Eels - Mistakes of my youth
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Eels - Mistakes Of My Youth
From the album The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
Intro:
C G/B G D G
G D/F# C D
G D/F# D C D
G In the D/F#waning days aChead
I Dgotta look back down the Groad
I D/F#know that it's Dnot too Clate D
G All the D/F#stupid things I've Csaid
And Dpeople I've hurt in my Gtime
Well I D/F#hope that it's Dnot my Cfate D
C To keep deDfeatingBm my own Cself
C And keep reDpeatingB yesterdEmay
C I can't G/Bkeep deGfeating Dmyself
C I can't G/Bkeep reGpeatingD/A the miCstakes of my youth
G In the D/F#dark of night I Cmight
Be Dable to make myself Gthink
That I'm D/F#still a Dyounger Cman D
G But when the D/F#light of day shines Cdown
There's Dno way to get around Git
I am D/F#not the Dyounger Cman D
C I keep deDfeatingBm my own Cself
C And keep reDpeatingB yeB/D#sterdaEmy
C I can't G/Bkeep deGfeating Dmyself
C I can't G/Bkeep reGpeatingD/A the miCstakes of my youth
C The C/Dchoice C/Eis Dmine for making
Bm A better rCoad ahead
C The rC/Doad tC/Ehat ID've been taking
Bm Headed Bm/F#for a deadEm-end
C But it's G/Bnot too Glate to D/Aturn aC/Ground
G D/F# C D
G D/F# D C D
G In the D/F#final moments CI
DHope that I know that I Gtried
To D/F#do the Dbest I Ccould D
C To stop deDfeatingBm my own Cself
C And stop reDpeatingB yeB/DsterEmday Em/D
C I can't G/Bkeep deGfeating Dmyself
C I can't G/Bkeep reGpeatingD/A the miCstakes of my youth
G D/F# C D )
G D/F# D C D )[x6 repeat to fade]