{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":807057,"song":"The Middle","artist":"Jon McLaughlin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11594848-the-middle-chords-by-jon-mclaughlin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/807057?type=chord","rating":4.3072,"votes":5,"content":"The Middle- Jon Mclaughlin\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nCapo 4\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]  2x\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nI've been around for a little over 20 years[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd to anyone who needs advice on getting here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was too young to know and too dumb to figure out[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat you can lose yourself in all this traveling around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nWhen you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlessons learned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me tell you now where i went wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nHollywood is just another place i don't belong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's go to the middle where time stands still[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nLet's get lost in those hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLive a little closer to what is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll be me and you be you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]  2x\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm finding out the ways of this world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nCan be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nAnd the only way to love yourself is to give your love to someone else,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsomeone else[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nDon't believe in everything you hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGrowing up is more than simply living through the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's go to the middle where time stands still[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nLet's get lost in those hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLive a little closer to what is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll be me and you be you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'm disappointed in myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI left you on a shelf that i could never reach[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI practiced what you'd always preached against[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut now i'm back in my defense[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat black and white world we tried to paint is really gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo it took a little time to get this right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nThe guilty and the innocent are always side by side[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's go to the middle where time stands still[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nLet's get lost in those hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLive a little closer to what is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll be me and you be you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll be me and you be you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be me and you be you[/tab]","plain_text":"The Middle- Jon Mclaughlin\nStandard Tuning\nCapo 4\n\nIntro: G, D, C  2x\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG, D, C  2x\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C","Am","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}