"Race For The Prize"
The Flaming Lips
from "The Soft Bulletin"
tabbed by arlen b, 05/15/03
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standard tuning

chords used:
 Fmaj7  G6   Dm  Cmaj7 C    F    G   Am/C
e--0----0----1----0----0----1----3----0--------------------------------
B--1----0----3----0----1----1----3----1--------------------------------
G--2----0----2----0----0----2----0----2--------------------------------
D--3----2----0----2----2----3----0----2--------------------------------
A-(3)---2---------3----3---(3)---2----3--------------------------------
E-------3---(1)------------------3-------------------------------------

*note* for the intro/main chord progression for this song, i've worked out
at least a half dozen different chord progressions that work. i've put what
i think sounds best; not necessarily exactly what the guitar plays (this is
hard to tell because it is quite low in the mix), but rather a culmination of
the main guitar chords and the chords created by the addition of notes by
the synth. if anyone wants a different take (or multiple different takes) on 
this main chord progression, let me know, and i'll hook you up, but i think 
this sounds best...

intro: Fmaj7    G6    Dm (/F, if you want)    Cmaj7    x2    G

C                  F              G           C
two scientists are racing for the good of all mankind

             F                C
both of them side by side  /  so determined

locked in heated battle for the cure that is the prize
but it's so dangerous, but they're determined

Am/C             G6                   Am/C                     G
theirs is to win if it kills them  /  they're just humans with wives and children


Fmaj7    G6    Dm    Cmaj7   x2    G

Upwards to the vanguard
Where the pressure is too high
Under the microscope
Hope against hope

Forging for the future
But to sarcrifice their lives
Both of them side by side
So determined

Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children

Fmaj7    G6    Dm    Cmaj7   x2

Theirs is to win
It will kill them
They're just humans
With wives and children

Fmaj7    G6    Dm    Cmaj7   to fade