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