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LOSING HOPE
All music and lyrics written by and property of Jack Johnson
Transcribed by Jai Mitchell
jai_mitchell@yahoo.com
http://members.optushome.com.au/jaimitchell
Updated 25, October 2001
Changed all D chords to Dm...
The fingerpicking in this one is pretty simple..
otherwise just bash out the chords, listen to the song
for the correct timing..
Am X 0 2 2 1 0
C X 3 2 0 1 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
D X 5 7 7 6 5
C/B X 2 2 0 1 0
Am C G repeat
Am
I got a faulty parachute
C G
I got a stranger's friend
Am
An exciting change in
C G
My butchers blend
Am
A symbol on the ceiling
C G
With the flick of a switch
Am
Yeah my new found hero
C G
And the enemy's ditching
F
Am C G
Well somebodies something was left in a room
Am C G
And now that its gone well of course we assume
Am C G
Somebody else needed something so bad
Am C G
They took everything somebody had
F
C C/B Am
Losing hope is easy
Dm G
When your only friend is gone
Dm G
And every time you look around
Dm G C C/B
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
Am C G
Am
The mark was left
C G
Man it's never the same
Am
Next time that you shoot
C G
Make sure that you aim
Am C G
Open windows with passing cars
Am
A brand new night
C G F
With the same old stars
C C/B Am
Losing hope is easy
Dm G
When your only friend is gone
Dm G
And every time you look around
Dm G C C/B
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
Am C G
Am
Feed the fool
C G Am
A piece of the pie
C G Am
Make a fool of his system
C G Am
Make a fool of his mind
C G Am
Give him bottles of lies
C G Am
And maybe he'll find
C G Am
His place in heaven
C G Am
Cause he might just die
F
C C/B Am
Losing hope is easy
Dm G
When your only friend is gone
Dm G
And every time you look around
Dm G C C/B
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
C C/B Am
But hanging on is easy
Dm G
When you've got a friend to call
Dm G
When nothings making sense at all
Dm G C C/B
You're not the only one that's afraid of change
Am C G
repeat [x2] then bass outro
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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khairney Wanna Be |
#1 by khairney drew at Sep 26, 2007 at 11:54 PM EST |
| I think this song could be about breaking up with someone. It's easy to lose hope *in love* when your only friend is gone. After you've dated someone for a really long time- they become your best friend... they become everything to you and its easy to believe you'll never find another one of them again. The rest of the lyrics could just be metaphors pertaining to the same. Just a different POV since everyone seems to be guessing. | |
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Dan The English Wanna Be |
#2 by Dan The English at Sep 27, 2007 at 4:59 PM EST |
| I think this song could be about breaking up with someone. It's easy to lose hope *in love* when your only friend is gone. After you've dated someone for a really long time- they become your best friend... they become everything to you and its easy to believe you'll never find another one of them again. The rest of the lyrics could just be metaphors pertaining to the same. Just a different POV since everyone seems to be guessing. | |
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steffan Badass |
#3 by steffan harkins at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:20 AM EST |
| this is one of my favorite jack johnson songs. my parents sent me to boarding school this year, and although i've been there for an entire semester, i have only made 2 or 3 real friends. when i came home i realized that i didn;t have as many true friends as i thought, but this song always reminds me of my true friends at home. just when you think your going to lose it, you can always call your friends. | |
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the white hendr Badass |
#4 by the white hendrix at Sep 28, 2007 at 10:41 AM EST |
| the chorus is actually the same as a bob dylan song with the same title. Havent actually heard this version but his cover of bob dylan is awesome. Real Sad but awesome. | |
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bob Average |
#5 by bob polein at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:34 AM EST |
| How good is the riff on this? pretty fucking good! One of the best on the album brushfire fairytales along with Flake, Mudfootball and posters! | |
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hturtle99 Wanna Be |
#6 by hturtle99 at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:59 AM EST |
| I agree, this song is definately about someone dyeing. the passage: The mark was left Man it's never the same Next time that you shoot Make sure that you aim Open windows with passing cars A brand new night With the same old stars I think refers to a drive by shooting. "the mark was left but its never the same" is talking about the mark the murder has had on this persons friends/loved ones lives. "next time that you shoot make sure that you aim" implies that the person who died was not the original target. "Open windows with passing cars" suggests that the shots came from a car. Hence why i believe that the person killed was an innocent bystander in a drive by shooting | |
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Kyle Average |
#7 by Kyle Landers at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:22 PM EST |
| well.. i love music and to me .. this song talks about losing somebody.. in this case it could be a girlfriend .. and like feeling the way ppl usually feel when they know they're never seeing somebody again.. someone they love.. knowing and remembering the good times that will never come back and at the end of the song he talks about having someone else to make you feel better, maybe liek a good friend, in my case when i'm feeling down i have a best friend who is female and understands my pain so just by calling her or hanging out with her and talking to her i feel a whole lot better,,, thats what i think about this song, i love this man, he's so good! 1 | |
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THE RONANATOR ( Average |
#8 by THE RONANATOR (aka.Ronan) downer at Sep 30, 2007 at 3:46 PM EST |
| Feed the fool A piece of the pie Make a fool of his system Make a fool of his mind Give him bottles of lies And maybe he'll find His place in heaven Cause he might just die I think this has something to do with addiction maybe he lost a friend to drugs..just guessin | |
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E_r_I_c Average |
#9 by E_r_I_c G_i_L_b_E_r_T at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:42 PM EST |
| i love this song. it's so true. | |
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Sal Average |
#10 by Sal With The Lights Out at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:29 PM EST |
| To tell you the truth, I have no idea what this song is about, but I love it, so I guess I'll just go ahead and guess anyway. I think that change can be a scary thing for a lot of people. Even if the change is for the better, sometimes people are afraid to let go of what they have because its comfortable and predictable. I think Jack might be saying that hanging on to what you have if you're offered something better is a fool's way of doing things. I really have no idea though, I just pulled that outta my ass.. | |
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Elizabeth Wanna Be |
#11 by Elizabeth Greer at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:30 AM EST |
| I think this song could be about breaking up with someone. It's easy to lose hope *in love* when your only friend is gone. After you've dated someone for a really long time- they become your best friend... they become everything to you and its easy to believe you'll never find another one of them again. The rest of the lyrics could just be metaphors pertaining to the same. Just a different POV since everyone seems to be guessing. | |
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Tom Average |
#12 by Tom Gregory at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:39 PM EST |
| jack johnson is the shit! his songs are so mellow i love. i can just kick back at night at the beach and just chill. this one is my favorite off his cd. its freakin awesome. sponge 4 life. | |
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Justin Average |
#13 by Justin Dosser at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:29 PM EST |
| i agree with buqmenot, iv lost my best friend, the onli person i ever really opened up to n im not sure why, but i lost a lot of hope, he took everything from me 'took everything somebody had' i believed it all,n thort he really ment it 'feed the fool a piece of the pie' 'give him bottles of lies' n i guess it all changed n i hated it, every1 hates bad change. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | |
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Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player |
#14 by Ryan Sutherland at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:10 PM EST |
| This is such a great song.....so many people can relate to it. Everyone has had a best friend move away or die. I've had two best friends move away and I think about both whenever I hear this song. Mostly I think of the latter b/f. She goes off to college in a few days and I won't get to see her much before she leaves b/c I'm doing other things.....She's gonna leave a big hole and I'll have to find someone else to call and hang on to. I think that my friend feels the same way I do. This song is about how you feel your side of missing someone and then there's the other person "you're not the only one who's afraid of change" | |
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Chase Wanna Be |
#15 by Chase Hendrix at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:41 PM EST |
| I've listened to this song dozens and dozens of times, in both good and bad times... and I'm sitting here listening to it right now... ready to cry. And you know what's weird about that? Nothing's wrong!!! What a great song to invoke such emotion. | |
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Ace Average |
#16 by Ace Of Spades at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:48 PM EST |
| this song kicks i think it means exactly what it says loosing hope is easy when ur only friend is gone, hope.... yeah.... is easy to loose hope when ur friend is gone. i think that maybe... maybe one of his friends might have died or something and hes telling about it in this song. im not usre but thats ok cause i luv it. | |
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yomomma!! Wanna Be |
#17 by yomomma!! at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:49 AM EST |
| i had a friend, a close friend, the only person i could talk to about everything. a totally awesome friend. now she's pretty much stopped talking to me and i dont know why. losing hope is easy when your only friend is gone. as for the rest of the lyrics... im not sure... they are pretty strange. im suprised there arent more posts here. i thought jack johnson was heaps more popular | |
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Luke Professional |
#18 by Luke Goudreault at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:01 AM EST |
| i thinks it about someone who lost their friend, and they have to deal with all these new people and new things alone, and they dont really have any hope anymore. thing are definatly easy "when you've got a firend to call" | |
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ryan Average |
#19 by ryan mahony at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:17 PM EST |
| I had an epiphany about this song last night when I was watching The Goonies. You know the part when they get to the wishing well and they find the "rich stuff" then Andie talks about how she used to think that when she threw a coin in it turned into her wish and then they decide that they can't take the coins because they're other people's wishes. Well somebody's something was left in the room And man now that its gone well of course we assume That somebody else needed something so bad That they took everything that somebody had the something that was left was somebody's wish/dream and somebody else took that away from them and that wish/dream was all that somebody had. but maybe somebody else had problems or low self esteem (maybe?) and to make themselves feel better they had to take somebody's wish/dream away. | |
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THIS GUY Wanna Be |
#20 by THIS GUY at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST |
| this song means exactly wut its saying i agree w/ ilovejackjohnson.... hanging on is easier when u do have that one friend that u can tell ur fears nd secrets | |
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Dylan Lead Player |
#21 by Dylan |