Im Trying My Freakin Best

    G              D         Em
So I heard you made New Music Friday
         C          Bm                    D
Well congratz from a truck stop somewhere out on the highway
   C              D   Em    D    Bm     C
I’m out here this summer chasing down dreams
Am                        D
Watching the rearview and eating baked beans

[Verse 2]
          G            D           Em
You could say that I’m doing things my way
           C             G             D
Though it seems like for years now my life has gone sideways
    C                D  Em          D    Bm  C
But I’ll keep this tour van between both the lines
Am                          D
Break my guitar strings and scream in the mic
    F                       D
And offset the carbon that I oxidize
         C
‘Cuz I’m trying my freakin best

[Interlude]
G D Em C Bm D C D Em D Bm C Am  D

[Verse 3]
   G              D           Em
My phone says I’m in mid life crisis
     C               G             D
That Reddit thread’s dead, left to my own devices
   C                D   Em    D    Bm  C
So I’m out making music and making new friends
  Am                    D
In all likelihood never see them again
     F                              D
‘Cuz I’m lonely and lost and fucked up in the head
        C
But I’m trying

[Chorus]
       C                     G
So I’ll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama
   Bm                      C
My heart beating out of my chest
C
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
C
Yes I’m trying
         G
My freakin best

[Guitar Solo]
G Em C G D C D Em Am D G D Em C Bm D C D Em Am D

[Verse 4]
    G             D             Em
I’m trying to be a little less tragic
        C             G           D
For the first time in my life I’m trying to find magic
   C                 D
I’m trying to be reckless
Em         D  Bm C
I’m trying to be brave
    C                D   Em        D  Bm C
I’m trying to be someone who tries to behave
    C                D   Em       D   Bm C
I’m trying to unlock all the bolts on my cage
    C
I’m trying

[Chorus]
C                          G
So I’ll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama
Bm                         C
My heart beating out of my chest
C
‘Cuz baby I’m trying
C
Yes I’m trying
C
My freakin best