Verse
D# D#6 D# D#6
Everything works for you and I'm aching
D# D#6 D# D#6 G#
These plains are an ocean that's where we grieve
Fm
Where we drown, yeah, yeah
D# D#6 D# D#6
Open the turnstyles and we're racing
D# D#6 D# D#6 G#
A# bit like the drama that unfolds at Churchill Downs
Fm
Place your bets, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
D# Fm
Spend our time shadowboxin'
G# D#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
D#5 F5 G#5
King of the ring is silly but
D#5 C5 A#5 G#5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
D#5 F5 G#5
We hit a low like the Titanic
D#5 C5 A#5 G#5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
[Verse 2]
D# D#6 D# D#6
Indian princess was a blockbuster
D# D#6 D# D#6 G#
Dances the waltz at her father's country club
Fm
The southern boys, yeah yeah
D# D#6 D# D#6
Everyone waits for you and mint juleps
D# D#6 D# D#6 G#
The dance floor's an ocean and that's where we drown
Fm
We're the debutantes, yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
D# Fm
Spend our time shadowboxin'
G# D#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
D#5 F5 G#5
King of the ring is silly but
D#5 C5 A#5 G#5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
D#5 F5 G#5
We hit a low like the Titanic
D#5 C5 A#5 G#5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la
A# G#
He sings la la la la la la, la