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