I started in the military for many years on two battlefronts, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Went through a lot in both, been blown up, shot and left for dead.
The one thing I kept doing was I just kept getting back up and going after it.
Eb _ _
Bb No matter what life
Eb throws at you, the one thing you
Bb gotta believe in is you gotta believe in yourself.
Eb _ _
Bb _ _ _ _ .
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Eb I've got a number
Bb on a napkin,
Eb a pounding
Bb in my head.
Eb It takes everything
Bb I've got
Eb to crawl
Bb out of bed.
I lost
Eb a hell
Bb of a woman,
Eb freedom caught me
Bb on the chin.
Cm But I'm doing
Bb alright
Eb for the shape
Bb I'm in.
F The
Eb sun came up again
Bb this morning, _ _
F I got a
Eb call from a long
Bb lost friend.
_ _
F Land
Eb us a little road trip
Bb down to
Gm New Orleans.
Eb It ain't much, but it beats where
F I've been.
_
Eb Yeah, I'm doing
Bb alright.
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright.
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright for the shape I'm
Eb in.
_
Bb _ _
F Well,
Bb _ _
Eb I'm
Bb getting better
Eb at barely
Bb getting by.
Eb When I look
Bb at her picture,
Eb I don't break
Bb down and cry.
Eb And all this
Bb time I hold my hands,
Eb it's getting easier
Bb to spend.
Eb Cause I'm doing
Bb alright
Eb for the shape
Bb I'm in.
F The
Eb sun came up
Bb again this morning, _ _
F I
Eb took my old fastback
Bb for a spin.
_ _
F _
Eb Now when it rains, it
Bb ain't
Gm always boring.
And
Eb I'm learning how to
F live again.
_
Eb Yeah, I'm doing
Bb alright.
_
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright.
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright
F for the shape
Bb I'm
Eb in.
Bb Yeah, _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright.
Yes,
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright.
Yeah,
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright
F for the shape
Bb I'm in.
Eb Yes, I'm doing
Bb alright.
Eb Yeah, I'm doing
Bb alright.
Yeah,
Eb I'm doing
Bb alright.
F Oh, shake
Bb my hand.
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_ One piece of advice I can give to anybody out there today who's going through some trying times, you know,.
with whatever it is, the jobs, the money, the house, or anything like that,.
just
A never give up and never quit and keep getting back up and going forward.
And you'd be surprised at what you can do.