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MIDDLE GROUND (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------- [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[inDtro] G D C D C D G D G D C D C D G For Dyears she's lived Gon her Down C In a Dcorner oCf the Dcity G Twice a Dyear she gGets back Dhome C Playing Dcatch-up wCith the famDily
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 She's thirty-Dthree this tGime aroCund C She's always Dbeen real Ggood at lisCtening C Her sense of Dhumor never Glets her dCown C Except someEmtimes there'sC somethDing missing
G Hey,Am D middle grDound G A plAmace between Dup and dDown G She coAmuld be saDfe and soDund GOh, to Amknow Cmiddle grDound
G[inDstrumGentDal] C D C D 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 She gave her Fheart awCay one tCime, and Dsays that she haGsn't Dseen it sGince F Love's a Fpuzzle iCn her mCind;A the pieces Amatch, but Cdon't quite Cfit; hey...
G[guAmitar DsolDo] G Am D D G Am D D G Am C D G[inDstruGmenDtal] C D C D
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