The Middle
Jon McLaughlinVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I've been around for a little over 20 years
And to anyone who needs advice on getting here
(opt. )
Don't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book
I was too young to know and too dumb to figure out
That you can lose yourself in all this traveling around
(opt. )
When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned,
lessons learned
Let me tell you now where i went wrong
Hollywood is just another place i don't belong
Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you
I'm finding out the ways of this world
Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl
And the only way to love yourself is to give your love to someone else, someone else
Don't believe in everything you hear
Growing up is more than just living through the years
I'm disappointed in myself
I left you on a shelf that i could never reach
I practiced what you'd always preached against
But now i'm back in my defense
That black and white world we tried to paint is really gray
So it took a little time to get this right
The guilty and the innocent are always side by side
I'll be me, you be you
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Readable chord sheet for The Middle by Jon McLaughlin
[G]I've been around for a l[Bm7]ittle over 20 [C]years
And to an[G]yone who ne[Bm7]eds advice on ge[C]tting here
[C] [E] (opt. [E7]) [Am] [D] [G] [Em] [D]
Don't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book
I was t[G]oo young to know and t[Bm7]oo dumb to figure o[C]ut
That y[G]ou can lose your[Bm7]self in all this tra[C]veling around
[C] [E] (opt. [E7]) [Am] [D] [G]
When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned,
[Em]lessons lea[D]rned
[C]Let me tell you n[D]ow where i went w[G]rong [B]
[C]Hollywood is ju[D]st another pl[Em]ace i don't be[Fmaj7]long [F]
Let's go to the mi[G]ddle where time stands st[D]ill
Let's get lo[Em]st [D] in those h[C]ills
Live a little cl[G]oser to what is t[D]rue
I'll be [Em]me [D] and you be[C] you
[Same as Verse 1]
I'm finding out the ways of this world
Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl
And the only way to love yourself is to give your love to someone else, someone else
[Same as Bridge 1]
Don't believe in everything you hear
Growing up is more than just living through the years
[Transition]
I'm disapp[Am]ointed in myself
I le[D]ft you on a shelf that [G]i could never reach
I pra[E/G#]cticed wh[E]at you'd a[E7]lways preached against
[Am] But now i'm back in my def[D]ense
That black and white wo[G]rld we tried to pa[Em]int is really gra[D]y
So it t[C]ook a little t[D]ime to get this ri[G]ght [B]
The gu[C]ilty and the i[D]nnocent are al[Em]ways side by s[Fmaj7]ide [F]
I'll be[Em] me,[D] you be[C] you [repeat several times]