Victory Chords by Nomeansno

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ When I set out on this journey, [D] _ [E] I thought it would [C] never end.
_ _ _ _ _ When I started down that road, [D] _ [E] I could not [C] see the end. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And when I took that first [D] step, [E] I fell in so [C] deep,
_ _ _ _ _ _ that all the things that were so [D] hard,
[E] I _ [C]
thought I would always keep.
_ _ _ _ [A]
Now, _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ [A] what do you think I [C] see?
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
Standing like a [C] wall, _ [E] _ _ [A] _
in front of [C] me.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _
Defeat, [C] not [E] victory.
_ [A] _ _
Defeat, [C] not victory.
[E] _ _ [A] _ Defeat, _ [C] [E] not victory.
[A] What _
[C] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ are you gonna do?
[G] Die?
[B] No.
[A] _ You're gonna lay down [G] and die?
[B] [G] No.
[A] I will not [C] admit [B] defeat.
[D] [A] I will not [C] admit [B] defeat.
[D] _ [A] _ No [G] defeat.
[Bm] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] Defeat. _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _
[A] _ Defeat.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
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_ Pride and [D] deceit have [Em] choked my life [F] like wheat.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
And I lost sight of what I [D] really had, [C#m] _ _ [C]
what I really need. _ _ _ _
And all the things that I should have [D] valued,
_ [E] _ _
I gave [F#] away for a prayer and a song.
[C] _ And now when I reach [D] out for them, [E] _ _ [C] _
_ they are gone.
_ _ [A]
Now, what do I [C] see?
[E] _ _ [A] _ _
Standing [C] in front of me, [E] _ _ [A] like a [C] headstone.
_ [E] A [A] fucking monument to [C] human [Em] misery.
[A] _ _
Defeat, [C] not [Em] victory.
_ [A] _ Defeat, [C] not victory.
[E] _ [A] _ _ Defeat, [C] _ [E] not victory.
[A] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [A] So what are you gonna [G] do?
Die?
[B] [E] No.
_ [A] You're gonna lay [G] down and die?
[B] No.
[A] I will not [G] admit [B] defeat.
_ [A] I will [G] not admit [B] defeat.
_ [D] _ [A] I will [G] _ _ [B]
[D] be_
_ [Am] _ _ [G] Defeat.
_ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _
_ Do _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] I have any friends [D] here?
[E] I can't [C] see. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Are any of my [D] friends here?
I [C] can't see. _ _ _
What _ _ about you?
[D] _
Could you be [Em] a friend to [C] me? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What about you?
_ [Bm]
Could you mean something [C] to me? _ _ _ _
_ I'll [A] _ _ ask you, _ _ and then you can ask it of me. _
_ _ It's a simple request. _
_ And then you can make it of me. _
_ _ Can you forgive [C] me?
[B] _ _
[D] [A] Can you forgive [Em] me?
_ _ [B] _
[A] Can you [Em] _ _ _ [A] see _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [B] what [A]
will [G] be?
Is [A] it_ _
_ [G] _ [B] _ [A] Is it_ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ [Dm] [A] Is it_
[C] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
[B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
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Now I can't [D] show you [Em] all the things [C] I've seen.
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And I can't make you [D] feel [E] anything.
_ [C]
It's really not what they've meant. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Someday I know, no matter how [C] hard we try,
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we're all gonna have [D] to [Em] lay down and die. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ So maybe I should just tell [D] you what [E] I hope and [C] believe. _
_ _ For _ every defeat, [D] there [Em] will be [G] _ [C] a victory.
_ _ _ For every defeat, _ [D] there will [E] be _ [C] _ a victory.
_ _ _ _ In defeat, [D] _ _ [E] there is [C] hope. _ _
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