah
Gb Db
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
Bbm Ab
Just to find out you really love someone
Gb Db
Oh-oh, yeah
Bbm Ab
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody

[Outro]
Gb Db Bbm Ab

Gb Db Bbm Ab

Gb Db Bbm Ab
You gotta lose some
You gotta lose somebody

How to play Lose Somebody: key, chords and progression

Lose Somebody by Kygo & OneRepublic is in the key of D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭). The song uses 4 chords: Gb, Db, Bbm and Ab.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Gb – Db – Bbm – Ab (IV – I – vi – V in D♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 6th fret and play the shapes C, G, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.