Battles chords by Emily West

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
A
Joseph's really smart

He's good and he's got heart
                                       E
His eyes are big and his bones are thin
   Bm
He never has new clothes
     E                                   A   A7
He works a job that knows is killing him


Hook:
D              E                A                 D
Found out on a Sunday that he's going to lose his home
A                      E               A    E
Everyone is fighting a battle of their own

Verse 2:
A
Remy is a child

The teacher's say he's wise
     Bm                    Bm7
They keep him on a kind of medicine
    E
Now he don't run around
Bm                    E          A
His ears are to the ground, listening


Hook:
D                  E                A               D
He might have been Mozart, but they turned him into stone
A                      E               B7     Em    C    G    F   C   E   E7
Everyone is fighting a battle of their own


Verse 3:
A
Michael's full of doubt

The pout is coming out
                                    E
His father and his friends would be ashamed
   Bm
He talks to God at night
    E                             A
"If I ain't right, why'd you make me in this way?"


Hook:
D                   E              A            B7
He's been taught to hate the only 'M' he's ever known
D                      E
Everyone is fighting a battle
D                      E
Everyone is fighting a battle
Bm7                    E               A
Everyone is fighting a battle of their own