American Aquarium - Crooked straight

^EmMy daddy was a southern baptist ^Cdeacon ^EmOn the good book, I was born and ^Draised ^EmBut I never quite bought into the^C preaching ^EmToo much fear, Too much ^Dhate

^EmSo i drifted from my faith out of ^Chigh school ^EmI questioned things that i could not^D see ^EmThats when they told my dad that ^Cwe weren't welcome back ^EmAnd they were gonna be praying for ^Dme

He said, ^Cson, the road it aint ^Deasy Its ^Gall just a series of ^Cmistakes But you gotta ^Glearn ^Dhow to ^Ctake The ^Gbruises ^Dwith the ^Cbreaks The ^Emlove ^Dand the ^Cheartache ^DThe crooked and the ^Emstraight

^EmSo I wandered through my twenties ^Cuninspired ^EmI got my education at the end of the ^Dbar ^EmAnd I traded in my youth for ^C3 chords and the truth ^EmAnd the ring of an electric ^Dguitar

^EmSo we made all these ^Cplans ^EmWe were gonna take a ^Dstand ^EmSet out, and rise above the ^Cnoise ^EmBut after all these shows we ^Dplayed ^EmTheir fight began to ^Cfade ^EmAs they walked away, ^DI heard my fathers voice

He said, ^Cson, the road it aint ^Deasy Its ^Gall just a series of ^Cmistakes But you gotta ^Glearn ^Dhow to ^Ctake The ^Gbruises ^Dwith the ^Cbreaks The ^Emlove ^Dand the ^Cheartache ^DThe crooked and the ^Emstraight

He said, ^Cson, the road it aint ^Deasy Its ^Gall just a series of ^Cmistakes And ^Cson, you might not ^Dbelieve me But I ^Gpromise you one of these ^Cdays That youre gonna ^Glearn ^Dhow to ^Ctake The ^Gbruises ^Dwith the ^Cbreaks The ^Emlove ^Dand the ^Cheartache ^DThe crooked and the ^Emstraight