Victim Volunteer chords by Christine Lavin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Victim/Volunteer


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

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

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

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

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

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