Drive-By Truckers - The Righteous Path Acoustic Chords

[Intro]
Am C Fmaj7 C/E (x2)
 
[Verse 1]
           Am                          C
I've got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
      Fmaj7                          C/E
Got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast
      Am                       C
Got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much
      Fmaj7                   C/E
Got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
      Am                       C
Got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
  Fmaj7                     C/E
A couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
  Am                   C
I don't know God but I fear his wrath
    Fmaj7                         C/E
I'm trying to stay focused on the righteous path
 
[Interlude]
Am C Fmaj7 C/E
 
[Verse 2]
           Am                      C
I've got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
      Fmaj7                   C/E
Got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear
       Am                                C
Got an itch that needs scratching but it feels alright
        Fmaj7                  C/E
Got the need to blow it out on Saturday night
      Am                          C
Got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers
      Fmaj7                    C/E
Got a boat that ain't seen the water in years
     Am                      C
More bills than money, I can do the math
    Fmaj7                         C/E
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
 
[Chorus]
    Fm                          Gm
I'm trying to keep focused as I drive down the road
       Am*                            G*
On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load
      Fm                                Gm
Ain't b**ching 'bout things that aren't in my grasp
     Am*                          G*
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path
 
[Interlude]
Am C (x2)
 
[Verse 3]
             Am                        C
There's this friend of mine I've known all my life
          Fmaj7                      C/E
Who can't get it right no matter how hard he tries
    Am                    C
Got kids he don't see and several ex-wives
      Fmaj7                       C/E
And a list of bad decisions 'bout eight miles wide
Am                           C
Trouble with the law and the IRS
    Fmaj7                          C/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
     Fmaj7                          C/E
He'd say "I'm trying to stay on the righteous path"
 
[Chorus]
    Fm                           Gm
I'm trying to keep focused as we drive down the road
     Am*                            G*
Like back in High School before the world turned cold
        Fm                      Gm
Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast
      Am*                          G*
We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path
 
[Interlude]
Am C (x2)
 
[Bridge]
      F       Em
We're hanging out
          G*      Am*
And we're hanging on
      F                  Em
We're trying the best we can
           G*      Am*
to keep on keeping on
       F         Em
We got messed up minds
          G*        Am*
For these messed up times
           F         Em
And it's a thin thin line
           G*       Am   Fm Em Fm Em Fm Em
separating his from mine
 
[Interlude]
Am C (x4)
 
[Chorus]
Fm                           Gm
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Am*                         G*
Eighty miles an hour with a worn out map
      Fm                            Gm
Don't worry about things that ain't in my grasp
Am*                          G*
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
 
[Outro]
Am C (x4)
Am