Middle of the Hill Josh Pyke
This is the same as the tab by cate brown but ive changed the chord shapes so it can be
in standard tuning.
CHORDS USED:
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em] [Dsus4] [D]
[G/B] [Csus2] [Gm/Bb] [G]
e|---------------------------------------------------------x--| B|---------------------------------------------------------3--| G|---0----0-----7----0-------------------7-----7------7----0--| D|---7----7-----10---9-----7----7---7----5-----5------5----0--| A|---10---9-----0----7-----10---9---9----x-----x------x----2--| E|-------------------0-----10--10---8----7-----8------6----3--|
strumming pattern: d = downstroke mainly on bass note D= donwstroke,
u = upstroke
this pattern is maintaind throughout most of the song.
eg
[G2] [G2/F#]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
[D] [D] [D] [u] [D] [D] [D] [u]
INTRO: (two times)
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em]
VERSE-LONG:
[G2]When I was a kid I grew [G2/F#]up in a house on a
[Am4]Hill not the top not the [Em]bottom but the middle and I
[G2]Still remember where I [G2/F#]cracked my head in the
[Am]Vacant lot there's a [Em]row of tiny houses there
[G2]Now and we used to light [G2/F#]fires in the gutters and
[Am4]I could cool my head on the [Em]concrete steps but the
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Girl down the street hit my [D]sister on the head with a
F#o G/B
Stick and we hid behind my father as he knocked on her
[Dsus4]Parents' door to [D]tell them what she did but the
F#o G/B
Parents were drunk so they really didn't give a shit
LINK-1:
[Dsus4] [D] And the
VERSE:
[G2]Girl down the street said her [G2/F#]dog couldn't bark 'cos a
[Am4]Man with an axe cut its [Em]voice box out but my
[G2]Older sister told me that it [G2/F#]prob'ly wasn't true and I
[Am4]Believed what she said 'cos she [Em]took me by the hand one
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Time when a coupla men [D]drove down the hill in a
F#o G/B
White van said there was a phone box filled with
[Dsus4]Money 'round the corner and I [D]would've gone along but she
F#o G/B
Took me by the hand to the house in the middle of the
LINK-2:
[Csus2]Hill the middle of the [G/B]hill the middle of the
[Gm/Bb]Hill [Gm/Bb] and our
VERSE:
[G2]Mother knew the words to a [G2/F#]lot of different songs and we
[Am4]Always sing the harmonies [Em]when we'd sing along she had
[G2]Cool cool hands when the [G2/F#]fever hit then the
[Am4]Noises that the trains made [Em]sounded like people in my
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Head and the stories that the [D]ceiling told through the
F#o G/B
Pictures in the grains in the pinewood boards and I could
[Dsus4]Stay outside till the [D]sky went red and I could
F#o G/B
Cool my head on the concrete steps and you
CODA:
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em you can
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
TAG:
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em (I) don't
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em no
ENDING:
[Dsus4] [D] [G]
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