The Race is On

<br>[nc] I feel tears wellin up cold and deep inside<br><br>Like my [d] hearts sprung a big [a] break<br><br>And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful<br><br>[e] that I may never shake<br><br>You might [a] say that I was taking it hard<br><br>Oh, she [d] wrote me off with a [a] call<br><br>But dont you wager that Ill hide the sorrow<br><br>When I may [e] break right down and [a] bawl? <br><br>[nc] well, the race is [a] on and here comes pride up the backstretch<br><br>[d] heartaches are going to the in-[a] side<br><br>My tears are holding back<br><br>Theyre tryin [e] not to fall<br><br>[a] my hearts out of the running<br><br>True loves [d] scratched for anothers [a] sake<br><br>The race is on and it looks like heartaches<br><br>And the [e] winner loses [a] all.<br><br><br><br>One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin<br><br>What the final result would be<br><br>How I lived in fear of waking up each morning<br><br>And thinkin that youre gone from me<br><br>Theres ache and pain in my heart<br><br>For today was the one that I hated to face<br><br>Somebody new came up to win her<br><br>I came out in second place.