Lost One chords by JAY‐Z

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (E major) I
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 (G major) heard motherfuck (E major) ers  (G major) 
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 (E major) sayin' they made Hov
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 (G major) Made Hov say, "Okay,
so make another Hov"
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 (E major) Niggas wasn't playin' they day role
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So we parted  (G major) ways like Ben and J- Lo

Verse 2
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I shoulda been  (E major) did it but
I been in a daze though
I put friends over business end
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of the day  (G major) though
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But when friend (E major) s,
business interests as dayglo'
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Ain't nothin' left to  (G major) say though

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Verse 3

I guess we forgot what we came fo'

I shoulda stayed in food and beverage

Too much flossin', too much

Sam Rothstein

I ain't a bitch but I gotta divorce them

Hov had to get the shallow shit up off him

Verse 4
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 (E major) And I ain't even want to be famous
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Niggas is  (G major) brainless to unnecessarily
go through these changes
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 (E major) And I don't even know
how it came to this
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Except that fame  (G major) is the worst
drug known to man
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 (E major) It's

Verse 5
stronger than, heroin
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When you  (G major) could look in the mirror like,
"There I am"
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And  (E major) still not see what you become
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I know  (G major) I'm guilty of it too
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but not like  (E major) them
You lost one

Verse 6
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Lose one, let go to get one  (G major) 
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Let  (E major) one, lose some  (G major) to win some
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 (E major) Sorry, I'm a champion,  (G major) sorry,
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I'm a  (E major) champion
You lost one

Verse 7
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I don't think it's meant to be, B  (G major) 
But she loves her work more
than she does me
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 (E major) And honestly, at twenty three
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I would prob (G major) ably love my work

Verse 8
more than I did she
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 (E major) So we ain't we,
it's me and her
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 (G major) 'Cause what she prefers over me is work
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 (E major) An d that's where we differ
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So I have to give  (G major) her free
time even if it hurts

Verse 9
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So  (E major) breathe, mami,
it's deserved
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You've been put on  (G major) this earth
To be all you can be, like the reserves
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And  (E major) me? My time in the army,
it's served
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So I have  (G major) to allow she,
her time to serve

Verse 10
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The time's  (E major) now for her, in time,
she'll mature
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And maybe  (G major) we can be we
again like we were
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 (E major) Finally, my time's too short to share
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And  (G major) to ask her now, it ain't fair
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So yeah, she lost  (E major) one

Verse 11
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Lose one, let go to get one  (G major) 
Let one, lose some to win some
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 (E major) Sorry, I'm a champion,
G 
 (G major) sorry, I'm a champion
E 
 (E major) You lost one

Verse 12
My nephew died in the car I bought
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 (G major) 
So I'm under the belief
it's partly my fault
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 (E major) Close my eyes and squeeze,
try to block that thought
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Place  (G major) any burden on me but please,

Verse 13
not that, Lord
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 (E major) But time don't go back,
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it goes forward  (G major) 
Can't run from the pain, go towards it
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 (E major) Some things can't be explained,
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what caused it  (G major) 
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Such a beautiful soul, so  (E major) pure shit

Verse 14

Gonna see you again, I'm sure of it

'Til that time, little man, I'm nauseous

Your girlfriend's pregnant,

the Lord's gift

Verse 15
Almost lost my faith, that restored it
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 (E major) It's like havin' your life restarted
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 (G major) Can't wait for your child's  (E major) life,
to be a part of it
So now I'm child- like, waitin' for a gift
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 (G major) To return when I lost you, I lost it

Verse 16
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 (E major) Lose one, let go to get one
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 (G major) Let one, lose some to win some
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 (E major) Sorry, I'm a champion,
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 (G major) Colleek, you're a champion
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I lost  (E major) one