Victory Chords by The Avett Brothers

_ _ _ [Bb] I _ _ don't _ _ _ write [Bb] because I don't think.
I don't have a need to speak.
[Eb] I don't [Bb] see the bright side [Eb] quite as clear.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Accolades and happy days, they don't ever last.
_ [Eb] Stories [Bb] of courage [Eb] clouded up with [F] fear.
_ [F] _ [Bb] In the broom grass I would lie,
[Eb] glimmer in my mind.
[F] Sun smiled back on me.
[Bb] From victory [Eb] I tried to _ _
[Bb] match eternal life.
[Eb] But how I live my [F] life, of course, I was forced to [Bb] retreat.
_ [Eb] _
From victory [F] I accept [Bb] defeat. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Waxy green and yellow wall,
_ outside my window's [Eb] hall.
[Bb] Covering the light I thought [Eb] I'd see.
_ _ _ Am I [Bb] sad or am I sick?
What's at the root of it?
[Eb] Should I [Bb] throw my hands and [Eb] quit?
Something [F] tells me no.
_ _ [Bb] In the broom grass I would lie,
[Eb] glimmer in my [F] mind.
Sun smiled back on me.
From victory [Eb] I tried to _ [Bb] match eternal life.
[Eb] But how I live my [F] life, of course, I was forced [Bb] to retreat.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ From victory [Fm] I [Bb] accept defeat. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ Worries on all sides [Bb] of my mind. _
[Cm] In silence my darkness is [Eb] denied.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] In the broom grass I would lie,
[Eb] glimmer in my [F] mind.
Sun smiled back on me.
[Bb] From victory I [Eb] tried _ _ [Bb] to match eternal life.
[Eb] But how I live my [F] life, of course, I was forced [Bb] to retreat. _
[Eb] _ From victory [F] I accept [Bb] defeat. _
_ [Eb] From victory [F] I [Bb] accept defeat. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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