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