MIDDLE GROUND (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A, so capo at the 2nd fret]
[Each chord is about half a measure (but many measures are broken up 3:5).]
G D G D C D C D G D G D C D C D
[intro]
G D G D
For years she`s lived on her own
C D C D
In a corner of the city
G D G D
Twice a year she gets back home
C D C D
Playing catch-up with the family
She tells her folks what they need to know
Her mother says she`s much too thin
Her sisters ask about her beau
Her dad inquires, how`s business been
C D G C
She`s thirty-three this time around
C D G C
She`s always been real good at listening
C D G C
Her sense of humor never lets her down
C Em C D
Except sometimes there`s something missing
G Am D D
Hey, middle ground
G Am D D
A place between up and down
G Am D D
She could be safe and sound
G Am C D
Oh, to know middle ground
G D G D C D C D
[instrumental]
For years she`s been on her guard
She`s kind of tense around the shoulders
She wonders why she works so hard
She counts the days `til they promote her
She`ll take a weekend now and then
To stay in bed and watch the reruns
She`ll turn the phone off when guilt sets in
But Sunday always kinda leaves her let down
Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down
She could be safe and sound; oh, to know middle ground
F F C C D G D G
She gave her heart away one time, and says that she hasn`t seen it since
F F C C A A C C
Love`s a puzzle in her mind; the pieces match, but don`t quite fit; hey...
G Am D D G Am D D G Am D D G Am C D
[guitar solo]
G D G D C D C D
[instrumental]
And these days run thick or thin
It never rains, or else it`s pouring
All her single friends are men
She thinks married girls are so damn boring
Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down
She could be safe and sound; oh, to know middle ground
Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down
She could be safe and sound; oh, to know middle ground
G Am C D G Am C D G Am C D.
Oh, to know middle ground; oh, to know middle ground [instrumental]
TAB:
(Actually, these parts are played on an electric guitar with no capo,
but I`ve arranged it for a guitar capoed at the 2nd fret.)
Intro:
G D G D C D C D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
G 0---4-2---------|0---4-2---4-2-0-|----0-2---------|----0-2--(4-2-0) .||
D --0-------------|--0-------------|2-4-------------|2-4------------- .||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
(2nd time only)
Guitar solo:
G Am D G Am D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------1---0---0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0---------------|--2---2-----0-2-|4-2-0-----------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------4-----|------4-2-0---0-|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|------------3---|2-0---0-----0-3-|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------23----|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
G Am D G Am C D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------1-0-|0-----------3-1-|0-3---1---------|----------------|
G ----0-----0-----|--2---2---------|----------------|--0---2---------|
D --0---4-2-------|----------------|----------------|2-----------0---|
A 2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
G D G D C D C D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|------------3---|----------------|
G 0---4-2---------|0---4-2---4-2-0-|----0-2---------|----0-2---------|
D --0-------------|--0-------------|2-4-------------|2-4-------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
