Joey Cape – Going For The Bronze (Ukulele)

Abm
I'm taking it slow, keeping the pace

B
I'm only looking to place

F#
Never a loss, never a win

D#
Bronze metals hang from my bed

Abm
I'm running the grey matter laps

B
Outta my mind on the outer track

F#
If I don't feel someone else will

D#
It's all downhill from here

Abm
On my own

B               F#
Running out the one man marathon

D#
Going for the bronze, bronze, bronze

Abm
Taken the licks, getting my stripes

B
Everything in life comes with a price

F#
By a thread stay alive

D#
Make it happen with a third rate stride for the

Abm
Runner up, runner up, runner up prize

B
I'll take what I can get at the finish line

F#
Drafting the pack in the blind

D#
All thoroughbreds in their prime

Abm
Bound to show

B
Running down this lonely road

F#
Forgoing the gold

D#
I'm going, going, going for the bronze

Abm                   B
I know there could be nothing more than this

             F# 
As there all pushing their limits

          D# 
I am left wondering what I miss

Abm
Because they all seemed trapped

           B
Hopelessly fighting over scraps

        F#
I won't miss them when they're gone

        D#
I won't miss them when they're gone

Abm
On my own

B
Running out the one man marathon

F#
Going for the bronze, bronze, bronze

D#
Going for the bronze, bronze, bronze