Lost In Music | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C :||
Chorus 1
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, caught in a trap,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
no turnin’ back, we’re lost in music.
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, feel so alive, I quit,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
my 9 to 5, we’re lost in music.
Verse 1
||: Dm7 C | G | Bbmaj7 C | Dm7 :||
Have you ever seen some people lose everything? First to go is their mind, huh.
Responsibility to me is a tragedy, I’ll get a job some other time, uh, huh.
I want to join a band and play in front of crazy fans, yes I call that temptation.
Give me the melody, that’s all that I ever need, the music is my salvation.
Chorus 2
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, caught in a trap,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
no turnin’ back, we’re lost in music.
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, feel so alive, I quit,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
my 9 to 5, we’re lost in music.
Verse 2
||: Dm7 C | G | Bbmaj7 C | Dm7 :||
Mmm, hm, in spotlight the band plays so very tight, each and every night, uh, huh.
It’s not vanity, to me it’s my sanity, I could never survive.
Some people ask me, what are you gonna be? Why don’t you go get a job, ha? Uh, uh.
All that I could say, I won’t give up my music, not me, not now, no way, no how, uh, oh.
Chorus 3
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, caught in a trap, caught up in our music,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
no turnin’ back, ooh, ooh, oh, ooh, we’re lost in music.
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, don’t take our away our music, feel so alive, feel, I quit, I quit
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
my 9 to 5, yeah, we’re lost in music.
Chorus 4
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, melody is good to me. Caught in a trap, I’m caught up in it,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
no turnin’ back, no, no, no. We’re lost in music, ooh, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, mm, hm. Feel so alive, I quit, I quit
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
my 9 to 5. We’re lost in music. Lost in music.
Chorus 5
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, caught in a trap,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
no turnin’ back, we’re lost in music.
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, feel so alive, I quit,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C |
my 9 to 5. We’re lost in music.
Outro
| C Dm7 | Dm7 | C G | G |
We’re lost in music, caught in a trap,
| C Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | C
no turnin’ back, we’re lost in music.
Lost In Music Chords: Learn the progressions
Lost In Music has a very interesting chord progression, it’s like we’re in both D Aeolian (chord VI) and D Dorian (chord II) at the same time.
If it’s D Dorian, we should have had a Bm7b5. If it’s Aeolian, we get a Bbmaj7.
If it’s D Dorian, we get a G (chord V), if it’s Aeolian, we should have a Gm (chord II).
Basically, what we have here is a modal interchange on a loop where D is always Dorian, until that Bbmaj7 when D is Aeolian.
The placement of the chords in the bar, combined with this modal interchange drives the song forward, making the audience dance all night.
Lost In Music was one of four hits from the album We Are Family!
Another smash hit from the Album We Are Family by Sister Sledge we have Lost In Music. Released as a single, it had Thinking Of You as a B-side!
The hits from Nile and Bernard during this time were outrageous, only comparable with what The Beatles produced a decade earlier.
You can work out how they put this Disco classic together by studying the chords and lyrics above. The secret behind it is a modal interchange.
Using the video above and the chords and lyrics, play along by simply strumming the chords, this will give you a sense of how the harmony is constructed.
Once you got that down, start imitating Nile Rodgers‘s funky guitar.
Lost In Music Chords | Related Pages
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Chic tunes
Nile Rodgers’ Chic has many well-known Disco hits, but it’s perhaps his work as a producer and writer that he is best known for.
Producing Madonna, Sister Sledge, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nile is a legend in the business.
Chic on the web
Sister Sledge tunes
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards took some time off from their band Chic to create the best Disco album of all time for Sister Sledge in 1979.
This legendary album had classics such as We Are Family, He’s The Greatest Dancer, Lost In Music, and Thinking Of You on it.
Sister Sledge on the web
Dance, Disco & Funk
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