Race To The Bottom chords by Glen Hansard

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: F# minorF#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
F# minorF#m     E MajorE F# minorF#m x2

Verse 1:
F# minorF#m
Sliding along by the Seine, it's May Day
F# minorF#m
This song'??s in my head once again
    E MajorE                    F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom we've been racing
F# minorF#m
Coughing my lungs up on Rue des Irlandais
F# minorF#m
Becoming a risk to myself
    E MajorE                   F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom and we're racing
F# minorF#m
The radio silence and the anarchists
F# minorF#m
Are gathering names, dates and lists for burning
    E MajorE                     F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

Bridge:
A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
Oh, how you move me, truly
A augmentedA             F# minorF#m
Oh, how you set my heart aglow

Verse 2:
F# minorF#m
I'??m shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed
F# minorF#m
Somebody painted an '??X' on my back
    E MajorE                   F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom and we're racing
F# minorF#m
Piss on the streets after dark in Paris
F# minorF#m
Even on dear Joan of Arc, she knows
    E MajorE                     F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom and we've been racing

Chorus:
 B minorBm
Even the gods as they gaze down on us
 E MajorE
Know that there's no one to be saved among us
     F# minorF#m          E MajorE
They keep turning away, turning away
 B minorBm
We're singing along with the righteous people
 E MajorE
The bullets will rain down from the mosques and steeples
      F# minorF#m         E MajorE
They keep turning away, turning away

Verse 3:
F# minorF#m
A augmentedA taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness
F# minorF#m
Her man's in decline, oh, it's a nasty business
    E MajorE                     F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing
 F# minorF#m
Our blood is no thicker than this water, my brother
F# minorF#m
You'll find out soon one way or the other
    E MajorE                      F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

solo:
F# minorF#m     E MajorE F# minorF#m x2

Chorus:
 B minorBm
Even the clouds that send the rains down on us
 E MajorE
See a horizon that goes way beyond us
      F# minorF#m          E MajorE
We keep drifting away, drifting away
 B minorBm
While down in the dark in the tick-tock alleys
 E MajorE
Time's running out and there's still bills to tally
      F# minorF#m          E MajorE
We keep chipping away, chipping away

break:
F# minorF#m     E MajorE x4

Verse 4:
F# minorF#m
Sliding along with the bouquinistes
F# minorF#m
Baldwin and Brecht and the distance between us
    E MajorE                      F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing
F# minorF#m
I'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed
F# minorF#m
A augmentedA handsome Parisienne on my arm
    E MajorE                      F# minorF#m
It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

outro:
F# minorF#m     E MajorE F# minorF#m x4