Victory Lap Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5]
[Am][A5][Am][A5][Am][A5][Am][C]
[A5][Am][C][A5][C][A5][C][A5]
[C][A5][G][D][C][A5]
[Am][A5]
[G][C][D][C][A5][C]
[A5][C][A5][C][A5]

[Verse 1]
When the flames en[Am]gulfed the home of the brave
The stampede toward
the border was [A5]in vain
[Am]Faces palmed, faces pale[D]d[G]
As the wall they said [D]would make them great
could not be scaled
[C][A5]

[Verse 2]
[C][A5]
When the free-market [Am]fundamentalist
Steps on a roadside bomb outside Kanda[A5]har,
bleeding to [Am]death
I swear to [G]Ayn Rand[D]
I'll ask [G]if he [D]needs an
invis[C]ible [A5]hand

[Verse 3]
[C]You [A5]say [C]not [A5]all [C]cop[A5]s,[Am][A5]
you say not all men
Yeah, you insist it's only
ninety-nine percent
percent
There's nothing new
[Am]for you [A5]to learn[G]
Okay, [D]sit back, relax and watch [C]it all burn
[A5]The[Am]

[Verse 4]
[C]col[A5]ossal
waste of en[Am]ergy
Talent upon the talen[A5]ted,
freedom upon the free
This whole damn beautiful [G]life
[D]Wasted on you and me

[Interlude 1]
[A5]
[Am]

[Verse 5]
(God, are you [Am]there?[A5][Am]
[A]It's me,[Am] in the denim jack[A5]et[Am]
Are [Dm]you receiving my prayers
[C]Through the noise and[Dm] cos
[Am]mic stat[C]ic?[Am][A5][Am]
[C]God, are you [Dm]there?
[C]Can you confirm I'm on the[Am] right god[C]damn
[Am]plan[A5]et?)[Am][C]
The day the rap[G]ture [D]came, a

[Verse 6]
forgettable [C]event[A5][Am][C][A5][Am]
[C]The clouds, they [G]opene[D]d up and
not [C]a single person [Am]went
To the chromatic whistle [G]of
a ca[D]rousel Calli[Am]ope
Stomp the cit[C]izens [Am]of ou[G]r clown id[F]iot dingbat society

[Outro 1]
[C]
[Am][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am]
[G][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am]