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