The Race Is On Chords by Merle Haggard
Tempo:
84.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside like my heart [G] strung a big break
And the stab alone in this sharp and [A] painful that I may [D] never shake
[G] You might say that I was taking it [C] hard since you wrote me [G] off of the call
Don't you wait to bet I'll ride on sorrow [D] when I break right [G] down and fall
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches [G] are going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G]
My heart's out of the running, [C] too much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
[C] [G]
[A] [F] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
One day I ventured in love, never [Bm] once was [C] back to be what the final [G] results would be
And I lived in fear of waking up each [A] morning, finding that you'd [D] gone from [G] me
A aching pain in my [F] heart for the [C] day was the one that I [G] hated to face
Somebody new came up, the wind hurt, [D] now came out in [G] second place
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches are [G] going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G] My heart's out of the running, too [C] much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
[C] [D] [G]
[N]
And the stab alone in this sharp and [A] painful that I may [D] never shake
[G] You might say that I was taking it [C] hard since you wrote me [G] off of the call
Don't you wait to bet I'll ride on sorrow [D] when I break right [G] down and fall
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches [G] are going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G]
My heart's out of the running, [C] too much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
[C] [G]
[A] [F] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
One day I ventured in love, never [Bm] once was [C] back to be what the final [G] results would be
And I lived in fear of waking up each [A] morning, finding that you'd [D] gone from [G] me
A aching pain in my [F] heart for the [C] day was the one that I [G] hated to face
Somebody new came up, the wind hurt, [D] now came out in [G] second place
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches are [G] going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G] My heart's out of the running, too [C] much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
[C] [D] [G]
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
A
F
G
C
D
[C] _ _ _ _ I feel tears welling up cold and deep inside like my heart [G] strung a big break
And the stab alone in this sharp and [A] painful that I may [D] never shake
[G] You might say that I was taking it [C] hard since you wrote me [G] off of the call
Don't you wait to bet I'll ride on sorrow [D] when I break right [G] down and fall
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches [G] are going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G]
My heart's out of the running, [C] too much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ One day I ventured in love, never [Bm] once was [C] back to be what the final [G] results would be
And I lived in fear of waking up each [A] morning, finding that you'd [D] gone from [G] me
A aching pain in my [F] heart for the [C] day was the one that I [G] hated to face
Somebody new came up, the wind hurt, [D] now came out in [G] second place
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches are [G] going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G] My heart's out of the running, too [C] much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
And the stab alone in this sharp and [A] painful that I may [D] never shake
[G] You might say that I was taking it [C] hard since you wrote me [G] off of the call
Don't you wait to bet I'll ride on sorrow [D] when I break right [G] down and fall
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches [G] are going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G]
My heart's out of the running, [C] too much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ One day I ventured in love, never [Bm] once was [C] back to be what the final [G] results would be
And I lived in fear of waking up each [A] morning, finding that you'd [D] gone from [G] me
A aching pain in my [F] heart for the [C] day was the one that I [G] hated to face
Somebody new came up, the wind hurt, [D] now came out in [G] second place
Now the race is on and here comes pride of the [C] backstretch
Heartaches are [G] going to the inside
My tears are holding [A] back, trying [D] not to fall
[G] My heart's out of the running, too [C] much scratch for [G] another's sake
Race is on and it looks like heartaches
[D] The winner [G] loses all
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _