Verse
C G Am
So I heard you made New Music Friday
F Em G
Well congratz from a truck stop somewhere out on the highway
F G Am G Em F
I’m out here this summer chasing down dreams
Dm G
Watching the rearview and eating baked beans
[Verse 2]
C G Am
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 Am G Em F
But I’ll keep this tour van between both the lines
Dm G
Break my guitar strings and scream in the mic
A# G
And offset the carbon that I oxidize
F
‘Cuz I’m trying my freakin best
[Interlude]
C G Am F Em G F G Am G Em F Dm G
[Verse 3]
C G Am
My phone says I’m in mid life crisis
F C G
That Reddit thread’s dead, left to my own devices
F G Am G Em F
So I’m out making music and making new friends
Dm G
In all likelihood never see them again
A# 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
Em 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 Am F C G F G Am Dm G C G Am F Em G F G Am Dm G
[Verse 4]
C G Am
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
Am G Em F
I’m trying to be brave
F G Am G Em F
I’m trying to be someone who tries to behave
F G Am G Em 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
Em F
My heart beating out of my chest
F
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
F
Yes I’m trying
F
My freakin best
[Outro]
C G Am Fm G