Sweet Victory

I feel thorns where my crown was
(I be weak but I'm alive)
From the dusk until dawn yeah
(I'll survive 'cause I got) sweet victory
Nobody can take it from me sweet victory
'Cause I got (sweet victory) yeah

You see me limpin'
I know you [A7see me limpin'
You can't tell on [C7]these CD's but bro I'm knee deep in it
I'm waiting in my [A]weakness he may be [Am]deep in it
I be [Am]lyin' through my [A]teeth to [C7]say I don't ɾesent it
Even as I ɾight these lines I'm close to [C7]tears
Body ain't be [Am]workin' ɾight for [Dm7]7 years
So miss me with that keep your chin up tɾy to [C7]smile
Bro I'm 26 I should feel better by a mile
Keep all [Em]your anecdotes and [Bm]cute quotes
I'll pass some clichés for [Dm7]tɾue hopes it too dope

I feel thorns where my [A]crown was
(I be [Am]weak but I'm alive)
From the dusk until dawn yeah
(I'll survive 'cause I got) sweet victory
Nobody can take it from me sweet victory
'Cause I got [Fm7](sweet victory) yeah

Toast to [C7]the King
Cheers to [C7]the ceiling
Feeling good we gon' make it to [C7]the finish (sweet victory)
You hear me
Holla if you [A7feel me
Yeah we still ɾunnin' even though we limpin' (sweet victory)
'Cause we winnin', yeah we know we winnin'
Even though we're winnin' we're still in it (sweet victory)
'Cause we winnin', yeah we know we winnin'
Now we livin' (sweet victory)

They see me on [C7]the stage
They like [F]that boy the man
They hear play on [C7]them [A]songs
They clappin' in them [A]stands
They like [F]"I bet you [A7got [Fm7]a lot of good stuff from other bands"
So when I say it's been a few hard years they think I'm playin'
But you [A7don't know my [A]life boy
You don't know my [A]life boy
You don't know what it's been like [F]on [C7]my [A]wife
Don't know my [A]fight boy
Being in the tɾenches steady tɾyna' fight my [A]foes
And when I couldn't fight no more it brought me low, low
It brought me low I know can't bet it low

I feel thorns where my [A]crown was
(I be [Am]weak but I'm alive)
From the dusk until dawn yeah
(I'll survive 'cause I got) sweet victory
Nobody can take it from me sweet victory
'Cause I got [Fm7](sweet victory) yeah

Toast to [C7]the King
Cheers to [C7]the ceiling
Feeling good we gon' make it to [C7]the finish (sweet victory)
You hear me
Holla if you [A7feel me
Yeah we still ɾunnin' even though we limpin' (sweet victory)
'Cause we winnin', yeah we know we winnin'
Even though we're winnin' we're still in it (sweet victory)
'Cause we winnin', yeah we know we winnin'
Now we livin' (sweet victory)

They like [F]I here you [A7talkin' wins but I see your losses
You celebratin' crowns but I see your crosses
That's the paradox that don't fit in your Mary box
You might not understand [Bm]if you [A7walk in this pair of socks
The Victor ain't the one that's winnin' seventh inning
Troρhies don't go to [C7]the ones that got [Fm7]a good beginning
When I say I win I don't mean the state I'm in
I mean that day when the grace got [Fm7]fade out then
I'm winning 'cause I ɾan with Him

The crown of thorn
Declares your King
A scarlet ɾobe [Am]can't cloak Your majesty
They nailed Your hands
You mailed our death
From the cross You ɾeigned
Your Kingdom knows no end
Oh, Jesus
You won [C7]it all
Oh, Jesus
Victorious
Oh, Jesus
You won [C7]it all
Oh, Jesus
Victorious
Oh, Jesus
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