The Race Is On

NC I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside D A Like my heart's sprung a big break And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful E That I may never shake A You might say that I was taking it hard D A Oh, she wrote me off with a call But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow E A When I may break right down and bawl? NC A Well, the race is on and here comes Pride up the backstretch D A Heartaches are going to the in- side My Tears are holding back E They're tryin' not to fall A My Heart's out of the running D A True Love's scratched for another's sake The race is on and it looks like Heartaches E A And the winner loses all. One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin' What the final result would be How I lived in fear of waking up each morning And thinkin' that you're gone from me There's ache and pain in my heart For today was the one that I hated to face Somebody new came up to win her I came out in second place.