Back To The Middle Chords by India.Arie

[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] ♪♪
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[F] ♪ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] She _ is [F] 25, _ _ spent over [E] half of her [A] [Am] life so [C] afraid to speak her [F] mind.
It's such a shame, cause oh what [E] a brilliant mind [F] she _ has.
[G] And now [Ab] that _ she's [A] been introduced to confidence,
[F] _ _ she [G] doesn't see _ [Ab] that she _ [Am] was born a ring on arrogance.
[F] _ _ When will she _ [G] learn to come [A] back to the middle?
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ He [C] is a young [F] black man, grew up without [E] his [A] father.
_ Now it [C] falls into his [F] hands _ _ to [E] protect his [Am] mother.
Cause if he [C] doesn't, well then who [F] will?
His older brother, [E] he lives in [Am] fear of [C] everything, _ especially
[F] _ [C] _ trying to [E] fill his father's [F] shoes, _ [G] respectively.
They go to [Ab] extremes _ [Am] of masculine and feminine, [F] _ _ chasing [G] dreams.
But they keep [Ab] on falling, cause [Am] they don't know no balance.
[F] _ When [C] will they [G] learn to come [A] back to the middle?
_ _ _ _ [Am] You gotta take the good [Gb] with the bad, and you might hit the wall.
[Cm] _ Sometimes you'll [Db] fly, and sometimes [D] you will fall.
[B] There ain't no way [Em] to avoid the pain, [Dm] but it's getting burned.
That's how you [E] will learn to come [Am] back to the middle.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] Come [Am] back to the middle, yes.
[C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] Yeah.
_ _ [E] _ _
[F] _ _ You need [G] to _ protect [Ab] yourself.
_ [Am] Now that is just a part of [F] life.
If you let [G] your fears keep you [Ab] from flying, _ [Am] you will never reach your [F] height.
To get to the top, you [G] must come [A] back to the middle.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] When will we learn _ [G] _
[Am] to _ _ _ [C] come back _
[F] _ _ [C] to the middle?
_ [E] When will [Am] we learn?
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Come [Am] back to the middle.
Come back.
Come [C] back to the middle.
Come back.
Come [F] back to the middle.
Come back.
Yeah.
Come [E] back.
Don't [Am] make no mind about falling down, [C] cause it's when you're in that valley,
[F] you can see both sides more clearly.
_ _ [E] Back [A] to the middle.
Come back.
Back [C] to the middle.
Come back.
[F] Back to the middle.
[C] Come back to [E] the middle.
Come [Am] back to the middle.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ Come back to the [D] middle.
[Am] Yeah.
Come back.
[C] Yeah.
Come back.
Yeah.
[F] _ _ Come back to [E] the middle.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _