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Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me Chords

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ChordsD, Em, Bm, A, G
Strumming↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

  • Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
  • Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram
  • Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram
  • Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram
  • Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram

[Opening]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [A]
[D]You promised the world and I fell [Em]for it
[Bm]I put you first and you adored it, set [A]fires to my [D]forest
And you let it [Em]burn, sang off-key in my [Bm]chorus
‘Cause it wasn’t yours [A]

[verse 2]
[D]I saw the signs and I [Em]ignored it
[Bm]Rose-colored glasses all distorted, set [A]fire to my [D]purpose
And I let it [Em]burn, you got off on the [Bm]hurting
When it wasn’t [A]yours, yeah

[chorus]
[G]We’d always go [D]into it blindly
[A]I needed to [D]lose you to find me
[G]This dancing was [D]killing me softly
[A]I needed to hate you to love me, yeah

[chorus]
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, I needed to [D]lose you to love me, yeah
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, I needed to lose you to love me

[verse 3]
[D]I gave my all and they all [Em]know it
[Bm]That you turned me down and now it’s showing
In two months, you replaced us

[verse 4]
[D]Like it was [Em]easy
Made me think I [Bm]deserved it
In the thick of [A]healing, yeah

[chorus]
[G]We’d always go [D]into it blindly
[A]I needed to [D]lose you to find me
[G]This dancing was [D]killing me softly
[A]I needed to hate you to love me, yeah

[chorus]
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, I needed to [D]lose you to love me, yeah
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, I needed to lose you to love me

[verse 5]
[D]You promised the world and I fell [Em]for it
[Bm]I put you first and you adored it, set [A]fires to my [D]forest
And you let it [Em]burn, sang off-key in my [Bm]chorus

[chorus]
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, I needed to [D]hate you to love me, yeah
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, I needed to lose you to love me

[Closing]
[G]To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, and now the [D]chapter is closed and [G]done
To love love, yeah, to [D]love love, yeah
To love, [A]yeah, and now it’s goodbye, it’s goodbye for [G]us [D] [A]

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ArtistSelena Gomez
AlbumRare
GenresPop
Year2020
KeyD

How to play Lose You To Love Me on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me on guitar requires 5 chords and 8 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Lose You To Love Me uses these transitions most often: A → D (13), D → A (13), and G → D (13). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with D - Em chord transition.

1. D → Em chord transition

Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram

To move from D to Em;

  1. While playing D, lift your index finger from G string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
D to Em

2. Em → Bm chord transition

Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram
Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram

To move from Em to Bm;

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 3.
  2. Slide your ring finger on D string from fret 2 to fret 4.
  3. Place index finger on E string fret 2.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 4.
Em to Bm

3. Bm → A chord transition

Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram
Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram

To move from Bm to A;

  1. While playing Bm, lift your pinky from G string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.
Bm to A

4. A → D chord transition

Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram
Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram

To move from A to D;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 3.
A to D

5. A → G chord transition

To move from A to G;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.

6. G → D chord transition

To move from G to D;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

7. Bm → D chord transition

To move from Bm to D;

  1. While playing Bm, lift your pinky from G string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 3.

8. Bm → G chord transition

To move from Bm to G;

  1. While playing Bm, lift your pinky from G string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 3.

Lose You To Love Me chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Lose You To Love Me.

  • Lose You To Love Me includes 78 chord transitions, 8 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Lose You To Love Me contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Lose You To Love Me connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After D, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (29%), A (17%), and Em (17%).
    • D → G: 29%
    • D → A: 17%
    After A, the most likely next chords across Chordier are D (29%), G (13%), and E (12%).
    • A → D: 29%
    • A → G: 13%
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