Middle Ground Mary Chapin Carpenter
[G](in[D]tro)[G] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]
[G] For [D]years she's lived [G]on her [D]own
[C] In a [D]corner o[C]f the [D]city
[G] Twice a [D]year she g[G]ets back [D]home
[C] Playing [D]catch-up w[C]ith the fam[D]ily
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-[D]three this t[G]ime aro[C]und
[C] She's always [D]been real [G]good at lis[C]tening
[C] Her sense of [D]humor never [G]lets her d[C]own
[C] Except some[Em]times there's[C] someth[D]ing missing
[G] Hey,[Am] [D] middle gr[D]ound
[G] A pl[Am]ace between [D]up and d[D]own
[G] She co[Am]uld be sa[D]fe and so[D]und
[G]Oh, to [Am]know [C]middle gr[D]ound
[G](in[D]strum[G]ent[D]al)[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 [F]heart aw[C]ay one t[C]ime, and [D]says that she ha[G]sn't [D]seen it s[G]ince
[F] Love's a [F]puzzle i[C]n her m[C]ind;[A] the pieces [A]match, but [C]don't quite [C]fit; hey...
[G](gu[Am]itar [D]sol[D]o)[G] [Am] [D] [D] [G] [Am] [D] [D] [G] [Am] [C] [D]
[G](in[D]stru[G]men[D]tal)[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 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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(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----
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[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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- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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