C+

   C       Dm7
1. For you I was a flame,
   Fdim      Cmaj7
   Love is a losing game.
   C               Dm7
   Five story fire as you came,
   Fdim      Cmaj7
   Love is a losing game.

   Em7          Dm7
R: One I wish I never played,
   Fdim      Cmaj7
   Oh what a mess we made.
   C           Dm7
   And now the final frame,
   Fdim      Cmaj7
   Love is a losing game.

C+

2. Played out by the band,
   Love is a losing hand.
   It was more than I could stand,
   Love is a losing hand.

R: Self professed, profound
   'Til the chips were down.
   Though you're a gambling man,
   Love is a losing hand.

C+

3. Though I'm rather blind,
   Love is a fate resigned.
   Memories they mar my mind,
   Love it is a fate resigned.

R: Over futile odds,
   And laughed at by the gods.
   And now the final frame,
   Love is a losing game.