Richmond Fontaine - Barely Losing Tabs

Barely Losing by Richmond Fontaine


A very simple but lovely song.

This version was used to record the MP3 uploaded to 

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