Verse
F# F#6 F# F#6
Everything works for you and I'm aching
F# F#6 F# F#6 B
These plains are an ocean that's where we grieve
G#m
Where we drown, yeah, yeah
F# F#6 F# F#6
Open the turnstyles and we're racing
F# F#6 F# F#6 B
C# bit like the drama that unfolds at Churchill Downs
G#m
Place your bets, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
F# G#m
Spend our time shadowboxin'
B F#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
F#5 G#5 B5
King of the ring is silly but
F#5 D#5 C#5 B5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
F#5 G#5 B5
We hit a low like the Titanic
F#5 D#5 C#5 B5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
[Verse 2]
F# F#6 F# F#6
Indian princess was a blockbuster
F# F#6 F# F#6 B
Dances the waltz at her father's country club
G#m
The southern boys, yeah yeah
F# F#6 F# F#6
Everyone waits for you and mint juleps
F# F#6 F# F#6 B
The dance floor's an ocean and that's where we drown
G#m
We're the debutantes, yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
F# G#m
Spend our time shadowboxin'
B F#
Hoping for knockout
[Chorus]
F#5 G#5 B5
King of the ring is silly but
F#5 D#5 C#5 B5
New loves unite, praise the hero king
F#5 G#5 B5
We hit a low like the Titanic
F#5 D#5 C#5 B5
Some kind of affair but she's already gone
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la
C# B
He sings la la la la la la, la