C      Am    F              G             Am     C 
When I drink,   I say things I don't wanna say 
F             G             C   C/B    Am 
I do things i don't  wanna do 
F              G 
I talk mean to you. 
C         Am     F                 G                   Am     C 
But if I think,   I just might get something out of this 
F                       G             C   C/B   Am 
My parents taught me to learn  when i miss 
F            G 
Just do your best. 
Am           C 
Just do your best. 

  Em                           Dm 
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity 
Am                       G 
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be 
   F                              G 
at least a little better than I've been so far. 

C             Am    F                    G               Am     C 
 But when I drink,   I hear things that aren't really there 
F                      G               C    C/B   Am 
I feel things when i shouldn’t  really care 
     F                    G 
Have fist fights with the air. 
C            Am   F              G         Am      C 
 But if I think,   about someone besides myself 
F                     G            C   C/B   Am 
I lived through the silver and the bell 
F                G 
With something to tell 
Am            C 
 Just do your best 

  Em                           Dm 
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity 
Am                       G 
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be 
   F                              G 
at least a little better than I've been so far. 

C            Am     F                G             Am     C 
 But when I drink,   I spend the next morning in a haze 
F            G          C   C/B   Am 
But we only get so many days 
F              G 
Now I have one less 
Am          C 
Just do your best. 

  Em                           Dm 
It's the only way to keep that last bit of sanity 
Am                       G 
Maybe I don't have to be good but I can try to be 
   F                              G 
at least a little better than I've been so far. 
      F                               G               C 
Oh, at least a little better than I've been so far.