Chords for Modest Mouse - Back to the Middle (Live Performance) | Vevo
Tempo:
138.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Eb
Dbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [A]
[E]
[Gb] [E]
[A]
[E]
[Gbm] [Dbm] Back to the middle and don't you remember?
Every day [Bm] was another fish taking [E] your head, swims [B] around and you roam the [E] slender.
Same things wouldn't [B] get much [Dbm] better, go back to the middle and don't you remember?
Every [Em] night this tiny porch light [E] not just bruised us, but the blood on the ground.
We felt love that just carried us, carried [A] us back to the middle [Eb] and [E] don't you [A] remember?
Ah, there is a change in the [B] fairy [Db] that won't shut [E] up.
[Ab] [E]
[A] [Db]
[Eb] [E] [Dbm]
[B] [A] [E]
[Eb] [E]
[Abm] [E]
[Ab] [E]
[A] [Db]
[Eb] [E] [A]
[B] [A] [E]
[A]
We [N] built a cabin and we built a [A] castle.
I just don't believe it was worth our [G] hassle, you [E] know.
[A] [E]
[Gbm] [Dbm]
We lived in cities and we lived in caves.
I guess I'd like to move back to the middle [E] again.
[A] [E]
[A] [Dbm]
Back to the [B] middle and don't [A] you remember?
Ah, there is a change in the fairy that loves [E] to talk.
[Ab] [E]
[Db]
[Eb] [E] [A]
[B] [A] [E]
[Eb] [E]
[Eb] [E] [Ab]
[E] [Eb] [Db]
[B] [E] [Dbm]
[B] [A] [E]
[Dbm]
Back to the middle and don't you remember?
Now and [Abm] then we would take out a [E] ladder and
see if we'd want to climb through the heavens or shift our gaze, climb down [A] to never go back to the middle.
And don't you remember?
Every [Eb] winter we would wish it were [E] warmer and every summer I would knit you a sweater.
Scratch was in the dirt, he remembers that.
Well, up here right now, forever we'll be pulled right back down to the middle again.
[Em] [N]
[E]
[Gb] [E]
[A]
[E]
[Gbm] [Dbm] Back to the middle and don't you remember?
Every day [Bm] was another fish taking [E] your head, swims [B] around and you roam the [E] slender.
Same things wouldn't [B] get much [Dbm] better, go back to the middle and don't you remember?
Every [Em] night this tiny porch light [E] not just bruised us, but the blood on the ground.
We felt love that just carried us, carried [A] us back to the middle [Eb] and [E] don't you [A] remember?
Ah, there is a change in the [B] fairy [Db] that won't shut [E] up.
[Ab] [E]
[A] [Db]
[Eb] [E] [Dbm]
[B] [A] [E]
[Eb] [E]
[Abm] [E]
[Ab] [E]
[A] [Db]
[Eb] [E] [A]
[B] [A] [E]
[A]
We [N] built a cabin and we built a [A] castle.
I just don't believe it was worth our [G] hassle, you [E] know.
[A] [E]
[Gbm] [Dbm]
We lived in cities and we lived in caves.
I guess I'd like to move back to the middle [E] again.
[A] [E]
[A] [Dbm]
Back to the [B] middle and don't [A] you remember?
Ah, there is a change in the fairy that loves [E] to talk.
[Ab] [E]
[Db]
[Eb] [E] [A]
[B] [A] [E]
[Eb] [E]
[Eb] [E] [Ab]
[E] [Eb] [Db]
[B] [E] [Dbm]
[B] [A] [E]
[Dbm]
Back to the middle and don't you remember?
Now and [Abm] then we would take out a [E] ladder and
see if we'd want to climb through the heavens or shift our gaze, climb down [A] to never go back to the middle.
And don't you remember?
Every [Eb] winter we would wish it were [E] warmer and every summer I would knit you a sweater.
Scratch was in the dirt, he remembers that.
Well, up here right now, forever we'll be pulled right back down to the middle again.
[Em] [N]
Key:
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A
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Eb
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_ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Dbm] Back to the middle and don't you remember? _
Every day [Bm] was another fish taking [E] your head, swims [B] around and you roam the [E] slender. _
Same things wouldn't [B] get much [Dbm] better, go back to the middle and don't you remember? _ _
Every [Em] night this tiny porch light [E] not just bruised us, but the blood on the ground.
We felt love that just carried us, carried [A] us back to the middle [Eb] and [E] don't you [A] remember?
Ah, there is a change in the [B] fairy [Db] that won't shut [E] up.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
We [N] built a cabin and we built a [A] castle.
I just don't believe it was worth our [G] hassle, you [E] know.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Dbm] _
We lived in cities and we lived in caves.
I guess I'd like to move back to the middle [E] again.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dbm] _
Back to the [B] middle and don't [A] you remember?
Ah, there is a change in the fairy that loves [E] to talk.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm]
Back to the middle and don't you remember? _
Now and [Abm] then we would take out a [E] ladder and
see if we'd want to climb through the heavens or shift our gaze, climb down [A] to never go back to the middle.
And don't you remember? _
Every [Eb] winter we would wish it were [E] warmer and every summer I would knit you a sweater. _
Scratch was in the dirt, he remembers that.
Well, up here right now, forever we'll be pulled right back down to the middle again.
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_ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Dbm] Back to the middle and don't you remember? _
Every day [Bm] was another fish taking [E] your head, swims [B] around and you roam the [E] slender. _
Same things wouldn't [B] get much [Dbm] better, go back to the middle and don't you remember? _ _
Every [Em] night this tiny porch light [E] not just bruised us, but the blood on the ground.
We felt love that just carried us, carried [A] us back to the middle [Eb] and [E] don't you [A] remember?
Ah, there is a change in the [B] fairy [Db] that won't shut [E] up.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
We [N] built a cabin and we built a [A] castle.
I just don't believe it was worth our [G] hassle, you [E] know.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Dbm] _
We lived in cities and we lived in caves.
I guess I'd like to move back to the middle [E] again.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dbm] _
Back to the [B] middle and don't [A] you remember?
Ah, there is a change in the fairy that loves [E] to talk.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm]
Back to the middle and don't you remember? _
Now and [Abm] then we would take out a [E] ladder and
see if we'd want to climb through the heavens or shift our gaze, climb down [A] to never go back to the middle.
And don't you remember? _
Every [Eb] winter we would wish it were [E] warmer and every summer I would knit you a sweater. _
Scratch was in the dirt, he remembers that.
Well, up here right now, forever we'll be pulled right back down to the middle again.
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