The Beaten Path

Intro:

You do, you do, ...
C  Em  Am

Na, na, ...
F  C  Dm G

F  C  Dm G  F

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B|------------------------------------------------|     
G|---9--7--5------10--9-------10-9-7-12-10-9-7----| X 2 
D|------------------------------------------------|     
A|------------------------------------------------|     
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on last F chord play
E|---------|               
B|---------|               
G|---/16---| hold and bend 

 C                  Em                 Am
Yesterday came and went and I wasn't present
                           Dm
The weeks were laid out like pavement
Work and drink and sleep, repeat

C                    Em              Am
Upon the beaten path, I kept on my blinders
                     Dm
don't need any old reminders
no face, no name, no memories


Chorus:

F                C
If you love it, you leave it
Dm                    G
'cause you hate that, you need it
F                C
It's one thing, you can't have
        Dm                    G
you're too self absorbed to change
          F
always, "My way, my way, my way,..."


C   Em   Am   Dm


C                       Em
Tomorrow could come and go
                            Am
and I'd sleep right through it
                              Dm
I'm not searching for self improvement
I'm sticking to the beaten path
Here and there I come across an old acquaintance
some old flame, some old burn victim
I remember I need to forget

Chorus:

Everything I ever said to you
If I could take it back,
I'd eat every word
You want to feel like all those others feel,
but you won't, and you never will
All that you love you lose