I'm Tryin'
Trace Adkins

Submitted By Tiny Man
kellymark@roger.com

Capo 1st Fret

[Intro]    G    Cm    G    Cm    G   Cm   G   Cm   G

G                                                            F                                  C
This gettin' up early pulling double shifts gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich
       G                                            F                                           C
But I'm trying, It's been two years since we finalized, Still ain't used to putting "X" in front of wife
       G                 F                                                                              C
But I'm trying, Send more money right away, is pretty much all she has to say when she calls these
                  Dsus2
Days and don't you be late

[Chorus]
G                         Cm                             G                 Cm  G                   Cm
But all I can do, is all I can do, And I keep on tryin'_____ And all I can be, is all I can be
           G                     Cm                          D
And I keep on tryin'______But there's always a mountin in front of me
 C                                                      F F C                    G         Cm
Seems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing, But I keep on trying...


G                                                        F                           C
Well I remember daddy sayin "Keep your eye on the ball", Run like hell, play to win, get up when you
           G                                                                                                                      F
Fall, I'm tryin', don't say nothing that you can't take back, Never do anything you might regret, no
 C                             G          F
Dont do that, Daddy, I'm tryin', know the difference 'tween Heaven and Hell Go easy on the bottle, be
        C                       Dsus2
Hard on yourself, and I know he meant well

[Chorus]
G                         Cm                             G                 Cm  G                   Cm
But all I can do, is all I can do, And I keep on tryin'_____ And all I can be, is all I can be
           G                     Cm                          D
And I keep on tryin'______But there's always a mountin in front of me
 C                                                      F F C                    G
Seems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing, But I keep on trying...



[Solo]        F    C     F     G    F    C    F    G    F   C   D


[Chorus]
G                         Cm                             G                 Cm  G                   Cm
But all I can do, is all I can do, And I keep on tryin'_____ And all I can be, is all I can be
            G                                         Cm                            G                      Cm
And I keep on tryin' All I can do, is all I can do But I keep on tryin'________
D                                                    C
There's always a mountain in front of me, Seems I'm always climbing, then stumbling, and then f
                               F F C                   G
Falling, and then climbing But I keep on tryin' This gettin' up early pulling double shifts
                                                                             C                                 G
Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich, But I'm tryin...