Race Among the Ruins
Race Among the Ruins

Race Among the Ruins chords by Gordon Lightfoot

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • F

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • F

    • Intro 1


    You think 
    you 
    had 
    the last 
    Verse 1
    laugh 

    Now 
    you know 
    this 
    can't 
    be true 

    Even 
    though 
    the sun 
    shines 

    down 
    upon 
    you now 

    Some
    times 
    you must 
    feel 
    blue 

    You 
    make 
    the 
    best 
    of 
    each new 
    day 

    You try 
    not 
    to 
    be sad 

    Even 
    though 
    the sky 
    falls 

    down 
    upon 
    you 

    Call it 
    mid
    night, 
    feelin' 
    bad 

    When 
    you wake 
    up 
    to 
    the promise 
    Verse 2

    Of 
    your dream 
    world 
    comin' 
    true 

    With one 
    less 
    friend 
    to call 
    on 

    Was 
    it someone 
    that 
    I knew 

    Away 
    you will 
    go 
    sailin' 

    In 
    a race 
    amon
    g the ruins 

    If 
    you plan 
    to face 
    to
    morrow 

    Interlude 1
    Do it 
    soon 



    The 
    Verse 3
    road 
    to 
    love 
    is 
    littered 

    By 
    the bones 
    of 
    other 
    ones 

    Who 
    by 
    the ma
    gic 
    of 
    the 
    moment 

    Were 
    mys
    teriously 
    un
    done 

    You 
    try 
    to 
    understand 
    it 

    But 
    you 
    never 
    seem 
    to find

    Any 
    kind 
    of freedom 
    comin' 
    clean 

    Is 
    just 
    an
    other 
    state 
    of mind 

    Verse 4
    When 
    you wake 
    up 
    to 
    the promise 

    Of 
    your dream 
    world 
    comin' 
    true 

    With one 
    less 
    friend 
    to call 
    on 

    Was 
    it someone 
    that 
    I knew 

    Away 
    you will 
    go 
    sailin' 

    In 
    a race 
    amon
    g the ruins 

    If 
    you plan 
    to 
    face 
    to
    morrow 

    Do 
    it soon 

    Verse 5

    So 
    take 
    the 
    best 
    of all 
    that's left 

    You know 
    this 
    cannot 
    last 

    Even 
    though 
    your 
    mother 
    was 
    you maker 

    From 
    her 
    ap
    ron 
    strings 
    you pass 

    Just 
    think 
    about 
    the fool 

    Who 
    by 
    his 
    vir
    tue 
    can 
    be found 

    In 
    a most 
    un
    usual 
    situation 

    Playin' 
    jester 
    to 
    the clown 

    When 
    you wake 
    up 
    to 
    the promise 
    Verse 6

    Of 
    your dream 
    world 
    comin' 
    true 

    With one 
    less 
    friend 
    to call 
    on 

    Was it 
    someone 
    that I 
    knew 

    Away 
    you will 
    go 
    sailin' 

    In 
    a race 
    among 
    the ru
    ins 

    If 
    you plan 
    to 
    face 
    to
    morrow 

    Do 
    it soon 

    Verse 7

    When 
    you wake 
    up 
    to 
    the promise 

    Of 
    your dream 
    world 
    comin' 
    true 

    With one 
    less 
    friend 
    to call 
    on 

    Was 
    it someone 
    that I 
    knew 

    Away 
    you will 
    go 
    sailin' 

    In 
    a race 
    among 
    the ru
    ins 

    If 
    you plan 
    to 
    face 
    to
    morrow 

    Outro 1
    Do 
    it soon 



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