Verse
G# D# Fm
So I heard you made New Music Friday
C# Cm D#
Well congratz from a truck stop somewhere out on the highway
C# D# Fm D# Cm C#
I’m out here this summer chasing down dreams
A#m D#
Watching the rearview and eating baked beans
[Verse 2]
G# D# Fm
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# Fm D# Cm C#
But I’ll keep this tour van between both the lines
A#m 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# Fm C# Cm D# C# D# Fm D# Cm C# A#m D#
[Verse 3]
G# D# Fm
My phone says I’m in mid life crisis
C# G# D#
That Reddit thread’s dead, left to my own devices
C# D# Fm D# Cm C#
So I’m out making music and making new friends
A#m 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
Cm 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# Fm C# G# D# C# D# Fm A#m D# G# D# Fm C# Cm D# C# D# Fm A#m D#
[Verse 4]
G# D# Fm
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
Fm D# Cm C#
I’m trying to be brave
C# D# Fm D# Cm C#
I’m trying to be someone who tries to behave
C# D# Fm D# Cm 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
Cm C#
My heart beating out of my chest
C#
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
C#
Yes I’m trying
C#
My freakin best
[Outro]
G# D# Fm C#m G