Gordon Lightfoot - Race Among The Ruins

race among the ruins
gordon lightfoot

intro
A A D G , D A G – F , dx4 :

[ v1 ]

D D
you think you had the last laugh now
G D
you know this can’t be true
A A
even though the sun shines down upon you
G D
sometimes you must feel blue [ wait 2 , 3 , 4 ]
D D
you make the best of each new day
G D
you try not to be sad
A A
even though the sky falls down upon you
G D
call it midnight feelin’ bad

[ chorus ]

A A/G
when you wake up to the promise
D/F# G
of your dream world comin’ true
D A
with one less friend to call on
G D
was it someone that i knew . . . . .
A A/G
away you will go sailin’
D/F# G
in a race among the ruins
D A G . . . F . . . D
if you plan to face tomorrow do it soon

[ v2 ]

D D
the road to love is littered
G D
by the bones of other ones
A A
who by the magic of the moment
G D
were mysteriously undone
D D
you try to understand it
G D
but you never seem to find
A A
any kind of freedom comin’ clean
G D
is just another state of mind

[ chorus ]

A A/G
when you wake up to the promise
D/F# G
of your dream world comin’ true
D A
with one less friend to call on
G D
was it someone that i knew . . . . .
A A/G
away you will go sailin’
D/F# G
in a race among the ruins
D A G . . . F . . . D
if you plan to face tomorrow do it soon

[ v3 ]

D D
so take the best of all that’s left
G D
you know this cannot last
A A
even though your mother was you maker
G D
from her apron strings you’ve passed .
D D
just think about the fool
G D
who by his virtue can be found
A A
in a most unusual situation
G D
playin’ jester to the clown

[ chorus x 2 ]

A A/G
when you wake up to the promise
D/F# G
of your dream world comin’ true
D A
with one less friend to call on
G D
was it someone that i knew . . . . .
A A/G
away you will go sailin’
D/F# G
in a race among the ruins
D A G . . . F . . . D
if you plan to face tomorrow do it soon

A A/G
when you wake up to the promise
D/F# G
of your dream world comin’ true
D A
with one less friend to call on
G D
was it someone that i knew . . . . .
A A/G
away you will go sailin’
D/F# G
in a race among the ruins
D A G . . . F . . . d______
if you plan to face tomorrow do it soon_______________

end