C                            G
Like my heart's sprung a big leak
         G                             G
And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
     A              D
That I may never shake
 G
Now you might say that I was taking it hard
 C                              G
Since you wrote me off with a call
           G
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
     D                           G
When I may break right down and bawl
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------2---------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------2-4-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------0--0-0-2/4---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
N.C.             G                         G
Well the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
C                           C
Heartaches are going to the inside
G                     G
My tears are holding back
        A               D
They're trying not to fall
 G                       G
My heart's out of the running
           C                        G
True love's scratched for another's sake
  G                                  G
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
      D              G
And the winner loses all

[Solo]
E|----------------------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-0--------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------1-----1-----1---1-1--------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2---------------2-----2-----2---------------------2-2-2----------------------|
D|------------------------2-4---4-2-4-2--0----------------------------------2-4----4-4-2-------------------|
A|-------------0--0-0-2/4----------------------------------------0--0-0-2/4-------------2--2-2-2-0---------|
E|-0-3b--3b-3b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3b-0-----|

E|----------------------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-0--------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------1-----1-----1---1-1--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------2----------------------2-----2----------------------------2-2-2----------------------|
D|-2-2-------------2-4---4-2-4-2--0------------------------------------------2-4----4-4-2-------------------|
A|--4-3b-0--0-0-2/4----------------------------------------------0--0-0-2/4--------------2--2-2-2-0---------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3b-0-----|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------2-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------2-4-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0-0| 2/4----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
N.C.
One day I had ventured in love, never once suspecting
           C                 G
What the final results would be
     G                            G
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
    A                           D
And finding that you'd gone from me
   G                           G
There's aching and pain in my heart
     C                                G
For today was the one that I hated to face
    C                        G
Somebody new came up to win her
   D                       G
And I came out in second place
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------2---------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------2-4-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------0--0-0-2/4---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
                 G                         G
Well the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
C                           C
Heartaches are going to the inside
G                     G
My tears are holding back
        A               D
They're trying not to fall
 G                       G
My heart's out of the running
           C                        G
True love's scratched for another's sake
  G                                  G
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
      D              G
And the winner loses all