Chords for Drive-By Truckers- Righteous Path (Brighter Than Creation's Dark)

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I got [Gm] a brand new car [Bb] that drinks a bunch of gas
Got [Eb] a house in the [Bb] neighborhood that's way too fast
Got [Gm] a dog and a cat [Bb] that don't fight too much
Got [Eb] a few hundred channels [Bb] to keep me in touch
[Gm] Got a beautiful wife and [Bb] three tiny kids
[Eb] Got a couple big secrets [Bb] I'd kill to keep [Gm] it
I don't know God, [Bb] but I fear his wrath
[Eb] I'm trying to stay focused [Bb] on the righteous [Gm] path
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[Gm] got a couple of opinions [Bb] that I hold dear
[Eb] Got a whole lot of debt [Bb] and a whole lot of fear
[Gm] Got an extra pain stretchin' [Bb] but it feels alright
[Eb] Got the need to blow it out [Bb] on a Saturday [Gm] night
Got a grill in the backyard [Bb] and a case of beers
[Eb] Got a boat that ain't seen [Bb] the water in years
[Gm] Got a lot of bills, spend money, [Bb] I can do the math
[Eb] I'm trying to keep focused [Bb] on the righteous path
[Eb] I'm trying to [Cm] keep focused as I [F] drive down the road
[Gm] On the bitches and the girls [Bb] and the heavy load
I [Eb] ain't bitchin' my planes, [F] I don't want my grass
[Gm] Just trying to hold steady [Bb] on the righteous path
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[Gm] I've been a little mild and [Bb] lone all my life
[Eb] Can't get it right, no [Bb] matter [Gm] how hard he tries
Got kids he don't see, [Bb] several ex-wives
[Eb] The list of bad decisions [Gm] piled eight miles wide
Trouble with the law [Bb] and the _ IRS
[Eb] Where I get the money's [Bb] _ anybody's guess
[Gm] He's a long way off but [Bb] if he was to ask
[Eb] He'd say I'm trying to stay [Bb] on the righteous path
I'm [Eb] trying to keep focused as I [F] drive down the road
[Gm] Back, back, and I slow before the world [Eb] turned cold
Now the blacks are thin [F] and the girls are fast
[Gm] We're trying to hold steady [Bb] on the righteous path
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[Eb] We're hanging _ [D] on, _ [F] we're hanging _ [Gm] on _
[Eb] But trying the best [D] we can to keep [F] on keeping _ [Gm] on _
[Eb] Don't mess [D] the lines for [F] these messed up [Gm] times _
[Eb] Messed up [Gm] time, _ _ _ _
[F] separated _ [Gm] _ history _ [Eb] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] We're trying to hold steady [F] on the righteous path
[Gm]
80 miles an hour with a [Bb] one hour [Eb] lap
No time to self pity, [F] mother hate the crap
[Gm] Just trying to stay [Bb] focused on the righteous path
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