George Jones – The Race Is On (Guitar)

     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?

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.

          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.

N.C.               A 
Well, the race is on and here comes Pride up the backstretch

 D                   A 
Heartaches are goin' to the inside

             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

         E   A 
And the winner loses all.