GThis (320003@1)gettin' up early pulling double shifts
                                          CGonna (x32010@1)make an old man of me long before I ever get rich
        GBut (320003@1)I'm trying
     GIt's (320003@1)been two years since we finalized
                                CStill (x32010@1)ain't used to putting "X" in front of wife
        GBut (320003@1)I'm trying
FSend (133211@1)more money right away
                                        CIs (x32010@1)pretty much all she has to say when she calls these days
    Dsus2And (xx0230@1)don't you be late

Chorus:
    G (320003@1)              CmBut (x3101x@1)all I can do, is all I can do
              G (320003@1)    CmAnd (x3101x@1)I keep on tryin'___
    G (320003@1)              CmAnd (x3101x@1)all I can be, is all I can be
              G (320003@1)    CmAnd (x3101x@1)I keep on tryin'___
            DBut (xx0232@1)there's always a mountin in front of me
C (x32010@1)                                                    F (133211@1)name="chord_133211@1">F CSeems (x32010@1)I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing
              G (320003@1)       CmBut (x3101x@1)I keep on trying...

Verse 2:
Well I remember daddy sayin "Keep your eye on the ball"
Run like hell, play to win, get up when you fall"
I'm tryin'
Don't say nothing that you can't take back
Never do anything you might regret, no don't do that
Daddy, I'm tryin'
Know the difference 'tween Heaven and Hell
Go easy on the bottle, be hard on yourself
And I know he meant well

Chorus:
    G (320003@1)              CmBut (x3101x@1)all I can do, is all I can do
              G (320003@1)    CmAnd (x3101x@1)I keep on tryin'___
    G (320003@1)              CmAnd (x3101x@1)all I can be, is all I can be
              G (320003@1)    CmAnd (x3101x@1)I keep on tryin'___
            DBut (xx0232@1)there's always a mountin in front of me
C (x32010@1)                                                    F (133211@1)name="chord_133211@1">F CSeems (x32010@1)I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing
              G-->
But I keep on trying...

Solo:
--> F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D-->

Reprise:
 -->G                CmBut (x3101x@1)all I can do, is all I can do
And I keep on tryin'
And all I can be, well that's all I can be
And I keep on tryin'

All I can do, is all I can do
But I keep on tryin'
There's always a mountain in front of me
Seems I'm always climbing, then stumbling, and then falling, and then climbing
But I keep on tryin'

This gettin' up early pulling double shifts
Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich
        GBut (320003@1)I'm tryin...