Sep282024

Rex Orange County – Lost For Words Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Refrain]
G            Em7
 I'm lost for words
Am
 I'm in the backseat
 and
  D             G
I wish I wasn't me
            Em7  Am7
 I don't deserve,
 some of
the words I'm hearing
 D7
 Some of the people
        G7
on the street
          C
 I don't deserve



[Verse 1]
 F#
 And I never get it
G               E7
right I know, babe
            Am7
 I always do my best
       D7
you know
 But I only have
   G
it all
 C#m  Gm  F#
 Oh, oh-oh
      Bm7     E7
 Na-na-na-na-na
 Am7 Cm  G
 Oh, oh-oh

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[Refrain]
          Em
 Lost for words
Am7
 I'm in the
backseat and I
D             G
wish I wasn't me
           Em7
 I don't deserve


[Verse 2]
Am7
 Baby the options
 I get
D
 Play through
 them all
      G7
right now
 'Cause I'm out
      C
of my mind
D
 I'll go insane
if I don't
G                E7
see you this time
 I swear to God, I
Am7     D7
love you
 And I show you
      G
every time
            Am
 But do you see
it, girl?
 F#7
 Do you see in
Bm7
my mind?
E7   Am7  Cm
 Oh, oh-oh

[Refrain]
G
 I'm in the
backseat and I
Em            G
wish I wasn't me
           C
 I don't deserve


[Verse 3]
Bm
 All of the things
 you're saying
C
 Please give me a
             Bm
break, a day off
 There's something
       C
in the air
G
 I'm not sure
if you're
         Em
 feeling pleased
or scared
D
 But I'm right
here and
Cmaj7          Bm
I'm holding you
           C
 Let me do it,
       Bm
let me do, oh
           C
 Let me do it,
       C#dim
let me do, it
F#7
 Let me do it,
Bm  E7  Am7      G
it, it, it, woah-oh
 Yeah, oh, yeah, oh



[Refrain]
              Em7
 I'm lost for words
Am
 I'm in the backseat
 and I
D    D7       G
wish I wasn't me
             Em7
 I don't deserve


[Verse 4]
Am7
 All of the demons
that
    D7
I'm facing each
 night
           G
 And in my sleep,
G7
I'm lost inside
C
the world
D/F#
 And I never
get it
G
right, I'm concerned
E7            Am7
 Everyone's alone
with me,
G#7
they're against the
         G
things I say

[Outro]
        C#m
 Let me do it
F#7   Bm  E7
      oh
Am   Cm7   A7 G
oh   woah  oh   yeah

Watch: Rex Orange County - Lost For Words (Audio)

From RexOrangeCountyVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Lost For Words: key, chords and progression

Lost For Words by Rex Orange County keeps coming home to A minor (no sharps or flats). You need 23 chords: G, Em7, Am, D, Am7, D7, G7, C, F#, E7, C#m and Gm and 11 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Em7 – Am – D (VII – v7 – i – IV in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F#, C#m, Gm, Bm7 and Cm are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.