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[Intro]
G   D/F#   Em7   Cadd9
[Verse 1]
GCircles, we're going in D/F#circles
Dizzy's all it Em7makes us
We know where it Cadd9takes us, we've been before
GCloser, maybe looking D/F#closer
There's more to disEm7cover
Find out what went Cadd9wrong without blaming each Gother
[Pre-Chorus]
(G)                     D/F#  
Think that we got more time
When we're falling behEm7ind
Gotta make up our mCadd9inds
[Chorus]
Or else we'll Gplay, play, play all the same old games
And we D/F#wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we Em7take, take, take it for granted
That we'll be the sCadd9ame
But we're making all the same misGtakes
[Verse 2]
GWake up, we both need to D/F#wake up
Maybe if we Em7face up to this
Cadd9We can make it through this
GCloser, maybe we'll be D/F#closer
Stronger than we Em7were before, yeah
Cadd9Make this something more, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
   GThink that we got more tD/F#ime
When we're falling behEm7ind
Gotta make up our mCadd9inds
[Chorus]
Or else we'll Gplay, play, play all the same old games
And we D/F#wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we Em7take, take, take it for granted
That we'll be the sCadd9ame
But we're making all the same misGtakes
Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is
When it's D/F#broken, you say there's nothing to fix
And you Em7pray, pray, pray that everything will be okCadd9ay
While you're making all the same mistakes
[Bridge]
GDon't look back
But if we Em7don't look back
We're only Cadd9learning then
How to Ammake all the same mis - same mistakes again
[Chorus]
So we Gplay, play, play all the same old games
And we D/F#wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we Em7take, take, take it for granted
That we'll be the sCadd9ame
But we're making all the same misGtakes
Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is
When it's D/F#broken, you say there's nothing to fix
And you Em7pray, pray, pray that everything will be okCadd9ay
While you're making all the same misGtakes

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Same Mistakes

by One Direction

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D/F#

Em7

Cadd9

[Intro]

G D/F# Em7 Cadd9

[Verse 1]

G D/F#

Circles, we're going in circles

Em7

Dizzy's all it makes us

Cadd9

We know where it takes us, we've been before

G D/F#

Closer, maybe looking closer

Em7

There's more to discover

Cadd9 G

Find out what went wrong without blaming each other

[Pre-Chorus]

G D/F#

()

Think that we got more time

Em7

When we're falling behind

Cadd9

Gotta make up our minds

[Chorus]

Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games

D/F#

And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change

Em7

And we take, take, take it for granted

Cadd9

That we'll be the same

But we're making all the same mistakes

[Verse 2]

G D/F#

Wake up, we both need to wake up

Em7

Maybe if we face up to this

Cadd9

We can make it through this

G D/F#

Closer, maybe we'll be closer

Em7

Stronger than we were before, yeah

Cadd9

Make this something more, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]

G D/F#

Think that we got more time

Em7

When we're falling behind

Cadd9

Gotta make up our minds

[Chorus]

Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games

D/F#

And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change

Em7

And we take, take, take it for granted

Cadd9

That we'll be the same

But we're making all the same mistakes

Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is

D/F#

When it's broken, you say there's nothing to fix

Em7 Cadd9

And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay

While you're making all the same mistakes

[Bridge]

Don't look back

Em7

But if we don't look back

Cadd9

We're only learning then

How to make all the same mis - same mistakes again

[Chorus]

So we play, play, play all the same old games

D/F#

And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change

Em7

And we take, take, take it for granted

Cadd9

That we'll be the same

But we're making all the same mistakes

Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is

D/F#

When it's broken, you say there's nothing to fix

Em7 Cadd9

And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay

While you're making all the same mistakes

About Same Mistakes Chords by One Direction

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