Victim Or The Crime Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

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Verse 1

B5

 PB5atience runs out on the junkie,

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 TB5he dark side hires another soul.

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G/B

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 DBid he steal his fate or earn it?

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 WE6as he force-fed, did he learn it?

C

C

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 WB5hatever happened to his precious self-control?

(Same chords as verse 1)

Like him, I'm tired of try'n' to heal

This tom-cat heart with which I'm blessed. Is destruction loving's twin?

Must I choose to lose or win?

C

C

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E5

 ME5aybe when my turn comes I will have guessed.

Verse 2

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 TA/G♯hese are the horns of the dilemma,

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 WA/G♯hat truth this proof against all lies?

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 WF/Ahen sacred fails before profane,

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 TA5he wiseGost man is deemed insane.

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C

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 EE5ven the purest of romantics compromise.

Chorus

C♯m

 WC♯mhat fixation feeds this fever

C♯m

 AC♯ms the full moon pales and climbs?

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F♯m

C♯m

 AAm I living truth or rank deceiver?

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 AAm I the victim or the crime,

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 AAm I the victim or the crime,

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 AC♯mm I the victim or the crime, or the crime?

(Same chords as verse 2)

And so I wrestle with the angel

To see who'll reap the seeds I sow.

Am I the driver or the driven?

Will I be damned to be forgiven?

Is there anybody here but me who needs to know

(Chorus chords)

What it is that feeds this fever

As the full moon pales and climbs?

Am I living truth or rank deceiver?

Am I the victim or the crime,

Am I the victim or the crime,

Am I the victim or the crime, or the crime?

 RB5epeat and fade

Enjoy!

Jolie