Misc Soundtrack – Chess - The Russian And The Mokolov Where I Want To Be (Guitar)

                       Em
The man is utterly mad -- you're playing a lunatic

Em
That's the problem. He's a brilliant lunatic and you can't tell which way

Em
What we've just seen's a pathetic display

                              F#
From a man who's beginning to crack

E
He's afraid

C
He knows he isn't the player he was

        Em
And he won't get it back

Em
Why do my seconds

                  E
Always want to believe

Em    E          Em
Third-rate propaganda --

C
My friend, please relax

E     Em          C#m
  You know how you need us --

  A                     D
I don't need my army of so-called 'advisors'

     F#
And helpers to tell me

    Bm                    G#m
The man who's revitalised chess single-handed

    Bm                      F
Is more or less out of his brain

F         Bm   F
When it's very clear

Bm   Em
He's sane

Em
Listen, we don't underestimate anyone

                            F#
We won't get caught in that trap

B     Bm   C
After all, winning or losing reflects on us all --

         Em
Oh don't give me that crap!

    E
And I take the rap if I lose

                    F#   E
It's not quite that simple

      C
The whole world's tuned in, We're all on display

                 C#m
We're not merely sportsmen --

    A                                D
Oh please don't start spouting that old party line

         F#
Yes I know it's your job but

     Bm                   E
Just get out and get me a chess-playing second

    Bm    B             F
In thirty-six hours we begin

F       Bm     F    F#m Am
That is if you want to win!

B             E
Who needs a dream?

E            Am
Who needs ambition?

                Dm
Who'd be the fool

Dm        Am
In my position?

Am              Dm
Once I had dreams

Dm                  Am
Now they're obsessions

Am                B    Dm
Hopes became needs

E               Am
Lovers possessions

Am              B    E
Then they move in

E             Am
Oh so discreetly

                Dm
Slowly at first

Dm        Am
Smiling too sweetly

Am              Dm
I opened doors

Dm                         Am
They walked right through them

Am                  B    Dm
Called me their friend

E        Dm
I hardly knew  them

Dm
Now I'm

Am
Where I want to be

    Am
And who I want to be

    Am
And doing what I

       F
Always said I would

           E
And yet I feel

                 E
I haven't won at all

Am
Running for my life

    Am
And never looking back

   Am
In case there's someone

         F
Right behind to shoot me down

    E
And say he always knew I'd fall

E        Dm
When the crazy wheel

 Dm    Am
Slows down

               B    E
Where will I be?

E              Am
Back where I started

Am              B    E
Don't get me wrong

E           Am
I'm not complaining

                Dm
Times have been good

Dm         Am
Fast, entertaining

Am              Dm
But what's the point

Dm        Am
If I'm concealing

Am          B    Dm
Not only love

E         Dm
All other feeling?

Dm
Now I'm

Am
Where I want to be

    Am
And who I want to be

    Am
And doing what I

       F
Always said I would

           E
And yet I feel

                 E
I haven't won at all

Am
Running for my life

    Am
And never looking back

   Am
In case there's someone

         F
Right behind to shoot me down

    E
And say he always knew I'd fall

 E       Dm
When the crazy wheel

 Dm     Am
Slows down

              B    E
Where will I be?

E               Am
Back where I started

 Dm
Comrade, Molokov tells me you want to play chess

           Am
Go to hell