Race With The Wind:The Robbs.
#103 on BB (Bubbling Under) Hot 100 on
Mercury Records in 1966.
(A great band from Wisconsin, USA, that didn't
get enough air play.)
INTRO: Bm A
#1.
A F#m
You ask me girl if now I'm licked because I've been
knocked down and kicked.
C#m B
You hope I'm beaten, that I'd stop, but all it does
D
is slow me up a little.
D E A
But I ain't done yet, cause I'll die first.
CHORUS:
Bm A
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind.
D A
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind.
#2.
A F#m
It seems like I have never known a morning I could call
C#m Bm
my own..a day when fate belonged to me to command as I
D
see fitting.
D A
That don't happen, but it's fun to think of.
CHORUS:
Bm A
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind.
D A
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind.
#3.
A Bm A
Your friends come on like movie stars..they laugh too loud
and try too hard.
D G
In your hopped up mind you feel, this twisted masquerade
is real.
CHORUS:
C F E
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..ooohhhhhhhhhhhh..aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..
#4.
Bb Gm7
The riot squad breaks down the wall, the lights go on you look
Dm C
at all the faces of your friends have changed but I'm just walking
Eb F Bb
down this country highway..down a dusty, lovely evening.
OUTRO:
Eb Bb
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind.
Eb Bb
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind.
Eb Bb
Aaaaahhhhhhhh..race with the wind..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
