Victim Chords by Candi Staton

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_ [E] I look _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] forward to the time [A] when you would come [Abm] my way.
[B] Ooh yeah, _ [E] I long just to see you, [A] long _ _ [D] just to greet you.
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 [A] to start fixing up [E] my face.
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_ [E] I'm having cocktails [A] at your [Abm] favorite _ place.
[B] Ooh yeah, [E] a table _ just for two.
I got [A] rid of loneliness now that [D] I have you.
I [E] became a victim _ [B] of the very [A] songs I sing.
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_ _ [B] I tore your young [Em] heart run free _ [A] when I didn't listen _ [C] to myself.
_ _ [G] _ _ Induced by the power, _ I [B] just fell right in.
Ooh yes I did, _ but I'm hardly worried [Em] about tomorrow.
_ [C] You were my future, _ _ _
_ _ [G] as long as I was being satisfied.
I want [B] nothing else, no no baby.
[E] And now, _ _ [A] I'm ready, I'm [E] in love at home.
[A] Yes I am, I [E] wonder what it is [A] that makes a man leave a girl [Abm] so all alone.
[E] _ [B] Ooh people, [E] another woman is usually the thing.
_ [A] Running around just [Am] don't seem to change.
[E] I'm a victim, _ _ _ _ [A] I'm a victim.
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] Of the very [A] songs I sing.
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_ _ [B] Why don't you practice [Em] what you preach?
_ [A] That's what everybody keeps [C] telling _ me.
[G] They say, my advice is good for others, and it's gotta be [B] good for me.
Can't you see?
_ _ I try to occupy [Em] 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.
Ooh _ baby, _ [E] oh well.
_ _ [A] I'll end up in the lost [E] and found.
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It [E] looks like love and me, [A] we fought _ [Abm] another round.
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_ [E] Another woman, is this clean to think?
_ [A] I'll be lucky, I can [D] break these chains.
_ [Dbm] _ [E] Victim, _ _ _
_ _ [A] victim.
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_ [E] I'm a victim _ [B] of the very [A] songs I sing.
[G] Come on, help me [B] sing.
Doo, ah, [Em] doo, _ [A] ah, doo.
_ _ [C] Yeah.
Doo, [G] doo, doo, doo. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Doo, doo, doo, doo.
Oh, help me sing.
[B] Doo, ah, [Em] doo, _ [A] ah, doo.
_ _ [C] Doo, doo, [G] doo, doo.
Doo, _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] doo, doo, _ _ _ doo.
[E] I'm a victim, _ _ love.
I'm [A] a victim, _ _ [Dm] love.
_ [E] I'm a victim. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Ah, [Am] ah, ah, ah, ah.
[E] _ Victim [B] of the very [A] song I sing.
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[B] _ _ [E] _ I'm a victim, _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ love.
[Am] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [E] ah.
Victim of the very song I sing.
_ _ [A] _ Victim. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] I'm captured _ [A] by the _ game.
[G] Oh, [B] oh, [E] oh, oh. Victim. _ _
Oh, [A] oh, oh.
Victim.
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_ [E] I'm a victim.
I'm a victim.
Oh, he's right here.
You [A] see, I'm a victim.
_ [D] Oh, my lord.
_ [E] I'm a victim _ [B] of the very [A] song I sing.
I [G] can't help [B] myself.
_ [E] Yeah. _ _ _ _
I'm [A] a victim. _ _ _ _
_ [E] I'm a victim.
You _ _ [A] see, I'm a victim.
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Oh, my lord.
[E] _ _ I'm [B] a victim of the very song [A] I sing.
Oh, [G] baby.
[B] Oh, baby.
Come [E] on, come on, come on. _ _
_ [A] I'm a victim. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] I'm a victim.
_ _ Yeah.
You see, [A] I'm a victim.
Oh, yes, I am.
_ _ [E] _ Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
[A] _ Oh, baby.
[G] I can't [B] get you out of my [E] mind. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] I'm a victim.
I'm a victim. _ _ _ _
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