The Middle- Jon Mclaughlin
Standard Tuning
Capo 4

Intro: G, D, C  2x

[Verse 1]
 G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)  
I've been around for a little over 20 years
       G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)to anyone who needs advice on getting here
Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)             Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)  Em (022000@1)   DDon't (xx0232@1)ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book

      G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                CI (x32010@1)was too young to know and too dumb to figure out
            G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)               CThat (x32010@1)you can lose yourself in all this traveling around
         Am (x02210@1)             D (xx0232@1)       Am (x02210@1)             D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)   
When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned, 
Em (022000@1)     Dlessons (xx0232@1)learned

Am (x02210@1)            D (xx0232@1)             GLet (320003@1)me tell you now where i went wrong
Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)Hollywood is just another place i don't belong

[Chorus]
                G (320003@1)                      DLet's (xx0232@1)go to the middle where time stands still
          Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1) 
Let's get lost in those hills
              G (320003@1)               DLive (xx0232@1)a little closer to what is true
        Em (022000@1)         CI'll (x32010@1)be me and you be you

G, D, C  2x

[Verse 2]
    G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)          CI'm (x32010@1)finding out the ways of this world
       G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)  
Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl
        Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)              Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)  
And the only way to love yourself is to give your love to someone else,
Em (022000@1)    Dsomeone (xx0232@1)else

Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)Don't believe in everything you hear
Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)                AmGrowing (x02210@1)up is more than simply living through the years

[Chorus]
                G (320003@1)                      DLet's (xx0232@1)go to the middle where time stands still
          Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1) 
Let's get lost in those hills
              G (320003@1)               DLive (xx0232@1)a little closer to what is true
        Em (022000@1)         CI'll (x32010@1)be me and you be you

[Bridge]
        C (x32010@1)I'm disappointed in myself
  Am (x02210@1)                     EmI (022000@1)left you on a shelf that i could never reach
  Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1)              AmI (x02210@1)practiced what you'd always preached against
                       CBut (x32010@1)now i'm back in my defense
                     Em (022000@1)                              DThat (xx0232@1)black and white world we tried to paint is really gray

Am (x02210@1)                D (xx0232@1)              GSo (320003@1)it took a little time to get this right
Am (x02210@1)               D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)       
The guilty and the innocent are always side by side

[Chorus]
                G (320003@1)                      DLet's (xx0232@1)go to the middle where time stands still
          Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1) 
Let's get lost in those hills
              G (320003@1)               DLive (xx0232@1)a little closer to what is true
        Em (022000@1)         CI'll (x32010@1)be me and you be you
        Em (022000@1)         CI'll (x32010@1)be me and you be you
        Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)    GI'll (320003@1)be me and you be you