Chords for Lauryn Hill - Lose Myself

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_ [A] _ I used to do it for the love a long [D] time ago, and all I ever wanted [A] was love.
I used to love without fear a long time [D] ago, and all I ever wanted [B] was love.
Then somebody came around and tried to hurt [E] me, tried to make me feel like I was [B] unworthy.
Took pure love and tried to make it [E] dirty.
The truth was they never did deserve [D] me.
I had to lose [A] myself so I could [Bm] love you better.
_ _ I had to lose [D] myself, had to [C#m] lose myself so I could [Bm] love you better.
_ _ I had to lose [D] _ _ _ _ [A] myself so [Bm] I could love you [F#] better.
_ [D] Lose [E] myself for _ love and ask for the [A] way.
_ _ Couldn't tell me I was loved when I [D] needed it.
All I ever wanted [A] was love.
Should've told me just how to [D] love, receive and end.
All I ever _ [B] wanted was love.
Something awful about this selflessness it takes [E] to _ give love and the good that it makes you.
[B] _ True love can never really forsake [E] you.
But it took a little while for me [D] to see it.
Had to lose [C#m] myself _ so I could [Bm] love you better.
_ _ I had to lose [D] myself, had to [C#m] lose myself so I [Bm] could love you better. _ _
Lose [E] myself for love and ask for the way.
[B] _ I had a paralyzing fear of peace and [E] failure.
And I couldn't love you perfectly with [B] fear in my head.
So I paralysed me head and faced the [E] danger.
So I could come back and love you [D] whole instead.
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So [Bm] I could love you better. _ _ _
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So I could [Bm] love you [F#] better.
[F#m] _ Had to lose [D] _ myself, had to [A] lose myself so I [Bm] could love you [F#] better.
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Lose [E] myself for love and ask for the way.
[F#] _ And so it goes that I never meant to hurt [Bm] you.
_ Couldn't stay but I never meant to [F#m] desert you.
Whole lot of me could've just had to [Bm] work through.
Time to heal and restore myself quite [F#m] true.
_ _ Confrontation of the fears and [Bm] anxieties.
Had a whole lot of years I suffered [F#m] quietly.
And [F#] knowing may have taken years, I can [Bm] finally _ tell you.
You will always [D] _ _ _ [C#m] lose myself so I [Bm] could make you better.
_ Had to lose [D] myself, [A] had to lose [C#m] myself _ so I [Bm] could make you better.
Had _ _ to [D] lose myself, had to [C#m] lose myself so [Bm] I could make you [F#] better. _ _
Lose [E] myself for love and ask for [A] the way.
_ Take [G#m] strength to absorb all the abuse [Bm] I did.
Great love [E] to absorb all the misuse [A] I did.
_ Hey [C#m] baby, it's not an excuse [Bm] I did.
And I do [E] it all again.
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_ _ _ Take [C#m] strength to absorb all the abuse [Bm] I did.
Great [E] love to absorb all the abuse [A] I did.
Hey [C#m] baby, it's not an excuse [Bm] I did.
_ And I do [E] it all again because you [D] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [Bm] make me better. _ _
Had to [D] lose myself, had to [C#m] lose myself so I [Bm] could make you better.
_ Had to lose [D] _ myself, had to [C#m] lose myself so [Bm] I could make you [F#] better. _ _
Had to [D] lose myself, had to [A] lose [N] myself.