Every loser wins (1986)    (video)

 

    C - F - G - C   - Am - G     - F - G - G7

 

                        C                 G                       F                   C

1. We nearly made it, we nearly found the perfect combination,

            G                             F                           C

    the road was right, we must have read the signs wrong,

Am                   F              - Am - F - G

    and now it's all gone.

 

                         C                   G                     F                     C

2. But if we'd made it, could we be sure that it was for the better ?

       G                            F                             C

    Who could say we would have stayed together ?

Am                 F           - Am            F            G

    Nothing is certain,            in a changing world.

 

  C                 F      G                           C

Every loser wins, once the dream begins,

Am                    G    - F                           G

    in time we'll see,         fate holds the key.

        C                    F            G                    C

And every loser knows, the light eternal shows,

Am                    G     - F                                  Dm      - G

    will shine on you,          and all those who knew,

                    C

we nearly made it.

 

      G                   F                             C

    Suddenly we seemed to stop and lose our way,

G                  F                        C

    but did it really matter anyway ?

Am                     F                                   Dm        G

    For that was yesterday, and we must live for now, ‘cause

 

+ CHORUS    + F - G - C

 

                             D                 F                           C

    Stand up and count me, I know you're on my side,

Am                       G      - F                            Dm       - G7

    shine down on me,        and those who believe -

      - - - - - - - -    C           - F - G - C

    that we can make it.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)   (Nick Berry)