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