Victim Volunteer chords by Christine Lavin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Victim/Volunteer


Verse 1:
A minorAm
He thinks of himself as a victim of love
E7E7
He's not - He's a volunteer
E7E7
He has consistently fallen for all the wrong women
E7E7           A minorAm
Year after year after year
A minorAm
And now he blames every woman who has ever kissed him
DmDm
Told him that she loved him and later dismissed him
E7E7
And now he thinks he's a walking victim
N.C.       A minorAm
He's not - He's a volunteer

Verse 2:
A minorAm
She thinks of herself as a victim of circumstance
E7E7
When she's a volunteer
E7E7
She has placed her life in the hands of every man
E7E7          A minorAm
Fool enough to come near
A minorAm
And now she blames anyone who she thinks has used her
DmDm
Amotionally, or mentally abused her
E7E7
She's not a victim running from a persecutor
N.C.       A minorAm
No - She's a volunteer

Verse 3:
A minorAm
And he thinks of himself as a victim of fate
E7E7
When he just volunteers
E7E7
He has invested his money in well bred astrologers
E7E7         A minorAm
Healers, Psychic Seers
A minorAm
And now he blames every tilted constellation
DmDm
Or every negative vibration
E7E7                N.C.
He's not a victim of UFO infestation
       A minorAm
He's a volunteer

Bridge:
DmDm
Oh pick the numbers
A minorAm
Shake the sticks
DmDm
Read the tea leaves
A minorAm
Light the wicks
DmDm
Point the finger
A minorAm
Pass the buck
BB        E7E7
Blame it all on lady luck

Verse 4:
A minorAm
Do you think of yourself as a victim?
E7E7
Or do you volunteer?
E7E7
Do you let somebody else call all of your shots?
E7E7               A minorAm
Do you cower in the corner in fear?
A minorAm
Or do you follow because it is easy to do?
DmDm
Do you fool with modern high tech voodoo?
E7E7                 N.C.
Too bad if you're a victim or whatever you do?
    A minorAm
Don't volunteer

A minorAm
Or do you follow because it is easy to do?
A minorAm
Do you fool with modern high tech voodoo?
E7E7
Too bad if you're a victim but whatever you do
A minorAm
Don't volunteer
A minorAm
Why would ya volunteer?
A minorAm
Please don't volunteer!