Going Spaceward – Doing It Right chords
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[Verse 1]A E F#m EWhen you turned seventeen, you said you’d follow your dreamD Dmand be an artist.A E F#m EYou’ve found a comfortable niche, and though you’re quite far from rich,D Dmyour life has started.A E F#m EThings are starting to click, but then you get very sick.D DmThe doc says “cancer”.A E F#m EYour passion barely pays bills, and you can’t pay for the pills.D DmWho has the answer?[Chorus]A D DEvery hour of every day is so filled with theseDmpossibilities.A D DBut, in this life, any choice you make can go up in flames.DmCan I win this game?D G BmAm I doing it right, doing it right?D G BmI gotta put up a fight, doing it right.D G Bm F#m DCan I buckle down and save my world tonight?AAm I doing it right?[Break] A E F#m E D Dm [Verse 2]A E F#m EThis girl is out of your league, but when you got on one kneeD DmShe said, “Let’s do it.”A E F#m EYou’ve got a mess of a life, but now your best friend’s your wife.D DmYou might get through it.A E F#m EMonths all fade into years. Then one day, she’s in tears.D DmShe says she’s done pretending.A E F#m EShe’s gone and found someone new. He’s ten times better than you.D DmThere goes your happy ending.[Chorus]A D DEvery hour of every day is so filled with theseDmpossibilities.A D DBut, in this life, any choice you make can go up in flames.DmCan I win this game?D G Bm AAm I doing it right, doing it right?D G Bm AI gotta put up a fight, doing it right.D G Bm F#m DCan I buckle down and save my world tonight?[Bridge]D AHalf of the time, you feel you’re out of your mind.G GmYou’ve got no clue where to look. There’s no instructional book.D AYou just stumble along, and maybe mumble a songG Gmthat you make up as you go, because you just never know.(Play singular notes)D AYou never know if they hate or if they like you.B F#You never know if a move is the right move.G DYou never know ‘bout the world, what it might do.G ASometimes, everything is going nice and then,D Alike the best-laid plans of mice and men,B F#it all blows up once, then twice again.G DThen every little decision that sounded great at the timeG Ahas got you trapped in a cage of your own design,AEven if you succeed, it could be gone in a flash,Eand then the age-old question is back.[Chorus]D G Bm AAm I doing it right?D G Bm AAm I doing it right, doing it right?[Outro]D G Bm AAm I doing it right?D G Bm AAm I doing it right?D G Bm F#m AWhen the story ends, will I say it was nice?D G Bm AAm I doing it right?