I Know How To Lose You(Chords)

	        

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 

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 

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 

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
	        

Written by John Hiatt