Mistakes Of My Youth Chords by Eels

Tempo:
132.15 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

Em

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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EELS - Mistakes Of My Youth chords
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[C]
[G]
[Em]
[G]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G] In the waning days [C] [Em] ahead I [D] gotta look back [G] down the road
I know that it's not too [Em] late All [D] [G] the stupid things I [Em] said
And [D] people I hurt and [G] let down Well I hope that it's not my [C] [Em] fate
To
[D] [C] keep [D]
defeating [Bm] my old [C]
self And keep [D]
repeating [B] [Em] yesterday
I [C] [G] can't keep defeating myself [C] I [G] can't keep repeating [D] the [C] mistakes of my youth
[G] In the dark of night I [C] might [G] be [D] able to make [G] myself think
That I'm still a younger [C] man [G]
[D] [G] And when the light of day [C] shines down
[G] There's [D] no way to get [G] around it I'm not a younger [C] man
I [G]
[Bm] [C] keep [D]
defeating [Bm] my [C] old self And [D] keep repeating [B] [Em] yesterday
[C] I [G] can't keep defeating myself [C] I [G] can't keep repeating [D] the [C] mistakes of my youth
The choice [D] is mine for making [Bm] A better [Em]
road ahead
A [C] road [D] that I've been taking [Bm] Heading for a [Em] dead end
[C] [G] But it's not too [Bm] late to turn [C] around In [G]
[C] [D]
[G]
[C] [G]
the final [C] moments I
[D] Hope that I know that [G] I tried To do the best [C] I could
[G]
[D] [C] To [D] stop defeating [Bm] my [C] old self And stop [D]
repeating [B] yesterday
[Em]
I [G] can't keep defeating myself [C] I [G] can't keep repeating [D] the [C] mistakes of my youth
[Em] [G]
[C] [D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Em
121
Bm
13421112
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Eels - Mistakes Of My Youth chords, practice playing D, C, D, G, D, G, C and G in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 66 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 132 BPM. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of G Major.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ In the waning days [C] [Em] ahead I [D] gotta look back [G] down the road
_ I know that it's not too [Em] late _ All [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ the stupid things I [Em] said
And [D] people I hurt and [G] let down Well I hope that it's not my [C] [Em] fate
To _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ keep [D]
defeating _ _ [Bm] my old [C]
self And _ _ keep [D]
repeating _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] yesterday
_ I [C] _ [G] can't keep defeating myself [C] I [G] can't keep repeating [D] the [C] mistakes of my youth
_ [G] In _ _ the dark of night I [C] might _ [G] be [D] able to make [G] myself think
_ That I'm still a younger [C] man _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] And _ when the light of day [C] shines down
_ [G] There's [D] no way to get [G] around it _ I'm not a younger [C] man
I [G] _
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ keep [D]
defeating _ _ [Bm] my _ [C] old self _ _ _ And [D] keep repeating _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] yesterday
_ _ [C] I [G] can't keep defeating myself [C] I [G] can't keep repeating [D] the [C] mistakes of my youth
_ _ The choice [D] is mine for making [Bm] _ A better [Em]
road ahead
A [C] road [D] that I've been taking [Bm] _ Heading for a [Em] dead end
_ [C] _ [G] But it's not too [Bm] late to turn [C] around _ In _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ the final _ [C] moments I
_ [D] Hope that I know that [G] I tried To do the best [C] I could
_ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ To [D] stop defeating _ _ [Bm] _ my [C] old self _ And _ stop [D]
repeating _ _ [B] _ _ yesterday
[Em] _
_ _ I [G] can't keep defeating myself [C] I [G] can't keep repeating [D] the [C] mistakes _ of my youth
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song is part of The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett album.

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