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"Run For The Roses" - by Dan Fogelberg 1980 (from the CD "Innocent Age")


INTRO:
F  Am  Bb  C7 (repeat)


F           Am          Bb            C7
Born in the valley, and raised in the trees
 
   F          Am        Bb     C7
Of Western Kentucky, on wobbly knees
 
     F       Am          Bb         Bbm
With Mama beside you, to help you along

       F         Dm         Gm       C7
You'll soon be a-growing up strong


All the long lazy mornings, in pastures of green
The sun on your withers, the wind in your mane
Could never prepare you for what lies ahead:
The run for the roses so red



CHORUS:
           Bb          C7       Am  
And it's - Run for the Roses as fast as you can

     Bb         C7           Am
Your fate is delivered, your moment's at hand

         Bb          C7             Am          Dm
It's the chance of a lifetime, in a lifetime of chance

         Bb                          C7
And it's high time you joined in the dance

     Eb                          Bb
It's high time you joined in the dance



From sire to sire, it's born in the blood
The fire of a mare and the strength of a stud
It's breeding, and it's training, and it's something unknown
That drives you and carries you home 

repeat chorus