G            C             D          G
I don't know how to keep a good thing
C            D     G
I've lost it all before
G     C          D           G
Had a sweet girl back awhile
C                          D
I walked right through her door
D      G     C      G
Out of town, out of state
C
Out of all she could see through
Em               D         C     G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em                D        G
But I know how to lose you

[Verse]
G        C         D             G
Down the hall, she turns off the lights
C      D          G
I left before the dawn
G       C         D        G 
No word said, not one tear shed
C                      D
But for a while you're gone
D               G              C    G
Then I'm neatly dressed, in my emptiness
C
Out on the bright avenue
Em               D         C     G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em                D        G
But I know how to lose you

[Bridge]
B7                          Em
You know the story, still I hope for myself
C                                G               D
Like a man who plays the lottery expecting great wealth
B7                                  Em              C
No regard for his mental state, his emotions or his health
C                                         D
Like this was all happening to some other version of himself

[Verse]
G      C      D      G
People see me on the street
C          D           G
They don't recall your name
G                 C          D    G
It's like they've never seen us before
C                   D
How well I hide the pain
D          G        C       G
And tip my hat, and crack a grin
C
And remark on a sky so blue
Em               D         C     G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em                D        G
But I know how to lose you

Em               D         C     G
Don't think I'll ever find love again
Em                D        G
But I know how to lose you