Standard tuning: E A D G B E

Chords used:(not sure about one of the names)

a C B?? G F e
----- ----- ----- --3-- --1-- -----
--1-- --1-- ----- --3-- --1-- -----
--2-- --0-- --4-- --0-- --2-- -----
--2-- --2-- --5-- --0-- --3-- --2--
--0-- --3-- --2-- --2-- ----- --2--
----- ----- ----- --3-- ----- --0--

Intro: Am, Cmaj, B??, 2x

Verse 1:

a C B??
The shades go up
a C B??
Mothers staring down
a C B??
She don't know where he's been
a C B??
Or how long he's been out

Prechorus:
She saF id 'Boy i'm tired of wa aiting up while yF our out with your fra iends'
He said 'F Mom im tryin and im la iving my life the best waG y that I cane ' 

Chorus:

a Cause i'm trying G to be somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
a This life is mine iG 'm living
C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down

Verse 2:

a C B??
The day has come
a C B??
The sun is moving on
a C B??
She don't know where he'll go
a C B??
Or when he's coming home

Prechorus:

She saidF 'Son take care, don'ta let your dreams F get too far out of sa ight'
He said F 'I love you now, don'a t worry about me you knowG i'll be fine e'

Chorus:

a Cause i'm trying G to be somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
a This life is mine iG 'm living
C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down
a   Noooo     G     
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
a Don't you know meG ? I wont ever letC you
B??
I wont ever let you

Bridge:

C What they say
G What they know
a What they thinG k wont ever bring me down
C This life is mine G and I am my own

a I'm trying to bG e somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
a This life is minG e I lead
C B??
Don't you know me?

a I'm trying tG o be somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
a This life isG mine i'm living
C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down
a Yeahhh      G     
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
a G C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down
a I wont be nobG ody else
C B??
This life is mine and i am my own