The Righteous Path(Chords)

	        Intro: Am C F F/E (x2) 

Verse 

        Am                           C 
I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas 
         F                              F/E 
I got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast 
        Am                        C 
I got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much 
        F                       F/E 
I got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch 
         Am                       C 
I got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids 
         F                        F/E 
I got a couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid 
   Am                   C 
I don't know God but I fear his wrath 
     F                             F/E 
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path 

Interlude: Am C F F/E 

Verse 

        Am                      C 
I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear 
       F                      F/E 
Got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear 
          Am                                C 
I got an itch that needs scratching but it feels alright 
           F                      F/E 
I got the need to blow it out on Saturday night 
         Am                          C 
I got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers 
         F                        F/E 
I got a boat that ain't seen the water in years 
      Am                      C 
More bills than money, I can do the math 
     F                             F/E 
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path 


     Fmaj7                       G 
I'm trying to keep focused as I drive down the road 
        Am                             C 
On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load 
       Fmaj7                           G 
Ain't bitching bout things that aren't in my grasp 
      Am                           C 
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path 


Interlude 

Am C (x2) 

Verse 

              Am                        C 
There's this friend of mine I've known all my life 
           F                          F/E 
Who can't get it right no matter how hard he tries 
          Am                    C 
He's got kids he don't see and several ex-wives 
       F                          F/E 
And a list of bad decisions bout eight miles wide 
Am                            C 
Trouble with the law and the IRS 
     F                             F/E 
And where he'll get the money's anybody's guess 
        Am                      C 
He's a long way off but if you was to ask 
      F                              F/E 
He'd say 'I'm trying to stay on the righteous path' 


Fmaj7                         G 
Trying to keep focused as we drive down the road 
      Am                             C 
Like back in High School before the world turned cold 
          Fmaj7                   G 
Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast 
       Am                            C 
We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path 


Interlude 

Am C (x2) 

Bridge 

       Fmaj7     Em 
We're hanging out 
           G        Am 
and we're hanging on 
       Fmaj7              Em 
We're trying the best we can 
            G       Am 
to keep on keeping on 
        Fmaj7        Em 
We got messed up minds 
           G             Am 
for these messed up times 
            Fmaj7        Em 
And it's a thin thin line 
G          Am         Fmaj7  Em  Fmaj7  Em  Fmaj7  Em 
separating his from mine 

Interlude 

Am C (x4) 


Fmaj7                         G 
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path 
Am                           C 
Eighty miles an hour with a worn out map 
      Fmaj7                         G 
Don't worry about things that ain't in my grasp 
Am                             C 
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path 


Outro 

Am C (x4) 

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Written by Drive-By Truckers/Patterson Hood