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