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