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LOSER
As recorded by Beck
(From the 1994 Album MELLOW GOLD)
Words and Music by Jeffrey Keith & Frank Hannon
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1 (Acoustic)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2 (Sitar arr. for gtr.)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3 (Electric Clean)'
Intro
Q=80
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
4/4
Gtr I
E E E S S +Q Q 7x E E E S S +Q Q
||------------------------||----------------------||
||o----------------------o||----------------------||
||------------------------||----------------------||
||-------0----0-(0)--5\---||------0----0-(0)--5\--||
||o------0----0-(0)--5\--o||------0----0-(0)--5\--||
||--0-/4---/4--------5\---||-0-/4---/4--------5\--||
Verse 1
D5
Gtr II
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~
| W W
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D5
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~
| W W
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
Gtr I
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|------0----0-(0)--5\--|------0----0-(0)--5\-|
|------0----0-(0)--5\--|------0----0-(0)--5\-|
|-0-/4---/4--------5\--|-0-/4---/4--------5\-|
N.C. G5 N.C.
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S H
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|------0----0-(0)--5\--|------0----0------||
|------0----0-(0)--5\--|------0-----------||
|-0-/4---/4--------5\--|-0-/4---/4--------||
|
| W W
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
Chorus 1
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\----|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\----|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\----|
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7--|
|----0-----------------0-0-------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------8----|-------------------------------|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\----||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\----||
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\----||
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------8-----||
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7--||
|----0-----------------0-0-------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
Verse 2
D5
Gtr II
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~
| W W
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------8---|
|---7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|---7----9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|-----0------------------0-0-----|-----0-----------------0-0-----|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| A E E +H. A E Q. +E E Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----5-(5)----------------------|-----5----------(5)----7---5---|
|-5s7----------------------------|-5s7---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------8---||
|---7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|---7----9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-||
|-----0------------------0-0-----|-----0-----------------0-0-----||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| A E E +H. A E Q. H
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----5-(5)----------------------|-----5-------------------------||
|-5s7----------------------------|-5s7---------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Chorus 2
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
Gtr I
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\------|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\------|
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8-------|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7----|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0---------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C.
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S H
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0------------||
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4---------||
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S H
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11------||
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0--------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------||
Bridge
D5
Gtr II
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8---|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7-|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~
| W W
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------8------|
|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7----|
|---0----------------0-0-----|---0----------------0-0--------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
Gtr I
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|------0----0-(0)--5\--|------0----0-(0)--5\--|
|------0----0-(0)--5\--|------0----0-(0)--5\--|
|-0-/4---/4--------5\--|-0-/4---/4--------5\--|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------0----0-(0)---5\---|------0----0-(0)---5\-----|
|------0----0-(0)---5\---|------0----0-(0)---5\-----|
|-0-/4---/4---------5\---|-0-/4---/4---------5\-----|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|----3-1-------3--1----3-|-1----3--1-------3-1------|
|-2-------2---------2----|----2---------2-------2---|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------0----0-(0)---5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|------0----0-(0)---5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
|-0-/4---/4---------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3--1----3----1----3--1-|----3-2---------3-----2------3-|
|------2----------2------|-2-------2----------------2----|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W E E E S S +S S S S E E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|
|------------------------|----0-----------------0-0------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C.
E E E S S +Q Q E E E E H
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|-----0--------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|--------------||
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0S4----------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-1----3--1------------3---1----|-3-1---3------||
|----2-----------2------------2-|-----2--------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E E H
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|--------------------------8----|--------------||
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|-7---9-7------||
|----0-----------------0-0------|---0----------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------||
Chorus 3
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
||o------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|
||--0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------8----|
||--7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7-|
||-----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
E E E S S +Q Q E E E S S +Q Q 4x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\------||
|------0-----0--(0)--------5\---|------0-----0--(0)--------5\-----o||
|-0-/4---/4----------------5\---|-0-/4---/4----------------5\------||
|
| E E E S S +S S S S E E E E E S S +S S S S E E 4x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------8------o||
|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11-----9--7-|-7----9--7-11-(11)-11--------7----||
|----0-----------------0-0------|----0-----------------0-0---------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D5
Gtr II
E E S S +S S S S E E E E E E S S +S S S S E E 4x
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|------------------------8---o||
||----9-7-11-(11)-11-----9-7-7-|-7---9-7-11-(11)-11-------7--||
||--0----------------0-0-------|---0----------------0-0------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| ~
| W W 4x
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||--0--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-0--------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--0--------------------------|-----------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
