Middle Ground Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Tempo:
127.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Bm
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [E]
[F#] [E]
[D]
[F#] [A]
[E] For years she's lived on her own
in a corner of the city
[A] Twice a year she gets [E] back home
playing catch-up with the [A] family
[E] [G] She gave her heart [D] away one time and says [A] that she hasn't [E] seen it [A] since
[E] Love's a puzzle [D] in her mind
[B] The pieces match but don't quite fit
[A] And [B] [E]
[A] [Bm] [E]
[A] [Bm] [E]
[A] [Bm] [D]
[E] [A] [E]
[D] [B] [F#]
[B] [A] these days run thick or [E] thin
[F#m] It [E] never [D] rains or else [E] it pours
[A] [E] Older single friends are missed.
[D] She thinks [E] every girl [D] is so [E] damn boring
[A] [Bm] [E]
Middle [A] ground [Bm] a place [E] between up [A] and down
She [Bm] could [E] be safe and sound
[A] [Bm] [D] A [E] [A] [Bm] [E]
place [A] [Bm] [E] between up [A] and down
[Bm] She could be [E]
safe and [A] sound
for [Bm] to know
[D] middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to know
[D]
middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to [D] know middle [E] ground
[A] [Bm] [D] [E]
[N]
[F#] [E]
[D]
[F#] [A]
[E] For years she's lived on her own
in a corner of the city
[A] Twice a year she gets [E] back home
playing catch-up with the [A] family
[E] [G] She gave her heart [D] away one time and says [A] that she hasn't [E] seen it [A] since
[E] Love's a puzzle [D] in her mind
[B] The pieces match but don't quite fit
[A] And [B] [E]
[A] [Bm] [E]
[A] [Bm] [E]
[A] [Bm] [D]
[E] [A] [E]
[D] [B] [F#]
[B] [A] these days run thick or [E] thin
[F#m] It [E] never [D] rains or else [E] it pours
[A] [E] Older single friends are missed.
[D] She thinks [E] every girl [D] is so [E] damn boring
[A] [Bm] [E]
Middle [A] ground [Bm] a place [E] between up [A] and down
She [Bm] could [E] be safe and sound
[A] [Bm] [D] A [E] [A] [Bm] [E]
place [A] [Bm] [E] between up [A] and down
[Bm] She could be [E]
safe and [A] sound
for [Bm] to know
[D] middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to know
[D]
middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to [D] know middle [E] ground
[A] [Bm] [D] [E]
[N]
Key:
E
A
Bm
D
B
E
A
Bm
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_ [E] For years she's lived on her own
_ in a corner of the city
[A] _ Twice a year she gets [E] back home
_ playing catch-up with the [A] family
_ [E] _ [G] She gave her heart [D] away one time and says [A] that she hasn't [E] seen it [A] since
[E] Love's a puzzle [D] in her mind
_ [B] The pieces match but don't quite fit
_ [A] And [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ these days run thick or [E] thin
[F#m] It [E] never [D] rains or else [E] it pours
[A] _ [E] Older single friends are missed.
[D] She thinks [E] every girl [D] is so [E] damn boring
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E]
Middle _ [A] ground [Bm] a place [E] between up [A] and down
She [Bm] could [E] be safe and sound
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] A _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
place _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] between up [A] and down
_ [Bm] She could be [E]
safe and [A] sound
for [Bm] to know
[D] middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to know
[D]
middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to [D] know middle [E] ground
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_ [E] For years she's lived on her own
_ in a corner of the city
[A] _ Twice a year she gets [E] back home
_ playing catch-up with the [A] family
_ [E] _ [G] She gave her heart [D] away one time and says [A] that she hasn't [E] seen it [A] since
[E] Love's a puzzle [D] in her mind
_ [B] The pieces match but don't quite fit
_ [A] And [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ these days run thick or [E] thin
[F#m] It [E] never [D] rains or else [E] it pours
[A] _ [E] Older single friends are missed.
[D] She thinks [E] every girl [D] is so [E] damn boring
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E]
Middle _ [A] ground [Bm] a place [E] between up [A] and down
She [Bm] could [E] be safe and sound
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] A _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
place _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] between up [A] and down
_ [Bm] She could be [E]
safe and [A] sound
for [Bm] to know
[D] middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to know
[D]
middle [E] ground
[A] for [Bm] to [D] know middle [E] ground
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