Doing It Right

A       E                F#m    
When you turned seventeen, you 
         E
said you’d follow your dream
D   Dm
and be an artist.
A              E                 
You’ve found a comfortable niche,
F#m                 E
 and though you’re quite far from 
rich,
D    Dm
your life has started.
A         E                  F#m
Things are starting to click, 
            E
but then you get very sick.
D       Dm
The doc says “cancer”.
A            E                
Your passion barely pays 
F#m             E
bills, and you can’t pay for the 
pills.
D    Dm
Who has the answer?

[Chorus]
A              D                
Every hour of every day is so filled
D
 with these
Dm
possibilities.
A                         D      
But, in this life, any choice you
             D
 make can go up in flames.
       Dm
Can I win this game?
D             G      Bm
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
D                G      Bm
I gotta put up a fight, doing it 
right.
       D      G       Bm       
Can I buckle down and save my 
F#m    D
world tonight?
                   A
Am I doing it right?

[Break]
A  E  F#m  E  D  Dm

[Verse 2]
A            E                  
This girl is out of your league,
F#m            E
 but when you got on one knee
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D        Dm
She said, “Let’s do it.”
A            E              F#m 
You’ve got a mess of a life, but
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 now your best friend’s your wife.
D        Dm
You might get through it.
A           E              F#m  
Months all fade into years. Then
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 one day, she’s in tears.
D              Dm
She says she’s done pretending.
A               E                
She’s gone and found someone new.
F#m             E
 He’s ten times better than you.
D               Dm
There goes your happy ending.

[Chorus]
A              D                
Every hour of every day is so filled
D
 with these
Dm
possibilities.
A                         D      
But, in this life, any choice you
             D
 make can go up in flames.
       Dm
Can I win this game?
D             G      Bm            A
Am I doing it right, doing it right?
D                G      Bm      
I gotta put up a fight, doing it
     A
 right.
       D      G       Bm       
Can I buckle down and save my 
F#m    D
world tonight?

[Bridge]
D                                 
Half of the time, you feel you’re 
A
out of your mind.
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You’ve got no clue where to look. 
             Gm
There’s no instructional book.
D                                 
You just stumble along, and maybe 
A
mumble a song
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that you make up as you go, because
     Gm
 you just never know.
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           D                     
You never know if they hate or if 
       A
they like you.
           B                   
You never know if a move is the 
 F#
right move.
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You never know ‘bout the world, 
     D
what it might do.
            G                    A
Sometimes, everything is going nice 
and then,
         D                  A
like the best-laid plans of mice and
 men,
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it all blows up once, then twice 
again.
            G                  
Then every little decision that 
         D
sounded great at the time
             G                  
has got you trapped in a cage of 
      A
your own design,
     A
Even if you succeed, it could be 
gone in a flash,
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and then the age-old question is 
back.

[Chorus]
D                G   Bm    A
Am I doing it right?
D                G        Bm      A
Am I doing it right, doing it right?


[Other]
D                G  Bm   A
Am I doing it right?
D               G   Bm   A
Am I doing it right?
           D      G       Bm      
When the story ends, will I say it
 F#m     A
 was nice?
                    D   G   Bm   A
Am I doing it right?