Glen Hansard – Race To The Bottom chords

[Intro]
F#m         E F#m x2

[Verse 1]
F#mSliding along by the Seine, it's May Day
F#mThis song'€™s in my head once again
       E                                       F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom we've been racing
F#mCoughing my lungs up on Rue des Irlandais
F#mBecoming a risk to myself
        E                                     F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom and we're racing
F#mThe radio silence and the anarchists
F#mAre gathering names, dates and lists for burning
        E                                          F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

[Bridge]
A                     F#mOh, how you move me, truly
A                         F#mOh, how you set my heart aglow

[Verse 2]
F#mI'€™m shadowing in with the crowds unnoticed
F#mSomebody painted an '€™X' on my back
        E                                     F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom and we're racing
F#mPiss on the streets after dark in Paris
F#mEven on dear Joan of Arc, she knows
        E                                          F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom and we've been racing

[Chorus]
  BmEven the gods as they gaze down on us
 EKnow that there's no one to be saved among us
          F#m                   EThey keep turning away, turning away
  BmWe're singing along with the righteous people
  EThe bullets will rain down from the mosques and steeples
            F#m                  EThey keep turning away, turning away

[Verse 3]
F#mA taste for the wine and a woman's forgiveness
F#mHer man's in decline, oh, it's a nasty business
        E                                          F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing
 F#mOur blood is no thicker than this water, my brother
F#mYou'll find out soon one way or the other
        E                                           F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

[solo]
F#m         E F#m x2

[Chorus]
 BmEven the clouds that send the rains down on us
 ESee a horizon that goes way beyond us
           F#m                   EWe keep drifting away, drifting away
  BmWhile down in the dark in the tick-tock alleys
 ETime's running out and there's still bills to tally
           F#m                   EWe keep chipping away, chipping away

[break]
F#m         E  x4

[Verse 4]
F#mSliding along with the bouquinistes
F#mBaldwin and Brecht and the distance between us
        E                                           F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing
F#mI'm rising up strong like a snake that's charmed
F#mA handsome Parisienne on my arm
       E                                            F#mIt's a long way down to the bottom that we've been racing

[outro]
F#m         E F#m x4