Lose Myself (Surf's Up)

Lauryn Hill

Tom: A

A
 I used to do it for the love a long time ago
D
 And all I ever wanted was love
A
 I used to love without fear a long time ago
D
 And all I ever wanted was love
Bm
 Then somebody came around and tried to hurt me
E
 Tried to make me feel like I was unworthy
Bm
 Took a pure love and tried to make it dirty
E
 Truth was they never did deserve me
D
 No!

(chorus)
D                C#m               Bm
 I had to lose myself so I could love you better
                  D                  C#m
 I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
      Bm
 love you better
               D                   C#m
 Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
                  Bm
 So I could love you better
                      E
 Had to lose myself in love
 And thats just the way it is
A
 Couldnt tell me I was love when I needed it
       D
 When, all I ever wanted was love.
A
 Should a told me just me because!
 Im worth receiving it
    D
 But all I ever wanted was love
Bm
 Theres is something awkward about the selflessness it
 takes to
E
 Give love and the good that it makes you!
Bm
 True love can never really forsake you
E
 But it took a little while just for me to see!

(repeat chorus)

Bm
 I had a paralyzing fear of facing failure
E
 And I couldnt love you perfectly with fear in my head
Bm
 So I peerlessly had to face the danger
E                                           D
 So I could come back and love you whole instead
                  C#m
 All of your soul I said!
                    Bm
 So I could make it better

(repeat chorus)
(bridge)

F#m
 And so it goes that I never meant to hurt you
Bm
 Couldnt stay but I never meant to desert you
F#m
 Whole lot a things I just had to work thru
Bm
 Time to heal and restore myself worth too
F#m
 Confrontation of my fears and anxiety
Bm
 Cried a whole lot years I suffered quietly
F#m
 And though it may have taken years I can finally!
Bm
 Tell you that you were always on my mind!

(repeat chorus)

(bridge 2x)
A                     C#m                   Bm
 Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did
                  E                     A
 Great love to absorb all the misuse I did
        C#m                     Bm
 Hey baby its not an excuse I give.
                     E                        D
 And Id do it all again because for you I live

(chorus)
           C#m                           Bm
 I had to lose myself so I could make it better
                 D                   C#m
 I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could
     Bm
 make it better
               D                  C#m
 Had to lose myself, had to lose myself
                Bm
 So I could make it better
                       E
 Had to lose myself in love
 And that was just the way!
                                F#m
 And that was just the way it is