• Song:

    My Mistakes

  • Artist:

    Eleanor Friedberger

My absolute favorite song on the album, it's quite simply played yet incredibly
fun to play along. It's just a C and F the entire time (sounds best to play bar chords)

C (x32010@1)           Fe|---8--------1----| (133211@1)B|---8--------1----|
G|---9--------2----|
D|--10--------3----|
A|--10--------3----|
E|---8--------1----|

CYou (x32010@1)know i do my best thinking when I'm flying down the bridge,
 FHumming (133211@1)to myself and kicking up my kicks.
 CJiggling (x32010@1)all around half-afraid for my life, I hope I don't crash like that night last summer,
 FBack (133211@1)when the bridge was just a wooden path, Bouncing around like he said it was 1956
 C (x32010@1)Chorus:
                     FI (133211@1)thought I'd learn from my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,
                          CI (x32010@1)thought you'd give me the right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.
 F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)FThe (133211@1)planks rattle around like an old-timey movie,
In tube-top and shorts that Vice called "pull-me-down"
 Cshe's (x32010@1)got kind of a native vibe before that was so cool
                                                                               FShe's (133211@1)got kind of a native vibe before I even knew who was who
 CAnd (x32010@1)he's ignoring me like it's 2001
 FWhy (133211@1)keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around
 CWhy (x32010@1)keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around

Chorus:
                     FI (133211@1)thought I'd learn from my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,
                          CI (x32010@1)thought you'd give me the right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.
 F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)FI (133211@1)wore the same outfit on the day the Hasid
Followed me in his car along Park, not Avenue,
 CBut (x32010@1)the one in Brooklyn, on an early Sunday morning,
I'm carrying an umbrella and talking on the phone
 FMy (133211@1)mom said run, and I ran,
I crashed down Baker, cut my head and my knees
 CThe (x32010@1)ambulance was called by a guy his friend called Guru
 FThey (133211@1)were visiting from California, and I swear they,
I swear they, I swear they,
                                    CI (x32010@1)swear they saved my life

Chorus: (x2)
                     FI (133211@1)thought i'd learn from my mistakes, I thought he'd learn from my mistakes,
                          CI (x32010@1)thought you'd give me the right advice, I thought he let me in for one last time.

Outro:  F     C  (repeat until fade)
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