'Race Among The Ruins' by Gordon Lightfoot - Guitar Tutorial

            Intro: D  A  D  A  D  

You think you had the last laugh  
G  D
Now you know this can't be true  
A
Even though the sun shines down upon you now  
G  D
Some times you must feel blue  
You make the best of each new day  
G  D
You try not to be sad  
A
Even though the sky falls down upon you  
G  D
Call it midnight feeling bad  
 
A  A/G
When you wake up to the promise  
D/F#  G
Of your dream world coming true  
D  A
With one less friend to call on  
G  D
Was it someone that I knew  
A  A/G
Away you will go sailing  
D/F#  G
In a race among the ruins  
D  A  G  F  D
If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon 
 
The road to love is littered  
By the bones of other ones  
Who by the magic of the moment  
Were mysteriously undone  
You try to understand it  
But you never seem to find  
Any kind of freedom, coming clean  
Is just another state of mind  
 
CHORUS
 
So take the best of all that's left  
You know this cannot last  
Even though your mother was you maker  
From her apron strings you pass  
Just think about the fool  
Who by his virtue can be found  
In a most unusual situation  
Playing jester to the clown  
 
CHORUS