Learning To Lose

	  		
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Verse 
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On the day before the day before the new year 
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The snow is falling on my prairie home 
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I'm so far away from where I started 
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But no closer to where I belong 

Verse 
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How many trails have I gone down for no reason 
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 Just to learn that I can't leave myself behind 
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And the only devil I've ever seen was in the mirror 
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  And the only enemy I know is in my mind 

G                                  D 
  Won't you tell me how long must I pay off these dues 
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Won't you tell me, is winning learning to lose 
D                                 G 
  You said it, oh but say it's not true 
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Is winning really learning to lose
 

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Verse 
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Everywhere that I turn the cards stack against me 
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 And I wonder, was it bad luck or just design 
D                                          G 
  And all the things I've had to do without have been a blessing 
        D                     A           D 
But sometimes a blessing is a curse in disguise 

G                                  D 
  Won't you tell me how long must I pay off these dues 
          E                              A       G   F#m   F E 
Won't you tell me, is winning learning to lose 
D                                 G 
  You said it, oh but say it's not true 
   D             A7          D 
Is winning really learning to lose 
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Is winning really learning to lose