Victim Chords by Candi Staton

[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ When [Eb] I started out, it was [Ab] just a matter of seeing you [Eb] every day. _ _
[Ab] _ I [Eb] looked forward to the times [Ab] when you would come [Bb] my way. _
[Ab] I _ _ [Eb] _ _ longed just to see _ [Ab] you, I smiled _ [Abm] just to reach you.
I [Eb] became a victim _ [Ab] of the very songs [Eb] I sang. _ _
[Ab] _ _ You [Eb] gave me a brand new reason [Ab] to start fixing up [Eb] my face. _
[Ab] Yes you did, _ [Eb] having cocktails _ [Ab] at your _ [Gm] favorite _ place.
[Ab] Oh yeah, [Eb] a table _ just the [Db] two.
[Bbm] [Ab] Got rid of loneliness now that [Abm] I have you.
I [Eb] became a victim _ [Bb] of the very _ [Ab] songs I sang. _
[Gb] _ _ I [Bb] _ saw your young [Ebm] hearts run free when [Ab] I didn't listen to [B] myself.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ Inducted by the power of love, I just [Bb] fell right in.
Oh yes I did.
_ _ Wasn't hardly worried [Ebm] about tomorrow.
You [B] were my future. _
As _ _ [Gb] _ long as I was being satisfied, I didn't want [Bb] nothing else.
No, no baby.
[Ab] [Eb] And now, _ _
[Ab] already, I'm being [Eb] left at home. _
[Ab] Yes I am.
I [Eb] wonder what it is that [Ab] makes a man leave a girl so [Bb] all _ [Eb] alone.
[Ab] People, _ [Eb] another woman is usually the thing.
_ [Ab] Running around just [Abm] don't seem to change.
[Eb] I'm a victim. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] I'm a victim. _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] I'm a victim. _ _
_ I'm [Ab] a victim. _
I'm a victim.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] I'm a victim _ [Bb] of the very _ [Ab] songs I sang.
[Gb] Yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah.
[Eb] I'm a victim. _ _
_ I'm _ [Ab] a victim. _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] I'm a victim, _ _ Lord.
_ [Ab] I'm a victim.
[Abm] Oh, oh, oh.
_ [Eb] Every time I [Bb] turn around, I'm back [Ab] in love again.
[Gb] Oh yes I am.
[Bb] _ [Eb] I'm a victim. _ _
Yeah.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ Oh, oh, [Ab] yeah.
I'm a victim. _ _
_ [Db] _ Yeah, [Eb] I'm a victim.
I'm a victim.
_ [Bb] _ Oh, yeah.
[Ab] Oh, yeah. _
[Gb] Oh, [Bb] _ [Eb] oh, oh.
Oh, baby. _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _