Race is on, The

 {t: Race is on, The }  
{key: A}  
{artist:George Jones}  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhVPU8BK-A   
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[NC] I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside   
Like [D] my heart's sprung a big [A] break   
[A] And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful   
[B] That I may never [E7] shake   
[A] Now you might say that I was taking it hard   
[D] Since you wrote me off with a [A] call   
[A] But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow   
[E7] When I may break right down and [A] bawl   
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[NC] Now the race is [A] on and here comes pride up the backstretch   
[D] Heartaches are going to the [A] inside   
[A] My tears are holding back   
[B] They're trying not to [E7] fall   
[A] My heart's out of the running   
[D] True love's scratched for another's [A] sake   
[A] The race is on and it looks like heartaches   
And the [E7] winner loses [A] all   
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Instrumental  - Verse 1 (Use [A] instead of [NC] )   
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[NC] One day I had ventured in love, [A] never once suspecting   
What the [D] final results would [A] be   
How I lived in fear of [E7] waking up each morning   
And [B] finding that you'd gone from [E7] me   
There's aching and pain in my [A] heart   
For the day was the [D] one that I hated to [A] face   
[A] Somebody new came up to win her   
And I came [E7] out in second [A] place   
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[NC] Now the race is [A] on and here comes pride up the backstretch   
[D]  Heartaches are going to the [A] inside   
[A] My tears are holding back   
[B] They're trying not to [E7] fall   
[A] My heart's out of the running   
[D] True love's scratched for another's [A] sake   
[A] The race is on and it looks like heartaches   
And the [E7] winner loses [A] all