The Race Is On Cifras

* means chord is strummed and then silenced.
N.C. means no chord
 
[Verse 1]
N.C.
 I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
     D                         A
Like my heart's sprung a big break
         A                 A
And the stab of loneliness sharp and painful
     B            E7
That I may never shake
     A                         A
Now, you might say that I was takin' it hard
        D                  A
Oh, she wrote me off with a call
               A                     A
But don't you wager that'll hide the sorrow
            E                    A     A*
When I may break right down and bawl?
 
[Chorus]
N.C.              A                A
Now, the race is on and here comes Pride up the backstretch
D                  D
   Heartaches are goin' to the inside
A               D
  My Tears are holdin' back
B                        E7
  They're tryin' not to fall
A                     A
My Heart's out of the runnin'
            D                        A
True Love's scratched for another's sake
             A                   A
The race is on and it looks like Heartaches
         E             A    A*
And the winner loses all.
 
[Solo]
 D           A
 E     A
  D          A
 
[Verse 2]
N.C.
One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'
          D                  A
What the final result would be
       A                      A
How I lived in fear of wakin' up each a-morning
     B                             E7
And findin' that you're gone from me
         A
There's ache and pain in my heart
       D                               A
For today was the one that I hated to face
          D             A
Somebody new came up to win her
        E             A         A8
I came out in second place.
 
[Chorus]
N.C.               A
Well, the race is on and here comes Pride up the backstretch
 D                   A
Heartaches are goin' to the inside
 
My Tears are holdin' back
             E
They're tryin' not to fall
 A
My Heart's out of the runnin'
            D              A
True Love's scratched for another's sake
 
The race is on and it looks like Heartaches
         E   A
And the winner loses all.
  A
  D          A
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