{title: Nobody wins}
{artist: Elton John}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 118}
{key: Gm}
{meta: author Studiothrills, 2026-06-11}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcpIfhWwvTY}
{comment: 4/4, 4 = 118}
[Gm]
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Gsus] [Gsus] [Gsus] [Gsus]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
They must have [Eb/G]loved each other [Gm]once [Cm6/G]
But that was [Eb]many years [EbM7]ago [Cm6/Eb]
And by the [Cm7]time I came a[Cm9]long,
Things were al[D7sus]ready going wr[D7sus]ong [D7]
I felt the [Eb/G]pain in their pre[Gm]tense [Cm6/G]
The side they [Eb]tried hard not to [EbM7]show [Cm6/Eb]
But through the [Cm7]simple eyes of [Cm9]youth,
It wasn't [D7sus]hard to see the [D7sus]truth [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
And in the [Eb/G]end, nobody [Eb]wins
When love be[Cm7]gins to fall a[Cm7]part
And it's the [Eb]innocent who pay,
When broken [Bb]dreams get in the way [Eb/Bb] [Bb]
The game begins, the [A7sus]game nobody [D7]wins [C/E] [D/F#]
[Gm] [Gm]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
They must have [Eb/G]loved each other [Gm]once [Cm6/G]
Before the [Eb]magic slipped a[EbM7]way [Cm6/Eb]
And as their [Cm7]life became a [Cm9]lie,
What love re[D7sus]mained began to [D7sus]die [D7]
I used to [Eb/G]hide beneath the [Gm]sheets [Cm6/G] [Gm7]
I prayed that [Eb]time would find a [EbM7]way [Cm6/Eb] [Eb]
But with the [Cm7]passing of the [Cm9]years,
I watched as [D7sus]laughter turned to [D7sus]tears [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
We used to [Eb/G]love each other [Gm]once [Cm6/G]
With all the [Eb]passion we pos[EbM7]sessed [Cm6/Eb]
But people [Cm7]change as time goes [Cm9]by,
Some feelings [D7sus]grow while others [D7sus]die [D7]
But if we [Eb/G]learn from what [Gm]we see [Cm6/G] [Gm7]
And face the [Eb]truth while we [EbM7]still can [Cm6/Eb] [Eb]
Then though [Cm7]the passion may be [Cm9]gone,
Some kind of [D7sus]love can still [D7sus]live on [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
Nobody [Gm]wins, nobody [Eb]wins
La-la-la-[Cm7]la, la-la, la-[Cm7]la
And it's the [Eb]innocent who pay,
When broken [Bb]dreams get in the way [Eb/Bb] [Bb]
The game begins, the [A7sus]game nobody [D7]wins[C/E] [D/F#]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outro, fade}
[Gm] [A7/G] [Am7b5/G] ([Adim7/G]Nobody wins) Nobody wins
[Gm] [A7/G] [Am7b5/G] ([Adim7/G]Nobody wins) Nobody wins
[Gm] [A7/G] [Am7b5/G] ([Adim7/G]Nobody wins) Nobody wins
[Gm] [A7/G] [Am7b5/G] ([Adim7/G]Nobody wins) No[Gm]body wins
{end_of_part}