Race To The Bottom Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: F#m Difficulty: Intermediate Intro: F#m E F#m x2 Verse 1: F#m Sliding along by the Seine, it's May Day F#m This song'??s in my head once again E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom we've been racing F#m Coughing my lungs up on Rue des Irlandais F#m Becoming a risk to myself E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom and we're racing F#m The radio silence and the anarchists F#m Are gathering names, dates and lists for burning E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

Bridge: A F#m Oh, how you move me, truly A F#m Oh, how you set my heart aglow Verse 2: F#m I'??m shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed F#m Somebody painted an '??X' on my back E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom and we're racing F#m Piss on the streets after dark in Paris F#m Even on dear Joan of Arc, she knows E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom and we've been racing Chorus: Bm Even the gods as they gaze down on us E Know that there's no one to be saved among us F#m E They keep turning away, turning away Bm We're singing along with the righteous people E The bullets will rain down from the mosques and steeples F#m E They keep turning away, turning away Verse 3: F#m A taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness F#m Her man's in decline, oh, it's a nasty business E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing F#m Our blood is no thicker than this water, my brother F#m You'll find out soon one way or the other E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing solo: F#m E F#m x2 Chorus: Bm Even the clouds that send the rains down on us E See a horizon that goes way beyond us F#m E We keep drifting away, drifting away Bm While down in the dark in the tick-tock alleys E Time's running out and there's still bills to tally F#m E We keep chipping away, chipping away break: F#m E x4 Verse 4: F#m Sliding along with the bouquinistes F#m Baldwin and Brecht and the distance between us E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing F#m I'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed F#m A handsome Parisienne on my arm E F#m It's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing outro: F#m E F#m x4