Capo 3
[Intro]
A Am Em D Bm C G
Verse 1:
Am Em
From the comfort zone of history
G D
On the lips of trusted loved ones
Bm C G
To the wounded, fragile minds of angry youths
Am Em
No sooner was it over
G D
Than the memory made it nobler
Bm C G
The selective means by which to point the view
[Chorus]
Am Em D
Compelled, but not defeated
Am Em D
Surrender under protest if you must
Am Em D
Compelled, but not defeated
A Am Em D Bm C G
[Verse 2]
Am Em
If it's all you can remember
G D
Then it's been that way forever
Bm C G
And for six long generations it's been told
Am Em
But-among-the fallen was tradition
G D
That tradition was the mission
Bm C G
And that the wrongness of the sin was not the goal
[Chorus]
Am Em D
Compelled, but not defeated
Am Em D
Surrender under protest if you must
Am Em D
Compelled, but not defeated
A Em D A
[Verse 3]
Am Em
Does the color really matter?
Am Em
On the face you blame for failure
G D A
On the shamin' for a battle's losing cause
Am Em
If the victims and aggressors
Am Em
Just remain each others others
G D A
And the instigators never fight their own
A Am Em D Bm C G
[Chorus]
Am Em D
Compelled, but not defeated
Am Em D
Surrender under protest if you must
Am Em D
Compelled, but not defeated
Am Em D
Surrender under protest if you must
Am Em D
Surrender under protest if you must
C G D
