Race To The Bottom Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Em]Slidin' along by the Seine,
it's May Day, this song's in my head once again
It's a [D]long way down to the bottom
we've [C]been [Em]racin'
Coughing my lungs up on rue des
Irlandais becoming a risk to myself
It's a [D]long way down to the bottom
and [C]we're [Em]racin'
The radio silence and the anarchists are gathering names,
dates and lists for burnin'
It's [D]a long way down to the bottom
that we've been [Em]racin'

[Verse 2]
[G]
Oh, how you move me, [Em]truly[G]
Oh, how you set my heart
aglow
[Em]

[Verse 3]
I'm shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed,
some[D]body [Em]painted an 'X' on my back
It's [G]a l[D]ong way down to the bottom
and we're [Em]racin'
There's piss on the streets after dark in Paris,
[C]eve[Em]n our dear Joan of Arc, she knows
It's [G]a long [D]way down to the bottom
and we've [Em]been racin'

[Verse 4]
[C]Even the Gods as they gaze down on us
[D]Know that there's no one to be saved among us,
they keep [Em]turning away, turning [G]away
[C]We're singin' along with
the righteous people
The bul[D]lets will rain down from the mosques and steeples,
[Em]they keep turning away, turning away
[D]

[Verse 5]
[Em]A taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness,
[D]her[Em] man's in decline, oh, it's a nasty busines[G]s
It's [D]a long way down to the bottom
that we've been [Em]racin'
Our blood is no thicker than this water, my [C]brother[D],
[Em]you'll find out soon one way or the other
It's a [D]long way down to the bottom that we've
been [Em]racin'

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
[C]Even the clouds that send
the rains down on us
[D]See a horizon that goes way beyond us,
they keep [Em]driftin' away, driftin' [G]away
While [C]down in the dark in
the tick-tock alleys
alleys
[D]Time's running out and
there's still bills to tally
We keep [Em]chippin' away, chippin' away,
[D]oh

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 7]
[Em]Slidin' along with the bouquinistes, Baldwin
and Brecht and the distance [G]between us
It's [D]a long way down to the bottom
that [Em]we've been racin'
I'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed,
[D]a han[Em]dsome Parisienne on my arm
It's a [D]long way down to the bottom
that [Em]we've been racin'

[Outro 1]
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