Tom: F#m
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
D Dm
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.
G Gm
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?
