Downshifting

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                                          Artist - Harvey Andrews
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                                            Song - Downshifting
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                                         Album - The Journey (1997)
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                                           Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard

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CAPO 2nd FD T
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INTRO
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G

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VERSE 1
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I could've worked a whole lot harder

Could've listened to my father
                                        D
Could've forged ahead, rather than just drifted through

Could've been a top man somewhere

Could've done that, lived that dream there
                                            G
Could've been so keen there'd be so much to do

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VERSE 2
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I made mistakes that lead me nowhere

Mistakes that made me go where
                                   C
I found a locked door labelled déjà vu

And though I see so clearly
       G
Every locked door cost me dearly
   D                               G
As I look back, I see that's how I grew
        D                             G
And the one mistake I didn't make was you

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VERSE 3
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I wouldn't network with the winners

Wouldn't get beyond beginners
                                           D
Always thought the sinners better than the saints could be

I wouldn't join the corporation

Wouldn't rise up to their station
                                    G
Always felt that levitation was too much for me

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VERSE 4
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I couldn't solve the big conundrum

So, I settled for the humdrum
                             C
Decided that I didn't have a clue

And though I see so clearly
         G
They all thought it cost me dearly
   D                               G
As I look back, I see that's how I grew
        D                             G
And the one mistake I didn't make was you

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BRIDGE
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         C                G
I didn't make that big mistake
         A7
Though I made a lot of small ones
       D
Made a lot of trip and fall ones
          C                 G
Now we're free, that's history
         A7
So let's take our time don't hurry
           D
There's no need for all that worry

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VERSE 5
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           G
'Cause I'll never be a grafter

It's not money that I'm after
                                         D
I just need to hear your laughter in the afternoon

I'm not chasing any dream now

Haven't got the perfect scheme now
                                         G
Let it all be as it seems, just one long honeymoon

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VERSE 6
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Oh, they can drive their big Mercedes

On their journey down to Hades
                                                  C
They can have the whole damn world till payment’s due

Because now I see so clearly
      G
It'll cost them all so dearly
            D                            G
For there's only so much time as we pass through
        D                             G
And the one mistake I didn't make was you

Because now I see so clearly
      G
It'll cost them all so dearly
            D                            G
For there's only so much time as we pass through
        D                             G
And the one mistake I didn't make was you