Verse
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Everything works for you and I'm aching
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These plains are an ocean that's where we grieve
Em
Where we drown, yeah, yeah
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Open the turnstyles and we're racing
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A bit like the drama that unfolds at Churchill Downs
Em
Place your bets, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
D Em
Spend our time shadowboxin'
G D
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
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King of the ring is silly but
D5 B5 A5 G5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
D5 E5 G5
We hit a low like the Titanic
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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]
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Indian princess was a blockbuster
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Dances the waltz at her father's country club
Em
The southern boys, yeah yeah
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Everyone waits for you and mint juleps
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The dance floor's an ocean and that's where we drown
Em
We're the debutantes, yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
D Em
Spend our time shadowboxin'
G D
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
D5 E5 G5
King of the ring is silly but
D5 B5 A5 G5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
D5 E5 G5
We hit a low like the Titanic
D5 B5 A5 G5
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