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A Defensive Offender chords by
John Reuben
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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
Am
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Verse 1
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B
B
2

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C#m
C#m
4

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Did it make you feel good to break me down
Dm
Dm

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Did it make you feel good to
C#m
C#m
4

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take me down
B
B
2

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Was life getting to you was it all
C#m
C#m
4

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you knew to do
Dm
Dm

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What kind of comfort did you feel
Bdim
Bdim

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by making me less than you
B
B
2

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C#m
C#m
4

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Did it make you feel good to know that your
Dm
Dm

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attempt to bring me down
C#m
C#m
4

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Was beginning to control
B
B
2

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my perception of self
C#m
C#m
4

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And that's what you wanted right
Dm
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To manipulate my thinking
B
B
2

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and dominate what I feel like
C#m
C#m
4

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Tap into my thinking tap into my will
Dm
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C#m
C#m
4

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What causes human motives to be so ill
B
B
2

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You pushed a man looking
C#m
C#m
4

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to make him react
Dm
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Am
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Then you stand there smirking

satisfied that I snapped
Verse 2
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(Chorus) I'm
Am
Am

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no better than you you're

no better than me
Dm
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We're just flesh and bone looking for
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Am
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some identity
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I'm no better than you you're no
Dm
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better than me

We're just flesh and bone looking

for some security
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Verse 3
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Did it make me feel good to
C#m
C#m
4

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break you down
Dm
Dm

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Did it make me feel good to
C#m
C#m
4

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take you down
Bdim
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B
B
2

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What did it do for me to put your
C#m
C#m
4

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re spect on the line
Dm
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Bdim
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By taking yours did I find it to build mine
B
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2

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Hold my head high from the
C#m
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4

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outcome
Dm
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How come when I'm doing
C#m
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4

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things I used to run from
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C#m
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Scrap the pitch fork horns an

d animated terror
Dm
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Looked in the mirror and found
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B
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2

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evil standing right there
Dm
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I guess this is the point
C#m
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4

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when you see Satan in you
Dm
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C#m
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4

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No form of retaliation was worth hating you
B
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2

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C#m
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4

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I take that view and then I eat my words too
Dm
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Am
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I guess all along I was no better than you
Interlude 1
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2

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E
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Verse 4
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(Chorus) Some want peace and
C#m
C#m
4

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Dm
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some want war
C#m
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So many hate without knowing what for
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C#m
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Some are naturally rich

but spiritually poor
Dm
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Some have so much but

would kill for more
C#m
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Some are unsure so they front hardcore
Dm
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And try to dominate those
C#m
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4

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that make them insecure
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And I've been on both
C#m
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sides before
Am
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A defensive offender stripped

down to the core
Outro 1

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Am
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Bdim
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • Dm

  • Bdim

  • B

    2

  • C#m

    4

  • Bm

    2

  • E

Capo: 5

Transpose: 0

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The original key of A Defensive Offender by John Reuben is D minor.

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