Lose Control

How to play Lose Control by Teddy Swims on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 4 you play Dm, F, A#, A, Am, G and more, the shapes the player above shows.

Lose Control is a strong pick if you want a song that feels steady, emotional, and great for building confidence at a mid-tempo pace. You get a repeating groove that lets you focus on clean changes and even timing, so it feels rewarding without being too fast to control.

The chart uses a mix of open and barre shapes, with A and D giving you a lighter grip and F#m, C#, C#m, B, and F# asking for more hand strength. The main thing to watch is the move from F#m into A and then D, since that opening progression sets the shape of the whole song and can expose slow changes.

Start by looping F#m - A - D - A slowly until your hands settle, then add the rest of the chords one change at a time. Once the switches feel smooth, practice with a steady pulse around the song's tempo and keep your strums even so the progression stays locked in.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.