The Race Is On

C                            G
Like my heart's sprung a big leak
         G                             G
And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
     A              D
That I may never shake
 G
Now you might say that I was taking it hard
 C                              G
Since you wrote me off with a call
           G
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
     D                           G
When I may break right down and bawl
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[Chorus]
N.C.             G                         G
Well the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
C                           C
Heartaches are going to the inside
G                     G
My tears are holding back
        A               D
They're trying not to fall
 G                       G
My heart's out of the running
           C                        G
True love's scratched for another's sake
  G                                  G
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
      D              G
And the winner loses all
[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
N.C.
One day I had ventured in love, never once suspecting
           C                 G
What the final results would be
     G                            G
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
    A                           D
And finding that you'd gone from me
   G                           G
There's aching and pain in my heart
     C                                G
For today was the one that I hated to face
    C                        G
Somebody new came up to win her
   D                       G
And I came out in second place
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[Chorus]
                 G                         G
Well the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
C                           C
Heartaches are going to the inside
G                     G
My tears are holding back
        A               D
They're trying not to fall
 G                       G
My heart's out of the running
           C                        G
True love's scratched for another's sake
  G                                  G
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
      D              G
And the winner loses all