{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":967613,"song":"The Race Is On","artist":"George Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11619693-the-race-is-on-chords-by-george-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/967613?type=chord","rating":4.56261,"votes":254,"content":"* means chord is strummed and then silenced. \r\nN.C. means no chord\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\nN.C.\r\n I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nLike my heart's sprung a big break[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the stab of loneliness sharp and painful[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThat I may never shake[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow, you might say that I was takin' it hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nOh, she wrote me off with a call[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nBut don't you wager that'll hide the sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]*  \r\nWhen I may break right down and bawl?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow, the race is on and here comes Pride up the backstretch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                  \r\n   Heartaches are goin' to the inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  My Tears are holdin' back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]E7[/ch] \r\n  They're tryin' not to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy Heart's out of the runnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTrue Love's scratched for another's sake[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe race is on and it looks like Heartaches[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nAnd the winner loses all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]   \r\n [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch] \r\n  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\nN.C.  \r\nOne day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat the final result would be[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow I lived in fear of wakin' up each a-morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd findin' that you're gone from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's ache and pain in my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor today was the one that I hated to face[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomebody new came up to win her[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         A8\r\nI came out in second place.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nWell, the race is on and here comes Pride up the backstretch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nHeartaches are goin' to the inside[/tab]\r\n\r\nMy Tears are holdin' back\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThey're tryin' not to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nMy Heart's out of the runnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTrue Love's scratched for another's sake[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe race is on and it looks like Heartaches\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd the winner loses all.[/tab]\r\n  [ch]A[/ch] \r\n  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"* means chord is strummed and then silenced. \nN.C. means no chord\n\n[Verse 1]\nN.C.\n I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n D           A   \n E     A \n  D          A  \n\n[Verse 2] \nN.C.  \nOne day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nMy Tears are holdin' back\n\n\n\n\nThe race is on and it looks like Heartaches\n\n  A \n  D          A","chords":["C","D","A","B","E7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}