Different version to the one posted, I just find this a little easier to play.
Enjoy :)
Capo 1st
D Em Bm A C - A
D Em Bm A G - A
Bm D
Young and bright
G
But now just a dim light
D A
off in the distance.
Bm D
A fallen stone
G
Following the path
D A
of least resistance.
G D
If I still fight
G D
It's just that I'm
G D A
afraid I'll slide under that spell again.
G - A
D Em Bm A
Taken for a fool,
C A D
Yes I was because I was a fool.
Em Bm A G - A
D Em Bm A
Tell me what you'd do,
C A D
Lost my way when she took me to school.
Em Bm A G - A
Bm D
So many times
G
Caught up in my head at night
D A
with a leash and a label.
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Bm D
If I could learn
G
Anything from this then I'd be like
D A
The fox in the fable all right
G D
If I still fight,
G D
It's just that I'm
G D A
afraid I'll slide under that spell again.
Em A
The way we used to carry on
Em A
Is stuck in my head like a terrible song.
G - A
D Em Bm A
Taken for a fool,
C A D
Yes I was and I was a fool.
Em Bm A G A
D Em Bm A C A
D Em Bm A G A
D Em Bm A
Following the rules
C A D
Guess I wasn't very honest too.
Em Bm A G - A
D Em Bm A
Taken for a fool,
C A D
Yes I was because I was a fool.
Em Bm A G - A - D
