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The Race Is On by George Jones - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            * 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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