The End of the Race chords by Willy Mason

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Intro 1

When they came in the night,

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They said we take what we like
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I said I wish you well,
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but I've been living like hell
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I don't have what you need,
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but I can tell you what I see
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I close my eyes to go to sleep,
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I feel a gun pressed to my cheek
I see the ocean rolling fast,
I see the grass I see the grass
See it swallow up the past,
I see the grass I see the grass
See the hands empty at last,
I see the grass I see the grass
But all you ask me all you ask,
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all you ask all you ask
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What have you got for me?
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You knew that this day
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was coming on,
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I woke at first daylight
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The sun still shining just as bright,
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As yesterday when it seemed
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The world could end inside a dream
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I put on boots and went outside
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The enemy is still shooting wide
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If they'd believe what I see
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They wouldn't shoot so thoughtlessly
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I see the ocean....
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What have you
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got for me?
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You knew that this day was coming
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So why didn't you start running
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Your hands are now too
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full to get a way
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And this ain't gonna stop till something
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Cures you of all your wanting
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Until you lose what
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you won't give away
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Its time to make peace with this place
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Call this the end of the race