The Battle chords by Caitlin Cary

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
| G | G | G |



🎸 Verse 1:
Cadd9   G/B      Dsus4  G
When I am buried, don't visit my grave
Cadd9   G/B       Dsus4    G
God cannot save me from the sins I've embraced
Cadd9   G/B      Dsus4   G
Pay your respects to that old liquor store
   Cadd9   G/B    Dsus4    G
Where I won the battle, and I lost the war

| G | G | G |

🎸 Verse 2:
Cadd9    G/B    Dsus4   G
You mine for silver and I pan for gold
Cadd9     G/B     Dsus4    G
You keep yours hidden when all mine is sold
Cadd9    G/B     Dsus4   G
You tell the truth and I lie and I barter
Cadd9    G/B    Dsus4    G
And I drink and I cry and I pass out at night

🎸 Instrumental:
| G | G |G G G|
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
|Cadd9| G/B |Dsus4| G |
| G | G | G |

🎸 Verse 3:
Cadd9    G/B      Dsus4   G
I've always cheated though I've never stolen
Cadd9    G/B       Dsus4    G
I've wanted things that you ain't never thought of
Cadd9   G/B      Dsus4   G
Pay your respects to the gambling score
   Cadd9   G/B     Dsus4   G
Where I won the battle, and I lost the war

| G | G | G |

🎸 Verse 4:
N.C.
They always told me when death came my sins would be
N.C.
Cast out, forgotten, laid to rest with my body
Cadd9   G/B       Dsus4      G
Pay your respects to that old church-house door
   Cadd9   G/B     Dsus4    G
Where I won the battle, and I lost the war