Verse
B B6 B B6
Everything works for you and I'm aching
B B6 B B6 E
These plains are an ocean that's where we grieve
C#m
Where we drown, yeah, yeah
B B6 B B6
Open the turnstyles and we're racing
B B6 B B6 E
F# bit like the drama that unfolds at Churchill Downs
C#m
Place your bets, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
B C#m
Spend our time shadowboxin'
E B
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
B5 C#5 E5
King of the ring is silly but
B5 G#5 F#5 E5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
B5 C#5 E5
We hit a low like the Titanic
B5 G#5 F#5 E5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
[Verse 2]
B B6 B B6
Indian princess was a blockbuster
B B6 B B6 E
Dances the waltz at her father's country club
C#m
The southern boys, yeah yeah
B B6 B B6
Everyone waits for you and mint juleps
B B6 B B6 E
The dance floor's an ocean and that's where we drown
C#m
We're the debutantes, yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
B C#m
Spend our time shadowboxin'
E B
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
B5 C#5 E5
King of the ring is silly but
B5 G#5 F#5 E5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
B5 C#5 E5
We hit a low like the Titanic
B5 G#5 F#5 E5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la
F# E
He sings la la la la la la, la