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