Barely Losing


Barely Losing by Richmond Fontaine From the album Post To Wire Tabbed by Ken Bain A very simple but lovely song. This version was used to record the MP3 uploaded to http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/BlueLaguna/ The accompaniment is a basic strumming pattern in pairs of bars (4/4 time) Intro: D - G - Em - C - D [D]A three day vacation [G] [Em]Three days away [C] [D] The turf club race book [G] and I'm barely losing [Em] while you're sitting next to me [C]laughing and I'm barely losing [D] Souvenirs we are buying [G] T-shirts and snow gloves [Em] We're getting our pictures taken [C] Underneath the [D]sign... (Runs into Guitar solo) D G Em E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| B|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| G|--------|2-0-----|--------|2-0-----|--------| D|2--4----|----4-0-|2--4----|----4-0-|2--4----| A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| sign... C D E|--------|--------|--------|--------| B|--------|--------|--------|--------| G|2-0-----|--------|--------|--------| D|----4-0-|2--4----|2--4----|--------| A|--------|--------|--------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------|--------| [D]Lounge bands we are watching [G] While playing video poker [Em] And 46 ounce Marguer[C]itas We are drinking [D] We're having dinner at the Santa Fe [G] Walking underneath the [Em] lights We're staying on the seventh floor [C] Of the Fitzgerald [D] And we're walking along the railroad tracks [G] At five in the morning [Em] Wishing we could always be like [C]this That we'd never have to go [D] back... (Runs into Guitar solo) D G Em E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| B|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| G|--------|2-0-----|--------|2-0-----|--------| D|2--4----|----4-0-|2--4----|----4-0-|2--4----| A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| back... C D E|--------|--------|--------|--------| B|--------|--------|--------|--------| G|2-0-----|--------|--------|--------| D|----4-0-|2--4----|2--4--5-|4-------| A|--------|--------|--------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------|--------| [D]The Turf Club race book [G] And I'm barely losing [Em] While you're sitting next to me laughing [C] And I'm barely los[D]ing