Surrender Under Protest chords by Drive-By Truckers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
A 
From the com
Am 
fort zone of history
Em 
D 
On the lips of trusted loved ones
Bm 
C 
To the lonely, fragile minds
of angry youths
G 

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Verse 2

No sooner was it over

Than the memory made it nobler

The selective means by which

to point the view

Verse 3
G 
Am 
A 
Em 
Compelled, but not defeated
D 
A 
Am 
Surrender under protest
Em 
D 
if you must
A 
Em 
Compelled, but not defeated
D 

Interlude 1

Verse 4
A 
If it's
Am 
all you can remember
Em 
Then it's been that way forever
D 
Bm 
And for six long genera
C 
G 
tions it's been told

Verse 5
G 
A 
Am 
But among the fallen was tradition
Em 
D 
That tradition was the mission
Bm 
And that the wrongness of
C 
G 
the sin was not the goal

Verse 6
G 
Am 
Em 
Compelled, but not defeated
D 
A 
Am 
Surrender under
Em 
D 
protest if you must
A 
Em 
Compelled, but not defeated
D 

Interlude 2

Verse 7
Am 
Does the
Em 
color really matter?
Am 
Em 
On the face you blame for failure
G 
D 
On the shamin' for a
battle's losing cause
A 

Verse 8

If the victims and aggressors

Just remain each others others

And the instigators never fight their

Interlude 3

own

Verse 9
Am 
Em 
Compelled, but not defeated
D 
A 
Em 
Surrender under protest
D 
if you must
A 
Am 
Em 
Compelled, but not defeated
D 
A 
Am 
Surrender under
A 
Em 
D 
protest if you must
A 
Em 
Surrender under protest if you must