Chords for Cake - The Distance (lyrics)

_ _ Reluctantly crouched at the starting line.
_ Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags go up.
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
[Em] They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank.
[C#] Few burning fast on an [Em] empty [F#m] tank.
[Em] Reckless and wild, they pour through [G] the turns.
[C#] Their prowess is potent and secretly stern.
As they speed through the finish, the flags go down.
[A] The fans get up [B]
and they get out of town.
The arena is [E] empty, except for one man [A] still driving.
And striving as [Em] fast as he can.
The sun has gone [B] down and the moon has come up.
[F] And long ago [Em] somebody left with the cup.
But he's [G] driving and [E]
driving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he [B] still _ burns. _
_ He's going [E] the distance. _
_ He's going for speed. _ _
_ She's all _ alone, all _ alone in a time of need. _ _
_ Because he's [G] rustled and daisled and [B] plodding the course.
He's fighting and [Em] fighting and riding on his horse.
He's [B] going the distance.
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_ _ [Em] No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no [G] line.
[B] He's haunted by something he cannot _ define.
Owls shaking earthquakes of [Am] doubt and [G] remorse.
[C#] Assail him, impale him with monster [F#]-truck force.
In his mind he's still [E] driving, still making the [B] grade.
[F#m] She's hoping in [E] time that her memories will [B] fade.
Because he's racing and [Em] pacing and plodding the [Bm] course.
[A] He's fighting and fighting and [Em] riding on his [G] horse.
The sun has gone [F#m] down and the moon has come [B] up.
[F] And long ago [Em]
somebody left with the cup.
[E] But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns. _ _
_ He's going the distance. _
_ He's going for speed. _
_ _ She's all alone, _ [E]
all alone in a time of need. _
_ Because he's racing [Bm] and pacing and plodding [B] the course.
He's fighting [E] and fighting and riding on his [B] [G] horse.
He's racing and [B] pacing and plodding the course.
He's fighting and fighting and riding on his horse.
[Em] _ He's going the [B] distance.
_ _ He's going for speed.
[G] _ _ He's going the distance.
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