G - 320033
Em - 022000

[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

[Chorus]

     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"

[Chorus]

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)

[Chorus]

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