The Victim by Pat Benatar
Album: Get Nervous
Track 5
1982


Standard Tuning
No Capo


Chords:

Am:       x02210
F:        x33211 or 133211
C:        x32010
G:        320003 or 320033
E:        022100
Dm:       xx0231


 Intro:     Am        F        x 2


 Verse:
   Am                             F
 You've been set up one too many times
             Am                       F
 The perfect victim for the perfect crime
      Am                             F
 You left yourself wide open to the pain
               Am
 So close your eyes now
                             F
 You're out walkin' in the rain


 Chorus:
C                        G              Am
 You've got a burning desire to be the victim
           E      Am       E
 You're bleeding from the soul
        Am        C
 You're hurting from the heart
   E         Am       E       Am     Dm   E    F   G       F     G
 Things you can't be told are gonna tear you apaaaaaart, aaaaaaaaart


 Verse:
        Am               F
 Your choice of lovers, never very bright
              Am                               F
 Your father worried, but even he gave up the fight
     Am                   F
 You always think their hearts are made of gold
                Am                                     F
 And you're the savior, to coax the warmth out of the cold


 Chorus:
C                        G              Am
 You've got a burning desire to be the victim
           E      Am       E
 You're bleeding from the soul
        Am        C
 You're hurting from the heart
   E         Am       E       Am     Dm   E    F   G       F     G
 Things you can't be told are gonna tear you apaaaaaart, aaaaaaaaart
                  Am
 Cause you're the victim


 Bridge:
Dm
 Break the pattern, you've gotta break away
                      E                Am
 Break the pattern before it gets too late


 Am        F        x 4


 Chorus:
C                        G              Am
 You've got a burning desire to be the victim
           E      Am       E
 You're bleeding from the soul
        Am        C
 You're hurting from the heart
   E         Am       E       Am     Dm   E    F   G       F     G
 Things you can't be told are gonna tear you apaaaaaart, aaaaaaaaart
                  Am
 Cause you're the victim


 Am        F        x 12


 End on Am