Gordon Lightfoot – Race Among The Ruins (Ukulele)

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Intro A A D G, D A G-F, Dx4: [V1]
    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

    G                   D
Sometimes you must feel blue   [wait 2, 3, 4]

    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
[CHORUS]
         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
[V2]
    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
[CHORUS]
         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
[V3]
            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 you 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
[CHORUS x 2]
         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 ... D______
If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon_______________
END