The Race Is On - George Jones [Verse 1] [NC] I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside Like [D]my heart's sprung a big [A]break And the [A]stab of loneliness [A]sharp and painful That [B]I may never [E7]shake Now, [A]you might say that I was [A]takin' it hard Oh, she [D]wrote me off with a [A]call But don't you [A]wager that'll hide the [A]sorrow When I may [E]break right down and [A]bawl?[A] |[Chorus] |[NC]Now, the race is [A]on and here comes [A]Pride up the backstretch |[D] Heartaches are g[D]oin' to the inside |[A] My Tears are [D]holdin' back |[B] They're tryin' not to [E7]fall |[A]My Heart's out of the [A]runnin' |True Love's [D]scratched for another's [A]sake |The race is [A]on and it looks like [A]Heartaches |And the [E]winner loses [A]all.[A] [Instrumental] [D] [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [Verse 2] [NC]One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin' What the [D]final result would [A]be How I [A]lived in fear of wakin' [A]up each a-morning And [B]findin' that you're gone from [E7]me There's [A]ache and pain in my heart For [D]today was the one that I hated to [A]face Somebody [D]new came up to [A]win her I came [E]out in second [A]place.[A] |[Chorus] |[NC]Well, the race is [A]on and here comes Pride up the backstretch |[D]Heartaches are goin' [A]to the inside |My Tears are holdin' back |They're tryin' [E]not to fall |[A]My Heart's out of the runnin' |True Love's [D]scratched for [A]another's sake |The race is on and it looks like Heartaches |And the [E]winner [A]loses all. Outro: [A] [D] [A]