Mistakes of My Youth
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Song: Mistakes of My Youth
There are two guitars in this song, The tab has been re arranged for one guitar.
If you are feeling ambitious, you can tune the top two strings up 1 1/2 steps, and strum, played with the base notes below.
INTRO VERSE
-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-2-
-0-0-0-2-2------2-2-2-2-
-x-x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x-
-x-x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x-
-x-x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x-
-x-x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x-
Otherwise just play these chords.
Chords used in this song:
ch /ch
C/G B/G G Em/G F#/G D C Bm
--x------x-----3-----0--------2-----x----x----2
--3------2-----2-----2--------0-----x----3----2
--2------0-----0-----2--------0-----0----2----4
--0------0-----0-----0--------0-----2----0----4
--3------3-----3-----3--------3-----3----1----3
--3------3-----3-----3--------3-----2----0----2
Style: In the intro and verse, pick the bass note and strum; for the chorus, just strum.
INTRO
C/c[B/G GcGG
G h]F#/G C/G D
ch /ch
G F#/G C/G D G
ch /ch
F#/G C/G
In the waiting days ahead
D G
I've got to to look back down the road
ch /ch
F#/G C/G D G
I know that it's not too late
ch /ch
F#/G C/G
All the stupid things I said
D G
the people I hurt and let down
ch /ch
F#/G C/G D C
well I hope that it's not my fate
D Bm C C
To keep defeating... my own self
D Bm C
and keep repeating... yesterday
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G Em/G
I can't keep defeating myself
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G C/G C/G C/G G
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
ch /ch
F#/G C/G
In the dark of night I might
D G
be able to make myself think
ch /ch
F#/G C/G D G
that I'm still a younger man
ch /ch
F#/G C/G
When the light of day shines down
D G
there's no way to get around it
ch /ch
F#/G C/G D C
I am not the younger man
D Bm C C
I keep defeating... my own self
D Bm C
and keep repeating... yesterday
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G Em/G
I can't keep defeating myself
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G C/G C/G C/G C
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
D Bm
The choice is mine for making
C C
a better road ahead
D Bm
The road that I've been taking
C
heading for a dead end
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G C/G C/G C/G
But it's not too late to turn around
ch /ch ch /ch
BRIDGE G F#/G C/G D G F#/G C/G D G
ch /ch
F#/G C/G
In the final moments I
D G
hope that I know that I tried
ch /ch
F#/G C/G D C
to do the best I could
D Bm C C
To stop defeating... my own self
D Bm C
and stop repeating... yesterday
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G Em/G
I can't keep defeating myself
ch /ch
C/G Bm/G G C/G C/G C/G G
I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
OUTRO
ch /ch
G F#/G C/G D (Repeated and faded)