The Righteous Path chords by Drive-by Truckers

Chords with lyrics

Intro: A minorAm C majorC FF F/E (x2)

Verse

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

Interlude: A minorAm C majorC FF F/E

Verse

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


   Fmaj7Fmaj7            G+G
I'm trying to keep focused as I drive down the road
    A minorAm               C majorC
On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load
    Fmaj7Fmaj7              G+G
Ain't bitching bout things that aren't in my grasp
   A minorAm              C majorC
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path

Interlude

A minorAm C majorC (x2)

Verse

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

Fmaj7Fmaj7             G+G
Trying to keep focused as we drive down the road
   A minorAm               C majorC
Like back in High School before the world turned cold
     Fmaj7Fmaj7          G+G
Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast
    A minorAm              C majorC
We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path

Interlude

A minorAm C majorC (x2)

Bridge

    Fmaj7Fmaj7   E minorEm
We're hanging out
      G+G    A minorAm
and we're hanging on
    Fmaj7Fmaj7       E minorEm
We're trying the best we can
      G+G    A minorAm
to keep on keeping on
    Fmaj7Fmaj7    E minorEm
We got messed up minds
      G+G       A minorAm
for these messed up times
      Fmaj7Fmaj7    E minorEm
And it's a thin thin line
G+G     A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7 E minorEm Fmaj7Fmaj7 E minorEm Fmaj7Fmaj7 E minorEm
separating his from mine

Interlude

A minorAm C majorC (x4)


Fmaj7Fmaj7             G+G
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
A minorAm              C majorC
Eighty miles an hour with a worn out map
   Fmaj7Fmaj7             G+G
Don't worry about things that ain't in my grasp
A minorAm               C majorC
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path

Outro

A minorAm C majorC (x4)

A minorAm