Gordon Lightfoot – Race Among The Ruins (Guitar)

    D                 D
You think you had the last laugh now

    G                  D
you know this can't be true

                A                 A
Even though the sun shines down upon you now

    G                   D
Sometimes you must feel blue

    D                D
You make the best of each new day

    G             D
You try not to be sad

                A               A
Even though the sky falls down upon you

        G                D
Call it midnight feelin' bad

         A              A/G
When you wake up to the promise

        D/F#               G
Of your dream world comin' true

     D                  A
With one less friend to call on

       G              D
Was it someone that I knew...

 A               A/G
Away you will go sailin'

     D/F#           G
In a race among the ruins

       D              A             G   F
If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon

    D               D
The road to love is littered

       G              D
By the bones of other ones

           A            A
Who by the magic of the moment

       G            D
Were mysteriously undone

    D           D
You try to understand it

        G             D
But you never seem to find

            A               A
Any kind of freedom, comin' clean

         G               D
Is just another state of mind

         A              A/G
When you wake up to the promise

        D/F#               G
Of your dream world comin' true

     D                  A
With one less friend to call on

       G              D
Was it someone that I knew...

 A               A/G
Away you will go sailin'

     D/F#           G
In a race among the ruins

       D              A             G   F
If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon

   D                D
So take the best of all that's left

    G                D
You know this cannot last

                 A               A
Even though your mother was your maker

         G                    D
From her apron strings you've passed

     D               D
Just think about the fool

           G             D
Who by his virtue can be found

            A         A
In a most unusual situation

        G             D
Playin' jester to the clown

         A              A/G
When you wake up to the promise

        D/F#               G
Of your dream world comin' true

     D                  A
With one less friend to call on

       G              D
Was it someone that I knew...

 A               A/G
Away you will go sailin'

     D/F#           G
In a race among the ruins

       D              A             G   F   D
If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon

         A              A/G
When you wake up to the promise

        D/F#               G
Of your dream world comin' true

     D                  A
With one less friend to call on

       G              D
Was it someone that I knew...

 A               A/G
Away you will go sailin'

     D/F#           G
In a race among the ruins

       D              A             G   F
If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon