Race To The Bottom Chords & Lyrics - Glen Hansard

[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
It's a [E]long way down to the bottom we've been r[F#m]acing
[F#m]Coughing my lungs up on Rue des Irlandais
[F#m]Becoming a risk to myself
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom and we're r[F#m]acing
[F#m]The radio silence and the anarchists
[F#m]Are gathering names, dates and lists for burning
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom that we've been [F#m]racing

[BRIDGE]
[A]Oh, how you move me, t[F#m]ruly
[A]Oh, how you set my heart a[F#m]glow

[VERSE 2]
[F#m]I'm shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed
[F#m]Somebody painted an 'X' on my back
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom and we're r[F#m]acing
[F#m]Piss on the streets after dark in Paris
[F#m]Even on dear Joan of Arc, she knows
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom and we've been r[F#m]acing

[CHORUS]
Ev[Bm]en the gods as they gaze down on us
K[E]now that there's no one to be saved among us
They keep [F#m]turning away, turning [E]away
We[Bm]'re singing along with the righteous people
Th[E]e bullets will rain down from the mosques and steeples
They keep tu[F#m]rning away, turning a[E]way

[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
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom that we've been [F#m]racing
O[F#m]ur blood is no thicker than this water, my brother
[F#m]You'll find out soon one way or the other
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom that we've been r[F#m]acing

[SOLO]
[F#m] [E] [F#m] x2

[CHORUS]
E[Bm]ven the clouds that send the rains down on us
S[E]ee a horizon that goes way beyond us
We keep dri[F#m]fting away, drifting a[E]way
Wh[Bm]ile down in the dark in the tick-tock alleys
T[E]ime's running out and there's still bills to tally
We keep chi[F#m]pping away, chipping a[E]way

[BREAK]
[F#m] [E] x4

[VERSE 4]
[F#m]Sliding along with the bouquinistes
[F#m]Baldwin and Brecht and the distance between us
It's a l[E]ong way down to the bottom that we've been r[F#m]acing
[F#m]I'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed
[F#m]A handsome Parisienne on my arm
It's a [E]long way down to the bottom that we've been r[F#m]acing

[OUTRO]
[F#m] [E] [F#m] x4