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My Mistakes

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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My absolute favorite song on the album, it's quite simply played yet incredibly
fun to play along. It's just a  Cand  Fthe entire time (sounds best to play bar chords)
e|---8--C------1----|F  
B|---8--------1----|
G|---9--------2----|
D|--10--------3----|
A|--10--------3----|
E|---8--------1----|
YCou know i do my best thinking when I'm flying down the bridge,
HFumming to myself and kicking up my kicks.
JCiggling all around half-afraid for my life, I hope I don't crash like that night last summer,
BFack when the bridge was just a wooden path, Bouncing around like he said it was 1956
 C
Chorus:
I thought I'd learn fFrom my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,
I thought you'd give me thCe right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.
 F         C
TFhe planks rattle around like an old-timey movie,
In tube-top and shorts that Vice called "pull-me-down"
sChe's got kind of a native vibe before that was so cool
She's got kind of a native vibe before I even knew who was whoF  
ACnd he's ignoring me like it's 2001
WFhy keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around
WChy keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around
Chorus:
I thought I'd learn fFrom my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,
I thought you'd give me thCe right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.
 F         C
I Fwore the same outfit on the day the Hasid
Followed me in his car along Park, not Avenue,
BCut the one in Brooklyn, on an early Sunday morning,
I'm carrying an umbrella and talking on the phone
MFy mom said run, and I ran,
I crashed down Baker, cut my head and my knees
TChe ambulance was called by a guy his friend called Guru
TFhey were visiting from California, and I swear they,
I swear they, I swear they,
I swear they saved my lifeC  
Chorus: (x2)
I thought i'd learn fFrom my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,
I thought you'd give me thCe right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.
Outro:       F    C(repeat until fade)

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My Mistakes

by Eleanor Friedberger

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My absolute favorite song on the album, it's quite simply played yet incredibly

C F

fun to play along. It's just a and the entire time (sounds best to play bar chords)

C F

e|---8--------1----|

B|---8--------1----|

G|---9--------2----|

D|--10--------3----|

A|--10--------3----|

E|---8--------1----|

You know i do my best thinking when I'm flying down the bridge,

Humming to myself and kicking up my kicks.

Jiggling all around half-afraid for my life, I hope I don't crash like that night last summer,

Back when the bridge was just a wooden path, Bouncing around like he said it was 1956

Chorus:

I thought I'd learn from my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,

I thought you'd give me the right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.

F C

The planks rattle around like an old-timey movie,

In tube-top and shorts that Vice called "pull-me-down"

she's got kind of a native vibe before that was so cool

She's got kind of a native vibe before I even knew who was who

And he's ignoring me like it's 2001

Why keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around

Chorus:

I thought I'd learn from my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,

I thought you'd give me the right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.

F C

I wore the same outfit on the day the Hasid

Followed me in his car along Park, not Avenue,

But the one in Brooklyn, on an early Sunday morning,

I'm carrying an umbrella and talking on the phone

My mom said run, and I ran,

I crashed down Baker, cut my head and my knees

The ambulance was called by a guy his friend called Guru

They were visiting from California, and I swear they,

I swear they, I swear they,

I swear they saved my life

Chorus: (x2)

I thought i'd learn from my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,

I thought you'd give me the right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.

F C

Outro: (repeat until fade)

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