Steeplechase Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D5][D][Em][D#][Em][G5][D5][Em][D]
[B5][Bm]
[G]You better [G5]stretch your [Bb]legs real good!
[G5]Starter pistols in the air![Bb][F]
[G]I been runnin' - I been
[G5]run nin'
I been training [Gm]for [G5]15 years!
Get ready 'cause I
[G]- Don't care![F]
[Em]Where will we rest[G] when
[G5]all our races [Em]have been [G5]run?
[Em]It seems our focus h[G]ad been[Em]
scued since we be[G]gun
[Em]No time to go ba[G5]ck and quest[Em]ion
all those things we [G]did
[Em]We're falling behind [G5]in THIS [Em]race, now
pay attention [G5]kid!
[Bb]Wake up! WAKE [E]UP!
I'm commin' [Em]for ya'!
[Dm][Em][C]
[E]Closer, closer wit[Em]h each
[E5]stride[Em][C]
[Em]All the hurdles in my way[C]
[Em]Are cleared with precision
[E5](and[Em] pride)
[C]I[Dm]

[Verse 2]
[G]hop[G5]e you got
a good nights [Bb]sleep![F]
[G5]Starter blocks are on the
[Bb]track![F]
[G5]I been runnin' - I
been runnin'
I been training for [Gm]50 years![F]
[G5]I ain't ever coming back[Bb]![F]
[E]There are[Em] many peo[G]ple in [G5]my lif[E]e that
[Em]I don't [G]know[G5][E]
[Em]It's hard to [G]tell the [E]difference: Who's a
[Em]friend and [G]who's a [D5]foe?
[Em]Seems like I been runn[G5]in' in circl[D]es,
[E]no one [D]there to [G5]tell me [Am]"STOP!"
[Em]Give me a dest[G5]ination,[G]
[E]and I'll [Em]race you straight [G]to the [A5]top
[E]First heat and we are[Em] off[E5][Em][C]
[Em]Now ther[E]e's no turni[E5]ng back[Em][C]
[Em]Travers[E]ing distance [Em]at great
[D5]speed[Em][C]
[E]My feet are lifting off[D5] the

[Verse 3]
[Em]track![C][Dm]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][C][Em][C]
[Em][C][Em][C]
[D][D5][D][D5][G5][Gm][Bb][F][G5]
[Bb][F]
[G5][Bb][F][Gm][Bb]
[F][G5][G][Em][G][D][Em][C][Em][G]
[D][Em][G][D][E5][C][Em][Gm]
[D][E][Dm]

[Verse 4]
[G5]I hope you stretched your
legs real good!
[Gm]All [F]this shi[G5]t is on the track!
[Gm][F]
[G5]I been runnin' [Gm]- I been runnin'
I been training for 100 years!
[G5]I ain't ever coming back!
[Gm][F][Dm]