7 Chords used in the song: F, Dm, G, Am, Em, C, D
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[Intro]
F Dm G Am Am Am Am Am
F Dm G Am
[Verse 1]
G Am
Oh, life is bigger
Em
It's bigger than you
Am
And you are not me.
Em
The lengths that I will go to,
Am
The distance in your eyes,
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much,
G
I set it up.
[Chorus]
Am
That's me in the corner,
Em
That's me in the spotlight
Am
Losing my religion.
Em
Trying to keep up with you.
Am
And I don't know if I can do it.
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much,
G
I haven't said enough.
[Bridge]
G F
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Dm G Am Am Am Am
I thought that I heard you sing.
Am F F Dm G Am
I think I thought I saw you try.
[Verse 2]
G Am Em
Every Whisper of every waking hour
Am
I'm choosing my confessions,
Em
Trying to keep an eye of you
Am
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much,
G
I set it up.
[Verse 3]
Am
Consider this, consider this,
Em
The hint of a century,
Am
Consider this: the slip
Em
That brought me to my knees failed.
Am
What if all these fantasies
Em
Come flailing around?
Dm G
Now I've said too much.
[Bridge]
G F
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Dm G Am Am Am Am
I thought that I heard you sing.
Am F F Dm G Am G
I think I thought I saw you try.
[Instrumental]
Am G
F G
C D
But that was just a dream,
C D
That was just a dream.
[Chorus]
Am
That's me in the corner,
Em
That's me in the spotlight
Am
Losing my religion.
Em
Trying to keep up with you.
Am
And I don't know if I can do it.
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much,
G
I haven't said enough.
[Bridge]
G F
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Dm G Am Am Am Am
I thought that I heard you sing.
Am F F Dm G Am Am Am Am Am
I think I thought I saw you try.
F Dm G
But that was just a dream,
Am Am Am Am Am
Try, cry, why, try.
F Dm G Am G
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream.
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About this song: Losing My Religion
In the liner notes of 'In Time: The Best of R.E.M.' (2003) Peter Buck says that one can divide R.E.M.'s career with this song. Before the release of Losing My Religion, R.E.M. had mostly a cult following, after the release they became one of the biggest rock bands of the 90's.'Losing My Religion' is a term from the American South that means being at wits' end.It was the first song with a mandolin to reach #1 since Rod Stewart's 'Maggie May' in 1971. Read more on Last.fm.