Trace Adkins – Im Tryin (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Cm G Cm [Verse 1]
     G
This gettin' up early pulling double shifts

                                          C
Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich

        G
But I'm trying

     G
It's been two years since we finalized

                                C
Still ain't used to putting Ex- in front of wife

        G
But I'm trying

F
Send more money right away

                                        C
Is pretty much all she has to say when she calls these days

    Dsus2
And don't you be late
[Chorus]
    G                Cm
But all I can do, is all I can do

              G      Cm
And I keep on tryin'

    G                Cm
And all I can be, is all I can be

              G      Cm
And I keep on tryin'

            D
But there's always a mountain in front of me

C                                                      F F C
Seems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing

              G         Cm
But I keep on trying
[Verse 2]
       G
Well I remember daddy sayin' "Keep your eye on the ball"

                                 C
Run like hell, play to win, get up when you fall"

    G
I'm tryin'

G
Don't say nothing that you can't take back

                                       C
Never do anything you might regret, no don't do that

           G
Daddy, I'm tryin'

F
Know the difference 'tween Heaven and Hell

                                  C
Go easy on the bottle, be hard on yourself

      Dsus2
And I know he meant well
[Chorus]
    G                Cm
But all I can do, is all I can do

              G      Cm
And I keep on tryin'

    G                Cm
And all I can be, is all I can be

              G      Cm
And I keep on tryin'

            D
But there's always a mountain in front of me

C                                                       F F C
Seems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing

              G      Cm     G    Cm
But I keep on tryyyyyiiin'

               G      Cm
I keep on tryin'
[Final Chorus]
    G                Cm
But all I can do, is all I can do

              G      Cm
And I keep on tryin'

    G                         Cm
And all I can be, well that's all I can be

              G      Cm
And I keep on tryyyyyiiin'
(small pause)
G                Cm
All I can do, is all I can do

              G      Cm
But I keep on tryin'

            D
But there's always a mountain in front of me

C                                                                               F F C
Seems I'm always climbing, then stumbling, and then falling, and then climbing

              G      Cm
But I keep on tryin'
[Outro]
     G
This gettin' up early pulling double shifts

                                                   C
Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich

        G
But I'm tryin'