George Jones
 Written by Don Rollins

 [NC] I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
 Like my [D] heart's sprung a big [A] break
 And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful
 [E] That I may never shake
 You might [A] say that I was taking it hard
 Oh, she [D] wrote me off with a [A] call
 But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
 When I may [E] break right down and [A] bawl?

 [NC] Well, the race is [A] on and here comes Pride up the backstretch
 [D] Heartaches are going to the in-[A] side
 My Tears are holding back
 They're tryin' [E] not to fall
 [A] My Heart's out of the running
 True Love's [D] scratched for another's [A] sake
 The race is on and it looks like Heartaches
 And the [E] winner loses [A] all.

 One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'
 What the final result would be
 How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
 And thinkin' that you're gone from me
 There's ache and pain in my heart
 For today was the one that I hated to face
 Somebody new came up to win her
 I came out in second place