INTRO:
Em G C G
VERSE:
G Em G
We all got big plans, but nothing to do
C G
Saturday afternoon, couch surfin' the news
Em G
We get high to escape the new locals
C
What the TV shows ain'tâ
nothing
G Em
But a heartbreak on a dead-end road
PRE-CHORUS:
Em G
We're all tired of the shit they're sayin'
C G
We don't understand so we keep waitin'
Em G
For our moment to shine
C
For a chance to make it right
G
For a reason to try
CHORUS:
Em G
Ain't we all just tryin' to mean something, mean something
C G Em
Ain't we all just tryin' to be something to somebody else
G
The world's begging for change
C G
And we get carried away helping ourselves
Em G C G
Ain't we all just tryin' to mean something, mean something
Em G G C G
Ain't we all just tryin' to be something, beeee something
VERSE:
G Em G
All I want is somehow to make my folks proud
C G
Thought it'd take a few months in a ten-year town
Em G
But it's hard and harder to pray and harder to say
C G
I'm sorry but I'm workin' and I can't talk today
PRE-CHORUS:
Em G
I'm so tired of the shit I'm sayin'
C G
And I don't like it but hell I keep on waitin'
Em G
For a moment to shine
C
To make it all al-al-right
C
And make 'em smile
G Em
I wanna make 'em smile
CHORUS:
Em G
Ain't we all just tryin' to mean something, mean something
C G Em
Ain't we all just tryin' to be something to somebody else
G
The world's begging for change
C G
And we get carried away helping ourselves
Em G C G
Ain't we all just tryin' to mean something, mean something
Em G G C G
Ain't we all just tryin' to be something, beeee something
BREAK:
Em G Am
I just wanna make them smi-i-ile
G
I'm so tired of the shit I'm saying
Em G Am G
I just wanna mean something
CHORUS:
Em G
Ain't we all just tryin' to mean something, mean something
C G Em
Ain't we all just tryin' to be something to somebody else
G
The world's begging for change
C G
And we get carried away helping ourselves
Em G C G
Ain't we all just tryin' to mean something, mean something
Em G G C G
Ain't we all just tryin' to be something, beeee something
OUTRO:
Em G C
Ain't we all just trying to mean something
G
Ain't we all, ain't we all,
Em G C G
Ain't we all just trying to mean something