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