Frank Loesser wrote the words and the music by Jimmy McHugh in 1942. The song is from the Paramount Picture Happy Go Lucky. It's a moderately smooth song. I like to play Let's Get Lost on a Vintage Voice setting on my Yamaha.
Chords and Lyrics to Let's Get LostIntroF#m7b5 B7#5 Em7b5 A7#5 Dm7b5 G7#5 Dm7sus G7#5
Cmaj7 Cdim7 Let's get lost,Cmaj7 Ebdim7Lost in each other's arms
Dm7 A7
Let's get lost Gm6/Bb A7
Let them send out alarms
Dm G7 Em7 Am7 F#m7b5 B7#5
And though they'll think us rather rude
Dm G7 Em7 Am7 F#m7b5 B7#5
And though they'll think us rather rude
Em A7 A#dim7 B7#5 B7 Dm7 G7#5
Let's tell the world we're in that crazy mood
Cmaj7 Cdim7 Cmaj7 Ebdim7
Let's tell the world we're in that crazy mood
Cmaj7 Cdim7 Cmaj7 Ebdim7
Let's defrost in a romantic mist
Dm7 A7 Gm6/Bb A7
Let's get crossed off everybody's list
Let's get crossed off everybody's list
Dm7 G7 Em7 Fmaj7 G#dim7 Am
To celebrate this night we've found each other
To celebrate this night we've found each other
Dm7 Dm7/G G13b9 C6 A7#5 Dm7 G7#5
Mm, Let's get lost
Cmaj7 Cdim7 Cmaj7 Ebdim7
Let's defrost in a romantic mist
Mm, Let's get lost
Cmaj7 Cdim7 Cmaj7 Ebdim7
Let's defrost in a romantic mist
Dm7 A7 Gm6/Bb A7
Let's get crossed off everybody's list
Let's get crossed off everybody's list
Dm7 G7 Em7 Fmaj7 G#dim7 Am
To celebrate this night we've found each other
To celebrate this night we've found each other
Dm7 Dm7/G G13b9 F#m7b5
Mm, Let's get lost
B7#5 Em7b5 A7#5 Dm7b5 G7#5 Cmaj9
Mm, Let's get lost
B7#5 Em7b5 A7#5 Dm7b5 G7#5 Cmaj9
With the intro, I'm playing:
L.H. / R.H.
F#/CEB
BA/D#GD
E/BbDA
AG/C#FC
D/AbCG
GF/BEbBb
D/AbCG
GF/BD#
Chords to know throughout the song:
A7 = A/C#FA and AG/C#A and AG/C#F#
A#dim7 = A#G/C#F#
A7#5 = AG/C#FC
B7#5 = BA/D#GD
Cmaj7 = CB/CEB
Cmaj9 = CE/BDG
Cdim7 = CC/EbF#C
C6 = C/GAC
Dm7 = D/AEG and D/CFA
Dm7b5 = D/AbCG
Ebdim7 = EbC/F#AC
Em7 = E/DG
Em7b5 = E/BbDA
Fmaj7 = F/EA
F#m7b5 = F#/CEB
G7 = GF/BE
G7#5 = A/BD#
Gm6/Bb = BbG/DEG
G#dim7 = G#/FB
G13b9 = GF/AbB
"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey
