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
D#m
Where we drown, yeah, yeah
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Open the turnstyles and we're racing
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G# bit like the drama that unfolds at Churchill Downs
D#m
Place your bets, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
C# D#m
Spend our time shadowboxin'
F# C#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
C#5 D#5 F#5
King of the ring is silly but
C#5 A#5 G#5 F#5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
C#5 D#5 F#5
We hit a low like the Titanic
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Some kind of affair but she's already gone
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la
G# F#
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
D#m
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
D#m
We're the debutantes, yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
C# D#m
Spend our time shadowboxin'
F# C#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
C#5 D#5 F#5
King of the ring is silly but
C#5 A#5 G#5 F#5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
C#5 D#5 F#5
We hit a low like the Titanic
C#5 A#5 G#5 F#5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la
G# F#
He sings la la la la la la, la