Katy Perry - Choose Your Battles: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Choose Your Battles" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Bm
You are my hurt locker lover
Keep me walking on a wire
 G               Em      C
Don't know when you'll blow
     Bm
So I tiptoe through your triggered mind
You fight me but I'm on your side
   G             Em  C
Defeated, now retreating

Em                            Bm
Why you tryna make me your enemy
                                 C
All you really need is a little peace
                      Bm D Em
I just wanna be your lover
                             Bm
Oh, this is not a competition
                          C
So baby why the ammunition
                              Bm D C
I don't wanna be the last one standing

  G                   D
Choose your battles, babe
 Em                  C
Then you'll win the war
      G                 D
Stop digging your own grave
                 Em           C
When there's so much to live for
  G                   D
Choose your battles, babe
                Em          Am
'Cause I'm not fighting anymore
D                     Bm
I am not fighting anymore

I've tried to pick off your red flags
While dancing on broken glass
Your mind games hit like grenades
Feel cursed, just like the Kennedys
But you somehow get me on my knees
Defeated, now retreating

Why you tryna make me your enemy?
All we really need is a little peace
I just wanna be your lover
Oh, this is not a competition
So baby, why the ammunition?
I don't wanna be the last one standing

Chorus

If you wanna go, then go
If you wanna stay, then stay
'Cause I don't wanna fight no more, baby, baby
I am not fighting anymore
If you wanna go, then go
If you wanna stay, then stay
I don't wanna fight no more, anyway, anyway
I am not fighting anymore

Chorus:
(If you wanna go, then go)
Choose your battles, babe
(If you wanna stay, then stay)
Then you'll win the war
('Cause I don't wanna fight no more)
Stop digging your own grave
(Baby, baby) When there's so much to live for
(If you wanna go, then go)
Choose your battles, babe
(If you wanna stay, then stay)
'Cause I'm not fighting anymore
(I don't wanna fight no more, anyway, anyway)
I am not fighting anymore


If you wanna go, then go
If you wanna stay, then stay
'Cause I don't wanna fight no more, baby, baby
I am not fighting anymore
If you wanna go, then go


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Choose Your Battles" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Choose Your Battles" by Katy Perry.