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From: "Brent Browning" <brentbrowning5@home.com>
Subject: Gary Allan "I'm doin' my best"
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 16:34:09 -0700
Artist: Gary Allan
Song: "I'm Doin my best"
Written by: Rivers Rutherford, Sam Tate,Annie Tate
Album: Alright Guy
Transcribed by: Brent Browning
This is only my second submission so any corrections are invited.
brentbrowning5@home.com I only have one thing to say,
Gary Allan is the man!!
G
Single six months yesterday
D
Thought I outta celebrate
C D G
So I went down to grab a couple beers
C D
G
And I got so drunk I ripped my pants I asked the bouncer for a dance
C D
G
Thanked him as he threw me out I woke up that ole Waffle House
C D
G D/F#
With a shiner' and a wild brunette she don't know my real name yet
C Am D
Well no I ain't over you
Chorus:
G C D
But I'm doin' my best every day and every night
G C D
Hangin' on by a thread that's stretched just a little too tight
Em A G
C
If I can't find some peace of mind I'll take what I can get
D
I ain't doin' much good but I'm doin' my best
G C D G C D
G C D
I decided I'd get smart and have a long talk with my heart
C D G
at some quiet spot outside of town
C
so I took my best friends Pontiac
D G C
I drove it like a maniac right into the reservoir
D C
I guess we ain't best friends no more
D G
D/F# C
Just my luck a cop came by who I beat up in Junior high
D
He said I better have a good excuse
Repeat Chorus 1x
Bridge:
G D/F# Em A
Someday I might just join the human race again
C D
If I can ever find a place to show my face again
G C D G C D
Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh I doin my best
Repeat Chorus....