Race To The Bottom chords by Glen Hansard

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
F#m         E F#m x2

Verse 1:
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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:
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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:
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A taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness
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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