Tom: Em
G D Em
So I heard you made New Music Friday
C Bm D
Well congratz from a truck stop somewhere out on the highway
C D Em D Bm C
I’m out here this summer chasing down dreams
Am D
Watching the rearview and eating baked beans
[Verse 2]
G D Em
You could say that I’m doing things my way
C G D
Though it seems like for years now my life has gone sideways
C D Em D Bm C
But I’ll keep this tour van between both the lines
Am D
Break my guitar strings and scream in the mic
F D
And offset the carbon that I oxidize
C
‘Cuz I’m trying my freakin best
[Interlude]
G D Em C Bm D C D Em D Bm C Am D
[Verse 3]
G D Em
My phone says I’m in mid life crisis
C G D
That Reddit thread’s dead, left to my own devices
C D Em D Bm C
So I’m out making music and making new friends
Am D
In all likelihood never see them again
F D
‘Cuz I’m lonely and lost and fucked up in the head
C
But I’m trying
[Chorus]
C G
So I’ll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama
Bm C
My heart beating out of my chest
C
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
C
Yes I’m trying
G
My freakin best
[Guitar Solo]
G Em C G D C D Em Am D G D Em C Bm D C D Em Am D
[Verse 4]
G D Em
I’m trying to be a little less tragic
C G D
For the first time in my life I’m trying to find magic
C D
I’m trying to be reckless
Em D Bm C
I’m trying to be brave
C D Em D Bm C
I’m trying to be someone who tries to behave
C D Em D Bm C
I’m trying to unlock all the bolts on my cage
C
I’m trying
[Chorus]
C G
So I’ll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama
Bm C
My heart beating out of my chest
C
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
C
Yes I’m trying
C
My freakin best
