Chords for Candi Staton - Victim (Warner Bros. Records 1978)

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When [E] I thought it up, it was just a matter of seeing you every day.
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I [E] look forward to the time [A] when you would come [G#m] my way.
_ [B] Ooh yeah, _ [E] I long _ just to see you, I smile _ _ [Am] just to greet you.
[A] I [E] became a victim _ [A] of the very songs [E] I sing.
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You [E] gave me a brand new reason to start fixing up my face.
_ [A] Yes you did, _ [E] having cocktails at your [G#m] favorite _ place.
[E] Ooh yeah, a table _ just for two.
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ Now that [D] I have you, I [E] became a victim _ of the [B] very songs [A] I sing.
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_ [B] I told you your heart's run [Em] free when [A] I didn't listen to [C] myself.
_ _ [G] _ _ Inducted by the power of love, I just [B] fell right in.
Ooh yes I did, _ cause I'm hardly worried about tomorrow.
You [C] were my future, _ _ _
_ _ [G] as long as I was being satisfied.
I want [B] nothing else, no no baby.
_ [E] And now, _ _ [A] already, I'm in a left hand hold.
_ [A] Yes I am, I [E] wonder what it is that makes a man leave a girl so [G#m] all alone.
_ [B] Ooh, keep up, [E] another woman is usually the thing.
[E] _ [A] Running around, just [Am] don't seem to change.
[E] I'm a victim, _ _ _ _ [A] I'm a victim, _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [E] I'm a victim, _ _ _ _ _ [A] I'm a victim, _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [E] I'm a victim.
_ Of the [B]
very [A] songs I sing.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [B] Why don't you practice what you [Em] preach?
_ [A] That's what everybody keeps [C] telling me.
_ [G] They say, my body's good for others, then it's gotta be [B] good for me.
Can't you see?
_ _ I try to occupy my mind, keep [A] myself busy _ [C] all the time.
_ [G] _ But the more I try to do, the more I keep [B] thinking of you, _ _ baby.
_ [E] Oh well, _ [A] bound and up in the lost [E] and found.
_ [A] Ooh, _ it [E] looks like love and me, we've [A] fought _ [G#m] another round.
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_ [E] Another woman, is this claim to fame?
_ [A] I'll be lucky, I'll [D] get these chains.
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Victim, _ [A] victim, _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] I'm a victim, _ I'm a victim, I'm a victim, I'm a victim, I'm a victim.
Of the [B]
very [A] songs I sing.
[G] Come on, help me [B] sing.
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do, _ [Em] _
ah [A]-ha, do-do-do-do-do.
[C] Yeah. _
Do-do-do [G]-do-do-do-do, _ _ _ _ [B] ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh. _ _
Come on, help me sing.
Do-do-do-do-do-do [Em]-do, ah [A]-ha, do-do-do-do-do.
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_ [C#m] I'm a victim, _ [E] _ love I'm [A] a victim, _ _ [Am] love
_ [E] I'm a victim _ _ _ _ [A] I'm a victim
I'm a victim [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ of the [B]
very [A] song I sing
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[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
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I'm [E] a victim _ _ _ _ I'm _ [A] a victim
[Am] _ _
_ _ [E] I'm a victim _ _
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I'm [E] _ _ a victim
not captured [A] by the pain
_ [G] _ _
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_ _ [A] I'm a victim
I'm _
[B] _ [E] a victim
I'm a victim
You _ _ see, [A] I'm a victim
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_ [E] I'm a victim
_ _ [B] I'm a bearer, that's [A] all I say
I [G] can't help myself
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I'm [A] a victim _ _ _ _
_ [E] I'm a victim
You _ _ see, [A] I'm a victim
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_ _ [E] _ _ I'm a [B] _ _
bearer, that's all [A] I say
_ [Em] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ I'm a bearer, that's all I say
I'm a victim
I'm a victim
_ You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
see, [A] I'm a victim
_ _ I'm _ _ [E] a victim
[B] I'm a bearer, that's all I say
_ _ [A] I _ _ [G] can't help myself
[E] _ _ I'm _ _ a [A] victim _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] I'm a victim _ _ _ _
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