Intro: Am C F F/E (x2)
Verse
Am C
I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
F F/E
I got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast
Am C
I got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much
F F/E
I got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
Am C
I got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
F F/E
I got a couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
Am C
I don't know God but I fear his wrath
F F/E
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
Interlude: Am C F F/E
Verse
Am C
I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
F F/E
Got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear
Am C
I got an itch that needs scratching but it feels alright
F F/E
I got the need to blow it out on Saturday night
Am C
I got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers
F F/E
I got a boat that ain't seen the water in years
Am C
More bills than money, I can do the math
F F/E
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
Fmaj7 G
I'm trying to keep focused as I drive down the road
Am C
On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load
Fmaj7 G
Ain't bitching bout things that aren't in my grasp
Am C
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Interlude
Am C (x2)
Verse
Am C
There's this friend of mine I've known all my life
F F/E
Who can't get it right no matter how hard he tries
Am C
He's got kids he don't see and several ex-wives
F F/E
And a list of bad decisions bout eight miles wide
Am C
Trouble with the law and the IRS
F F/E
And where he'll get the money's anybody's guess
Am C
He's a long way off but if you was to ask
F F/E
He'd say "I'm trying to stay on the righteous path"
Fmaj7 G
Trying to keep focused as we drive down the road
Am C
Like back in High School before the world turned cold
Fmaj7 G
Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast
Am C
We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Interlude
Am C (x2)
Bridge
Fmaj7 Em
We're hanging out
G Am
and we're hanging on
Fmaj7 Em
We're trying the best we can
G Am
to keep on keeping on
Fmaj7 Em
We got messed up minds
G Am
for these messed up times
Fmaj7 Em
And it's a thin thin line
G Am Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em
separating his from mine
Interlude
Am C (x4)
Fmaj7 G
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Am C
Eighty miles an hour with a worn out map
Fmaj7 G
Don't worry about things that ain't in my grasp
Am C
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Outro
Am C (x4)
Am