Middle Ground

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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:
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    (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 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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    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 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
     
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