v.1
^-- I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
^CLike my heart's gonna be ^Gbreakin'
^GAnd the stab of lonliness ^Esharp an' painful
That ^AI may never ^Dshake

^GYou might say that I was takin it hard
Since you ^Cwrote me off with a ^Gcall
^GBut don't you wager that I'll hide in ^Esorrow
When I might ^Abreak right ^Ddown and ^Gbawl

Chorus:
^-- Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
^CHeartache goin' to the inside
^GMy tears are ^Eholdin' back, ^Atryin not to ^Dfall
^GMy heart's out of the runnin', true love ^Cscratched for another's ^Gsake
^GThe race is on and it looks like ^Eheartache
And the ^Awinner ^Dloses ^Gall

Instr. Brk.

v.2
One day I ventured in love never once suspectin'
What the final result would be
How I live in fear of wakin' up each mornin'
An findin' that you're gone from me

There's a achin' pain in my heart for the name
Of the one I headed to face
Somebody new came up to win her
An I came out in second place

Rpt. Ch.