The songbook / Loose songs
Love in Vain
- Key
- D
- Play it
- C shapes, capo 2
- Tempo
- 93 BPM
- Words & music
- Wes Ellis
- C
- G/B
- Am
- C/G
- F
- G
Tap any chord in the song to see its shape. The boxes are drawn right-handed; Lefty flips them, which is how I actually play. Use − and + to move the whole song into a key that suits your voice, or tap Capo 2 to see the real chords with no capo.
Transposed. The chord names and boxes have moved; any tab on this page is still written for the original key.
A boy of 19 went to his first strip club
For his best friend's birthday
He also found out,
What kind of work his girlfriend does
Wife waits at home for her man out at sea
And on the 6th month, a doorbell rings.
When she opens the door for a folded flag
Her husband behind her is just laughing out loud.
You're in all day, and when you go out it rains
And you get to go to work, while they play games
Screw my life, just go away
Leave a little faith for better days
And they say, you can't win for losing, losing
Who's to say, that you'll never win, for losing… for losing.
Just smile, in a hundred years, we'll all be dead
Words and music © Wes Ellis. All rights reserved. Play it, sing it, learn it; just don't pass it off as yours.