Glen Hansard - Race to the bottom

^F#mSliding along by the Seine, it's May Day ^F#mThis song's in my head once again It's a ^Elong way down to the bottom we've been r^F#macing ^F#mCoughing my lungs up on Rue des Irlandais ^F#mBecoming a risk to myself It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom and we're r^F#macing ^F#mThe radio silence and the anarchists ^F#mAre gathering names, dates and lists for burning It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom that we've been ^F#mracing

^AOh, how you move me, t^F#mruly ^AOh, how you set my heart a^F#mglow

^F#mI'm shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed ^F#mSomebody painted an 'X' on my back It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom and we're r^F#macing ^F#mPiss on the streets after dark in Paris ^F#mEven on dear Joan of Arc, she knows It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom and we've been r^F#macing

Ev^Bmen the gods as they gaze down on us K^Enow that there's no one to be saved among us They keep ^F#mturning away, turning ^Eaway We^Bm're singing along with the righteous people Th^Ee bullets will rain down from the mosques and steeples They keep tu^F#mrning away, turning a^Eway

^F#mA taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness ^F#mHer man's in decline, oh, it's a nasty business It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom that we've been ^F#mracing O^F#mur blood is no thicker than this water, my brother ^F#mYou'll find out soon one way or the other It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom that we've been r^F#macing

E^Bmven the clouds that send the rains down on us S^Eee a horizon that goes way beyond us We keep dri^F#mfting away, drifting a^Eway Wh^Bmile down in the dark in the tick-tock alleys T^Eime's running out and there's still bills to tally We keep chi^F#mpping away, chipping a^Eway

^F#mSliding along with the bouquinistes ^F#mBaldwin and Brecht and the distance between us It's a l^Eong way down to the bottom that we've been r^F#macing ^F#mI'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed ^F#mA handsome Parisienne on my arm It's a ^Elong way down to the bottom that we've been r^F#macing