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