Guided by Voices – The Race Is On The King Is Dead (Guitar)

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[Intro] D A G Em G A [Chorus]
    D       A G     Em       G  A
The race is on, the king is dead

    D       A G  Em       G  A
The shit is on appointed heads
[Verse 1]
    D          A G
And he's got a son

     Em         G             A
"And you got a daughter," he said

    D           A G
The bridge is drawn

    Em          G      A
The suitcase's on the bed
[Interlude] D A G Em G A D A G Em G A [Verse 2]
    D          A G
The show goes on

     Em       G        A
The spoilers lose the day

      D        A G
The spotlight on

     Em        G     A
The girls who flew away

      D      A G
From jigsaw laws

     Em      G     A
The tanners who remained

       D         A      G
We're drunken frat boys through

 Em  G      A
Initiation gained
[Verse 3]
 G           F#    E
"Greetings, noble Caesar

         D   Db    B
We have come to congratulate

    G         F#        E
You on your successful crossing

            D Dsus4  Em G A
Of the Rubicon"
[Interlude] D A G A G D Dsus2 D [Verse 4]
D
Circling to back around

        A
New and used

             Dsus2
Challenging "All join on"
[Chorus]
    D       A G     Em       G  A
The race is on, the king is dead

    D       A G     Em       G  A
The race is on, the king is dead
[Verse 5]
G       F#    E
Every single highway

        D    Db  B
Is the wrong way home

G       F#    E
Traffic information directing:

D     G
Turn around

           D      G
Check your odometer

          D           G
Turn your headlights on
[Outro] G F# E D Db B