Aim a Little Higher

D G Cmaj7 D G Cmaj7 D G Cmaj7 Just about sundown on the levee road near the old fishin' hole D G Cmaj7 Teaching me to shoot straight and true was your only goal C D G You threw a can up in the air and smiled C D D/F# I pulled the trigger, missed by a mile, you said G D/F# Em Aim a little higher and you can't miss Am7 C D Bless that can with a shotgun kiss G D/F# Em Aim a little higher, try it again Am7 C D G Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher In later years on a river of tears I drifted home for a while Since shame was the only glory I'd ever known, I didn't change my style First night home I got drunk and confused Mistook you for a fool, you were not amused, you said Refrain 1: Aim a little higher, cause you're not livin' All this takin' son and never givin' Gonna catch up to you like a ball of fire Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher Refrain 2: Aim a little higher, you're shootin' too low Aim for the dirt and you'll never know Glorious redemption or heavenly hope Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher C/E G D/F# G In those deceptive moments, in those deceptive days C/E G D/F# Em When the dung and the mire look like the high wire C G Bm C2 Will there be anyone who loves me enough to say? G G/B C "You gotta aim a little higher, aim a little, aim a little higher" G G/B C "You gotta aim a little higher, aim a little, aim a little higher" REFRAIN 1 REFRAIN 2 Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher Aim a little, aim a little, aim a little higher