Intro
D A/C# A E A
A E/G# D E
A E/G# E D E
A E/G# D
In the waning days ahead
E A
I gotta look back down the road
E/G# E D E
I know that it's not too late
A E/G# D
All the stupid things I've said
E A
And people I've hurt in my time
E/G# E D E
Well I hope that it's not my fate
D E C#m D
To keep defeating my own self
D E C# F#m
And keep repeating yesterday
D A/C# A E
I can't keep defeating myself
D A/C# A E/B D
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
A E/G# D
In the dark of night I might
E A
Be able to make myself think
E/G# E D E
That I'm still a younger man
A E/G# D
But when the light of day shines down
E A
There's no way to get around it
E/G# E D E
I am not the younger man
D E C#m D
I keep defeating my own self
D E C# C#/F F#m
And keep repeating yesterday
D A/C# A E
I can't keep defeating myself
D A/C# A E/B D
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
D D/E D/F# E
The choice is mine for making
C#m D
B better road ahead
D D/E D/F# E
The road that I've been taking
C#m C#m/G# F#m
Headed for a dead-end
D A/C# A E/B D/A
But it's not too late to turn around
A E/G# D E
A E/G# E D E
A E/G# D
In the final moments I
E A
Hope that I know that I tried
E/G# E D E
To do the best I could
D E C#m D
To stop defeating my own self
D E C# C#/E F#m F#m/E
And stop repeating yesterday
D A/C# A E
I can't keep defeating myself
D A/C# A E/B D
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
A E/G# D E )
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