Doing It Right

A       E                F#m             E
When you turned seventeen, you said you’d follow your dream
D   Dm
and be an artist.
A              E                 F#m                 E
You’ve found a comfortable niche, and though you’re quite far from rich,
D    Dm
your life has started.
A         E                  F#m            E
Things are starting to click, but then you get very sick.
D       Dm
The doc says “cancer”.
A            E                F#m             E
Your passion barely pays bills, and you can’t pay for the pills.
D    Dm
Who has the answer?

[Chorus]
A              D                D
Every hour of every day is so filled with these
Dm
possibilities.
A                         D                   D
But, in this life, any choice you make can go up in flames.
       Dm
Can I win this game?
D             G      Bm
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
D                G      Bm
I gotta put up a fight, doing it right.
       D      G       Bm       F#m    D
Can I buckle down and save my world tonight?
                   A
Am I doing it right?

[Break]
A  E  F#m  E  D  Dm

[Verse 2]
A            E                  F#m            E
This girl is out of your league, but when you got on one knee
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She said, “Let’s do it.”
A            E              F#m           E
You’ve got a mess of a life, but now your best friend’s your wife.
D        Dm
You might get through it.
A           E              F#m       E
Months all fade into years. Then one day, she’s in tears.
D              Dm
She says she’s done pretending.
A               E                F#m             E
She’s gone and found someone new. He’s ten times better than you.
D               Dm
There goes your happy ending.

[Chorus]
A              D                D
Every hour of every day is so filled with these
Dm
possibilities.
A                         D                   D
But, in this life, any choice you make can go up in flames.
       Dm
Can I win this game?
D             G      Bm            A
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
D                G      Bm           A
I gotta put up a fight, doing it right.
       D      G       Bm       F#m    D
Can I buckle down and save my world tonight?

[Bridge]
D                                 A
Half of the time, you feel you’re out of your mind.
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You’ve got no clue where to look. There’s no instructional book.
D                                 A
You just stumble along, and maybe mumble a song
          G                             Gm
that you make up as you go, because you just never know.
(Play singular notes)
           D                            A
You never know if they hate or if they like you.
           B                    F#
You never know if a move is the right move.
           G                            D
You never know ‘bout the world, what it might do.
            G                    A
Sometimes, everything is going nice and then,
         D                  A
like the best-laid plans of mice and men,
       B                    F#
it all blows up once, then twice again.
            G                           D
Then every little decision that sounded great at the time
             G                        A
has got you trapped in a cage of your own design,
     A
Even if you succeed, it could be gone in a flash,
             E
and then the age-old question is back.

[Chorus]
D                G   Bm    A
Am I doing it right?
D                G        Bm      A
Am I doing it right, doing it right?


[Outro]
D                G  Bm   A
Am I doing it right?
D               G   Bm   A
Am I doing it right?
           D      G       Bm       F#m     A
When the story ends, will I say it was nice?
                    D   G   Bm   A
Am I doing it right?