The Race Is On

INTRO  E      | E     | B   A   | E

  E (one strike & hold)                                              
I feel tears welling up from down deep inside,
     A                    E
Like my heart's got a big break
      E
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful
     F#           B
That I may never shake.

E
You might think that I'm taking it hard
          A                   E
Since you broke me off with a call,
          E
You might wager that I'll hide in sorrow
            B         A        E  '  '  '  '  stop
And I might lay right down and bawl

CHORUS
N.C.            E
Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch,
A
Heartaches a goin' to the inside,
E
My tears are holding back,
F#             B
Tryin' not to fall.
E
My heart's out of the running,
          A                       E
True love scratched for another's sake,
            E
The race is on and it looks like heartaches,
          B      A      E  '  '  '  ' stop
Where the winner loses all.

N.C.      E (one strike hold)                     
One day I ventured in love never once suspecting
         A                   E
What the final result would be.
      E
Now I live in fear of waking up each morning,
      F#                          B
And finding that you're gone from me.

           E
There's an aching pain in my heart for the name
        A                   E
Of the one that I hated to face,
         E
Someone else came out to win her,
           B      A       E   '  '  '  ' stop
And I came out in second place.

CHORUS
N.C.            E
Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch,
A
Heartaches a goin' to the inside,
E
My tears are holding back,
F#             B
Tryin' not to fall.
E
My heart's out of the running,
          A                       E
True love scratched for another's sake,
            E
The race is on and it looks like heartaches,
          B      A      E  '  '  '  ' stop
Where the winner loses all.