Song: I’m Losing You - Video
Artist: John Lennon & Cheap Trick
Album: Double Fantasy (Original Recording)
Place: Hit Factory Studios, NYC, NY (1980)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yun9eirze7A;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Losing_You_%28John_Lennon_song%29;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fantasy;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3AUiCGqnk
Tempo: 3|4
Tuning: Standard
Style: Hard Rock: Partly struck chords, mixed with quick chord flourishes.
Chords: EADGBe
Am XX2210
C XX2010
G# XX6544
G XX5433
C* XX5553
F XX3211
F7 XX1211
E XX2100
E7 XX0100
CREDITS (Over): ‘John Lennon, I’m Losing You’.
[Colour Video: ’REVOLVER TV’ watermark over all frames, throughout. Two camera streams of John Lennon’s
guitar body whilst being played, and face at the end, interspersed with the black and white Cheap Trick
video footage.]
John Lennon: ”We’ll find each other, at the end of the lick. Ha-ha!”
Audio Engineer: “Roll Audio”
[The lead lick from ‘She’s A Woman' and a Bass line, is faintly heard.]
[Clapper Board: Take - , Sound #9; John & Yoko, Roll #1; Jay Dubin, Job No. 8069.]
INTRO: (Starts with, muted Snare Drum, double strike & Bass Drum tap)
|Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am|(Morphing chords: Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
|Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am|(Morphing chords: Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
VERSE 1:
Am
Here in some stranger's room,
G# G
Late in the afternoon.
C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down)
What am I doing here at all?
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
Ain't no doubt about it.
REFRAIN 1:
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you,
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you.
VERSE 2:
Am
Somehow the wires have crossed,
G# G
Communication's lost.
C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down)
Can't even get you on the telephone,
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
Just got to shout about it. (Ahh—hee-heh!)
REFRAIN 2:
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you,
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you.
CHORUS [MIDDLE EIGHT]:(Piano intro)
C G C
Here in the valley of indecision,
E
I don't know what to do.
Am E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
I feel you sliping away,
Am E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
I feel you sliping aw-ay-ah-ae.
BRIDGE:
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
One-two-three-four,
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
One-two-three-four.
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
One-two…
REFRAIN 3:
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you,
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you.
VERSE 4:
Am
You say you’re not getting enough,
G# G
But I remind you of all that bad stuff.
C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down)
So what the hell am I supposed to do?
E/E7/E(Down/Down/Down)
Just put a bandaid on it?
REFRAIN 4:
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
And stop the bleeding now,
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
Stop the bleeding now. (Ooh-ooo-ooh!)
INSTRUMENTAL: (Lead over)
|Am
G# G
C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down)
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am| (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
VERSE 5:
Am
I know I hurt you then,
G# G
But that was way back when,
C* F/F7/F F/F7/F (Down/Down/Down)
And well, do you still have to carry that cross?
E/E7/E (Down/Down/Down)
Don't want to hear about it.
REFRAIN 5:
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you,
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Down/Up/Down/Up/Down)
I'm losing you. (Ooh-ooo-ooh!)
CODA:
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Riff Over)
Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am (Riff Over)
Am/C/Am/C[/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am Am/C/Am/C/Am](Riff Over & Fade)
[End]
Notes:
1. ”…Lennon recorded an early demo version of "I'm Losing You" in July 1980. This version, part of which
appeared on The Lost Lennon Tapes, was played on acoustic guitar with a drum machine, and Lennon overdubbed
additional guitar and vocal parts.
Producer Jack Douglas originally suggested that Lennon use Cheap Trick as the backing band to play on the
song. A version was recorded on 12 August 1980 with Cheap Trick's guitarist Rick Nielsen and drummer
Bun E. Carlos backing Lennon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3AUiCGqnk They also recorded a version of
Yoko Ono's "I'm Moving On," which is a companion piece to "I'm Losing You.”…”
2. This version is based on the recently released by video by Revolver Records
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Revolver-Records-Video/599329840151333, some 35 years after is raw recorded
footage was taken at the Hit Factory, NYC, NY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hit_Factory.
3. ”The Cheap Trick version of "I'm Losing You" was included on the John Lennon Anthology collection
released in 1998.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Fantasy
4. This is how is sounds to my ear. As none of the versions out there, capture the manic guitar threshing
that is depicted by John Lennon on his limited edition futuristic Sardonyx guitar
http://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/1012/john-lennons-weirdest-guitar-the-sardonyx/49784, in the 1980 video.
