Cheating Yourself

Cheating. Cheating. You're cheating yourself

You act in an instant but you've practiced it for years
So excited when you start but it quickly ends in tears
So sure what you're looking for is there in someone new
But always, in the end, you [A7find you're still just left with you

Cheating. Cheating. You're cheating yourself

You tell yourself that she's to [C7]blame. It was [Am7]only one bad choice
You move on [C7]to [C7]the next one never giving doubt a voice
Even though it's ended like [F]this way too many times before
Still you [A7smile and [Bm]tell yourself that the answer's find one more

You're cheating yourself if you [A7think that it's some other
No one else can fill the blanks or lead you [A7to [C7]discover
Questions you [A7can't even frame and [Bm]feelings you [A7can't name
It doesn't ɾeally matter who, you'll still be [Am]left with you

Cheating. Cheating. You're cheating yourself

There's no loss and [Bm]there's no win; simply just the ɾut you're in
You'll stay stuck until you [A7see that you're the one to [C7]set you [A7free

You're cheating yourself. You're cheating yourself

It isn't in a something, or a someone, or some place
It isn't a body, or a voice, or in a face
It's not inside anything that's stɾange or someone new
It's a thing you've always had waiting just inside of you

You're cheating yourself if you [A7think that it's some other
No one else can fill the blanks or lead you [A7to [C7]discover
Questions you [A7can't even frame and [Bm]feelings you [A7can't name
It doesn't ɾeally matter who, you'll still be [Am]left with you

When will you [A7learn that you're cheating yourself