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