From: Alec Wojciechowski 


Lost Cause


By Beck
>From the album: Sea Change


Hello everyone. This song is from Beck's latest album, Sea Change, which is 
quite the holy-crap-I'm-so-depressed-because-my-girl-left-me album. I 
thought this song was awesome to have an ex- listen to. I have the guitar 
part all tabbed out (as per my own interpertation), and it should all be 
there. I have the song progression  below and the lyrics, but if you have 
the album, you can just listen to it, and figure that part out for yourself. 
I was trying to make this as complete as possible, so this should be about 
it for the guitar part of the song. (Since the guitar is the biggest part, 
you should be able to cover the song with just this part). Enjoy!

As far as playing tips go, the only thing to mention is that when playing 
the very first chord, (an fmaj7 chord, used a LOT in the song) I use my 
thumb on that F on the lowest string. Maybe that's cheating, but it is by 
far the easiest way to play it.

This is also my first tab. Let me know what you think!


[Riff 1] (Main Riff)

e||-------------0-----------------------|
b||----------1-------------1--------1---|
g||--------2-------------0--------0-----|
d||------3-------------2--------0-------|
a||------------------3--------2---------|
E||----1--------------------------------|


[Riff 2] (End of phrase)

e||-------------0-------------------------------0--------------|
b||----------1-------------1--------1---------1------------0---|
g||--------2-------------0--------0---------2------------1-----|
d||------3-------------2--------0---------2------------2-------|
a||------------------3--------2---------0------------2---------|
E||----1-------------------------------------------0-----------|

[Riff 3] (Chorus)

e||------------0-----------3---|
b||---------1------------3-----|
g||-------2------------0-------|
d||-----3------------0---------|
a||----------------------------|
E||---1------------3-----------|

[Riff 4] (End of Chorus)              (kind of improv here)
					|                |
					|                |
e||------------0-----------3------------0---1---0------0--|
b||---------1------------3-----------1--------------3-----|
g||-------2------------0-----------0----------------------|
d||-----3------------0-----------2------------------------|
a||----------------------------3--------------------------|
E||---1------------3--------------------------------------|

[Riff 5] (End of 2nd chrous)
e||------------0-----------3------------0---------3--0--|
b||---------1------------3-----------1------------2-----|
g||-------2------------0-----------0-----------2--2-----|
d||-----3------------0-----------2-----------2----------|
a||----------------------------3-----------0------------|
E||---1------------3------------------------------------|

[Riff 6] (Bridge)                     (kind of improv here)
					|                |
					|                |
e||-----------0------------0-------------0----------------|
b||--------2------------1-------------1-------------------|
g||------2------------2-------------0---------------------|
d||----2------------3-------------2-----------------------|
a||--0--------------------------3-------------------------|
E||---------------1---------------------------------------|

[Riff 7] (End of Bridge)

e||-----------0------------0-----------------------|
b||--------2------------1-------------1--------1---|
g||------2------------2-------------0--------0-----|
d||----2------------3-------------2--------0-------|
a||--0--------------------------3--------2---------|
E||---------------1--------------------------------|

[Riff 8] (End of Interlude)

e||-----------0------------0------------0-----------0-----|
b||--------1------------1------------1------------1-------|
g||------2------------2------------0------------0---------|
d||----3------------3------------2------------2-----------|
a||----------------------------3------------3-------------|
E||--1------------1---------------------------------------|




Okay, here's how the song is layed out:



INTRO

[Riff 1] 4x


VERSE 1

Your sorry eyes...[Riff 1] 2x

Make it hard...[Riff 2] 1x

Leave you here...[Riff 1] 2x

Wavin' your gun...[Riff 2] 1x


CHORUS:

Baby you're lost....[Riff 3] 2x

Baby you're a lost...[Riff 4] 1x


VERSE 2:

There's too many...[Riff 1] 2x

They see you comin'...[Riff 2] 1x

They know your secrets...[Riff 1] 2x

This town is crazy...[Riff 2] 1x


CHORUS:

Baby you're lost....[Riff 3] 2x

Baby you're a lost...[Riff 5] 1x


INTERLUDE

I'm tired of....[Riff 3] 2x

Fighting for a...[Riff 4] 1x


BRIDGE

There's a place...[Riff 6] 2x

No one standin'...[Riff 7] 1x

That's what you...[Riff 8] 2x


CHORUS:

Baby you're lost....[Riff 3] 2x

Baby you're a lost...[Riff 5] 1x


INTERLUDE

I'm tired of....[Riff 3] 2x

Fighting for a...[Riff 4] 1x

(End with a bit of playing around with last C chord in end of Riff 4)

Well that's the whole thing. The whole 9 yards. So, if you have questions, 
potential changes, or comments, let me know.

Alec (AKA Mithrander)

wojca288@uwc.edu
White__Wizard@hotmail.com 

 ?Lost Cause? by Beck from the album Sea Change

-Beck seems to just pick at these chords with simple patterns and multiple guitars.  Try leaving the 
string open when playing with one guitar ? it sounds nice.

Verse

(F) Your sorry (C) eyes (pick C to C/B) (F) cut through the (C) bone (C to C/B)
(F) They make it (C) hard (C to Am) to leave you (E) alone
(F) Leave you (C) here (pick C to C/B) (F) wearing your (C) wounds (C to C/B)
(F) Waving your (C) guns (C to Am) at somebody (E) new

Chorus

(F) Baby you?re a (G) lost
(F) Baby you?re a (G) lost
(F) Baby you?re a (G) lost (C)

and

(F) I?m tired of (G) fighting
(F) I?m tired of (G) fighting
(F) (G) Fighting for a lost (C) cause

Bridge

(A) There?s a (F) place where you are (C) going
(A) You ain?t (F) never been (C) before
(A) No-one (F) left to watch your (C) back now (pick down to an F base)
(F) No-one standing at your (C) door
(F) Ain?t that?s what you thought love was (C) for 

 ok i ghess its the right Tab If its Wrong iam sorry But that what i think !
I really hope it is!

So Lets Rock ! People :

Its Starting like that:

C       F
sorry eyes
C            F
cut to the bone
C          F
make it hard
F            Em
to leave u alone
C         F
leave u here
C                F
wearin your wounds
F            C              Em
wavin your guns at somebody new
C           G     C         G     F              C
baby i'm a lost baby i'm a lost baby i'm a lost cause
C                  F  
theres too many people
C           F
u used to know
C            F
they see u comin
C            F
they see u go
C                   F
they know your secrets
C             Em
you know theres
F              C
this town is crazy
C         F
no body cares
C           G     C         G     F              C
baby i'm a lost baby i'm a lost baby your a lost cause
C          F  Am    C         F         F                 C
tired of fighting tired of fighting fighting for a lost cause
C                           F
theres a place where u are goin
C                       F  
you ain't never been before
C                            F
no one laughing at your back now
C           F             C
no one standing at your door
C                            F
that's what u think love was for
C           G     C         G     F              C
baby i'm a lost baby i'm a lost baby your a lost cause
C          F  Am    C         F         F                 C
tired of fighting tired of fighting fighting for a lost cause 

 Intro: F+7 – C – C/B – F+7 – C - C/B  x2 
 
Verse 1:
 F           C - C/B    F                 C - C/B
Your sorry eyes         Cut through the bone  
 F             C – C/B  Am               E7
 They make it hard       To leave you a-lone 
 F          C – C/B     F              C   – C/B
Leave you here          Wearing your wounds 
 F            C – C/B   Am              E7
Waving your guns        At somebody n-ew 
 
Chorus:
 F              G     F               G  F
Baby you’re a lost    Baby you’re a lost 
 G                  C
Baby you’re a lo-st cause 
 
Verse 2:
 F                  C – C/B   F            C – C/B
There's too many people      You used to know 
 F             C – C/B       Am            E7
They see you comin’          They see you go 
 F               C –   C/B   F          C – C/B
They know your secrets       You know theirs 
 F             C - C/B       Am       E7
This town is cra-zy          Nobody cares 
 
Chorus:
 F              G      F               G  F
Baby you’re a lost     Baby you’re a lost 
 G                  C
Baby you’re a lo-st cause 
 F             G/C      F              G     F
I’m tired of fighting   I’m tired of fighting 
 G                  C
Fighting for a lost cause 
 
Bridge:
 A          F                   C
There’s a place where you are going 
 A          F            C  - C/B
You ain’t never been before 
 A       F                  C     - C/B
No-one left to watch your back now  
 F                        C
No one standing at your door 
 F                                     C
Ain’t that’s what you thought love was for 
 
Chorus:
 F              G      F               G  F
Baby you’re a lost     Baby you’re a lost 
 G                  C
Baby you’re a lo-st cause 
 F             G/C      F              G     F
I’m tired of fighting   I’m tired of fighting 
 G                  C
Fighting for a lost cause 

 Normally for two guitars, but it's perfectly playable on one.
There's a lot of improvisation in this song, but these are the basics:

Intro & verses:
      Fmaj7       C            Em7
e[-------------0-------------------------]
B[----------1---------------1------------]
G[--------2---------------0------0---0---]  (2x)
D[------3-----------3---2----------0-----]
A[----------------2---3--------2---------]
E[----1----------------------------------]

Play something like this at the end of each sentence:
      Fmaj7       C            Em7      Am         E7
e[-------------0----------------------------------0-----------0---]
B[----------1---------------1------------------1-----------3------]
G[--------2---------------0------0---0-------2-----------1--------]
D[------3-----------3---2----------0-------2-----------2----------]
A[----------------2---3--------2--------0-------------------------]
E[----1----------------------------------------------0------------]

Chorus: a lot of variations on the Fmaj7 and G chords - here are two examples:
     Fmaj7            G                      Fmaj7        G
e[------------------------------------]	e[--------------------------------]
B[---------1----------------3---------]	B[---------1------------3-----0---]
G[-------2-----2---2------0-----0-----]	G[-------2---2--------0---0-2-----]
D[-----3---------3------0-----0---0---]	D[-----3------------0-------------]
A[------------------------------------]	A[--------------------------------]
E[---1----------------3---------------]	E[---1------------3---------------]

End of the first chorus:
     Fmaj7        G          C
e[--------------------------------------1-0------]
B[---------1-----------(3)-------1-----------1---]
G[-------2---2--------0--------0-------------0---]
D[-----3------------0--------2---------------2---]
A[-----------------------------------------------]
E[---1------------3------------------------------]

---> 2nd verse
---> 2nd chorus, which ends like this:

     Fmaj7        G          C        A7
e[------------0-----------------------------3-0--]
B[---------1------------3--------1--------2-2----]
G[-------2------------0--------0--------2---2----]
D[-----3------------0--------2-------------------]
A[------------------------------------0----------]
E[---1------------3------------------------------]

Then there's an interlude (I’m tired of fighting) – but it just uses the same
chords as the chorus. It ends like this:

     Fmaj7        G        C
e[------------0--------------------1-0-------0------0----]
B[---------1------------3------3-1-----3-2h3---1---3--1--]
G[-------2------------0----------------------------------]
D[-----3------------0--------2---------------------------]
A[-------------------------3-----------------------------]
E[---1------------3--------------------------------------]


Bridge:
    A            F             C           Cadd9
e[-----------0------------0-------------0--------0-------]
B[--------2------------1-------------1-------------3-----]
G[------2------------2-------------0-----------0---------]
D[----2------------3-------------2-----------2-----------]
A[--0--------------------------3-----------3-------------]
E[---------------1---------------------------------------]

    A            F             C
e[-----------0------------0------------0------------------]
B[--------2------------1-------------1------1-------------]
G[------2------------2-------------0---------------0------]
D[----2------------3-------------2---------------------0--]
A[--0--------------------------3----------3----3-2---2----]
E[---------------1----------------------------------------]

Then A/F/C again, and end with:

    F            F             C
e[-----------0------------0------------0--------0---------]
B[--------1------------1-------------1------------1-------]
G[------2------------2-------------0----------0-----------]
D[----3------------3-------------2----------2-------------]
A[-----------------------------3----------3---------------]
E[--1------------1----------------------------------------]

Then the 3rd chorus (about the same as the 2nd) and again the interlude
with the chorus chords. It ends like this:

     Fmaj7        G        C
e[---------0----------------------------------------------------]
B[------------1---------3--------1--3h5--1---[---Random---]--1--]
G[-------2------------0--------0-------------[--fingering-]--0--]
D[-----3------------0--------2---------------[----on-C----]--2--]
A[-------------------------3---------------------------------3--]
E[---1------------3---------------------------------------------]