[NC] I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside Like my [F] heart's sprung a big [C] break And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful [G] That I may never shake You might [C] say that I was taking it hard Oh, she [F] wrote me off with a [C] call But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow When I may [G] break right down and [C] bawl? [NC] Well, the race is [C] on and here comes Pride up the backstretch [F] Heartaches are going to the in-[C] side My Tears are holding back They're tryin' [G] not to fall [C] My Heart's out of the running True Love's [F] scratched for another's [C] sake The race is on and it looks like Heartaches And the [G] winner loses [C] all. One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin' What the final result would be How I lived in fear of waking up each morning And thinkin' that you're gone from me There's ache and pain in my heart For today was the one that I hated to face Somebody new came up to win her I came out in second place.

George Jones - The race is on