Jon Mclaughlin – The Middle chords

Capo 4th Fret

[Verse 1]
G                       Bm7           C  I've been around for a little over 20 years
         G          Bm7             C And to anyone who needs advice on getting here
 C                 E (opt. E7)     Am          D       G    Em     DDon't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book

[Verse 2]
       G                     Bm7                CI was too young to know and too dumb to figure out
      G               Bm7                 C That you can lose yourself in all this traveling around
          C               E (opt. E7) Am                 D       GWhen you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned, 
Em         Dlessons learned

[Bridge 1]
C                D                G         BLet me tell you now where i went wrong
C              D            Em            Fmaj7        FHollywood is just another place i don't belong

[Chorus]
                  G                        DLet's go to the middle where time stands still
            Em    D            CLet's get lost       in those hills
                G                DLive a little closer to what is true
        Em   D           CI'll be me     and you be 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

[Chorus]

[Transition]
          AmI'm disappointed in myself
    D                      GI left you on a shelf that i could never reach
     E/G#     E         E7I practiced what you'd always preached against
Am                           D   But now i'm back in my defense
                       G                 Em               DThat black and white world we tried to paint is really gray

       C             D                 G         BSo it took a little time to get this right
      C             D             Em            Fmaj7        FThe guilty and the innocent are always side by side

[Chorus] 
 
       Em  D        CI'll be me,   you be you [repeat several times]