Downshifting

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 I made mistakes that lead me nowhere Mistakes that made me go where C I found a locked door labelled dá©já  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 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 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 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 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 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