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 D/F# C
In the waning days ahead
D G
I gotta look back down the road
D/F# D C D
I know that it's not too late
G D/F# C
All the stupid things I've said
D G
And people I've hurt in my time
D/F# D C D
Well I hope that it's not my fate
C D Bm C
To keep defeating my own self
C D B Em
And keep repeating yesterday
C G/B G D
I can't keep defeating myself
C G/B G D/A C
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
G D/F# C
In the dark of night I might
D G
Be able to make myself think
D/F# D C D
That I'm still a younger man
G D/F# C
But when the light of day shines down
D G
There's no way to get around it
D/F# D C D
I am not the younger man
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C D Bm C
I keep defeating my own self
C D B B/D# Em
And keep repeating yesterday
C G/B G D
I can't keep defeating myself
C G/B G D/A C
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
C C/D C/E D
The choice is mine for making
Bm C
A better road ahead
C C/D C/E D
The road that I've been taking
Bm Bm/F# Em
Headed for a dead-end
C G/B G D/A C/G
But it's not too late to turn around
G D/F# C D
G D/F# D C D
G D/F# C
In the final moments I
D G
Hope that I know that I tried
D/F# D C D
To do the best I could
C D Bm C
To stop defeating my own self
C D B B/D Em Em/D
And stop repeating yesterday
C G/B G D
I can't keep defeating myself
C G/B G D/A C
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
G D/F# C D )
G D/F# D C D )[x6 repeat to fade]
