Chords for I Don't Want To Lose You - The Smithereens @ Sigma Sound Studios (May '88)

_ Dennis, why don't you introduce this next song? _
_ _ This next song we're going to do is also from Especially For You.
It's the first song that Pat ever wrote.
And this is called I Don't Want To Lose You, and it goes like this.
One, two, three, four.
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_ [Ab] _ _ You [Gb] turn to me with a look [Ab] on your face
_ [Gb] Have a smile on every [Ab] face
But if you [Gb] can't love me then [Ab] I'll have a gun
_ [Gb] With a bunch of stuff in that [E] tissue though
[B] You [Db] turn to me _ [E] with your eyes [B] saying you want to [Db] be free _
_ [E] _ _ [Ab] What [Db] can I do _ [E] when I spend [B] my whole life [Db] with you? _
_ [E] _ _ [Ab] I don't [Db] want to lose [Ab] you
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Now you [Gb] come around [Eb] and you want [Ab] me again
_ [Gb] But it's [Eb] basically just [Db] kept [Ab] in check
You [Gb] can't go back [Eb] and just can't [Db] be the [Ab] same _
[Gb] So don't be sad, there's no harm to blame
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[Db] You turn to me with your [B] eyes, with your eyes that [Db] haunt me
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What can I [Db] do when [E] I spend [B] my whole life [Db] with you?
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I [Db] don't want to lose you
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[Gb] _ _ _ [E] What did I do to tell you what you [Db] did?
I said that was wrong _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Where [E] will this pain [Abm] leave my heart?
[Db] What's the chase [Ab] so long?
[B] You _
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think that [Gb] someday we'll [Eb] be back [Ab] on this _
[Gb] We'll have a smile on those red [Ab] lips _
About [Gb] a good chance together [Ab] we fight _ _
_ [Gb] And I know that I'll [E] still be sad
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Still [Db] I will even
When [E] I know [B] it's too long to [Db] do
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Never believe
_ [E] Still I'll [B] love you, love, [Db] love you
[Eb] _ _ [E] _ [Ab] I don't [Db] want to lose [Ab] you
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