• Song:

    Race Among The Ruins

  • Artist:

    Gordon Lightfoot

  • Album:

    Gordon Lightfoot

Intro
A5 A5 D5 G5 , D5 A5 G5 - F5 , D5 x4:

[V1]

    D5                 D5
You think you had the last laugh now
    G5                  D5
you know this can't be true
                A5               A5
Even though the sun shines down upon you
    G5                   D5
Sometimes you must feel blue   [wait 2, 3, 4]
    D5                D5
You make the best of each new day
    G5             D5
You try not to be sad
                A5               A5
Even though the sky falls down upon you
        G5                D5
Call it midnight feelin' bad

[CHORUS]

         A5              A5
When you wake up to the promise
        D5               G5
Of your dream world comin' true
     D5                  A5
With one less friend to call on
       G5              D5
Was it someone that I knew.....
 A5               A5
Away you will go sailin'
     D5           G5
In a race among the ruins
       D5              A5            G5 ... F5 ... D5
If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon

[V2]

    D5               D5
The road to love is littered
       G5              D5
By the bones of other ones
           A5            A5
Who by the magic of the moment
     G5            D5
Were mysteriously undone
    D5           D5
You try to understand it
        G5             D5
But you never seem to find
            A5              A5
Any kind of freedom comin' clean
         G5               D5
Is just another state of mind

[CHORUS]

         A5              A5
When you wake up to the promise
        D5               G5
Of your dream world comin' true
     D5                  A5
With one less friend to call on
       G5              D5
Was it someone that I knew.....
 A5               A5
Away you will go sailin'
     D5           G5
In a race among the ruins
       D5              A5            G5 ... F5 ... D5
If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon

[V3]

            D5       D5
So take the best of all that's left
    G5                D5
You know this cannot last
                 A5              A5
Even though your mother was you maker
         G5                    D5
From her apron strings you've passed.
     D5               D5
Just think about the fool
           G5             D5
Who by his virtue can be found
          A5       A5
In a most unusual situation
        G5             D5
Playin' jester to the clown

[CHORUS x 2]

         A5              A5
When you wake up to the promise
        D5               G5
Of your dream world comin' true
     D5                  A5
With one less friend to call on
       G5              D5
Was it someone that I knew.....
 A5               A5
Away you will go sailin'
     D5           G5
In a race among the ruins
       D5              A5            G5 ... F5 ... D5
If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon

         A5              A5
When you wake up to the promise
        D5               G5
Of your dream world comin' true
     D5                  A5
With one less friend to call on
       G5              D5
Was it someone that I knew.....
 A5               A5
Away you will go sailin'
     D5           G5
In a race among the ruins
       D5              A5            G5 ... F5 ... D______
If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon_______________

END
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