AEF#mE
When you turned seventeen, you said you’d follow your dream
DDm
and be an artist.
AEF#mE
You’ve found a comfortable niche, and though you’re quite far from rich,
DDm
your life has started.
AEF#mE
Things are starting to click, but then you get very sick.
DDm
The doc says “cancer”.
AEF#mE
Your passion barely pays bills, and you can’t pay for the pills.
DDm
Who has the answer?
[Chorus]
ADD
Every hour of every day is so filled with these
Dm
possibilities.
ADD
But, in this life, any choice you make can go up in flames.
Dm
Can I win this game?
DGBm
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
DGBm
I gotta put up a fight, doing it right.
DGBmF#mD
Can I buckle down and save my world tonight?
A
Am I doing it right?
[Break]
AEF#mEDDm
[Verse 2]
AEF#mE
This girl is out of your league, but when you got on one knee
DDm
She said, “Let’s do it.”
AEF#mE
You’ve got a mess of a life, but now your best friend’s your wife.
DDm
You might get through it.
AEF#mE
Months all fade into years. Then one day, she’s in tears.
DDm
She says she’s done pretending.
AEF#mE
She’s gone and found someone new. He’s ten times better than you.
DDm
There goes your happy ending.
[Chorus]
ADD
Every hour of every day is so filled with these
Dm
possibilities.
ADD
But, in this life, any choice you make can go up in flames.
Dm
Can I win this game?
DGBmA
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
DGBmA
I gotta put up a fight, doing it right.
DGBmF#mD
Can I buckle down and save my world tonight?
[Bridge]
DA
Half of the time, you feel you’re out of your mind.
GGm
You’ve got no clue where to look. There’s no instructional book.
DA
You just stumble along, and maybe mumble a song
GGm
that you make up as you go, because you just never know.
(Play singular notes)
DA
You never know if they hate or if they like you.
BF#
You never know if a move is the right move.
GD
You never know ‘bout the world, what it might do.
GA
Sometimes, everything is going nice and then,
DA
like the best-laid plans of mice and men,
BF#
it all blows up once, then twice again.
GD
Then every little decision that sounded great at the time
GA
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]
DGBmA
Am I doing it right?
DGBmA
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
[Outro]
DGBmA
Am I doing it right?
DGBmA
Am I doing it right?
DGBmF#mA
When the story ends, will I say it was nice?
DGBmA
Am I doing it right?