Chords for Trampled By Turtles - "The Middle" - Official Video
Tempo:
83 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Em]
[G] I wasn't higher than I was supposed to be, [C] [Em] but the walls [C] froze [G] through and they shattered.
I'm partially peaceful, [C] [G] sitting in an empty room, [C] [Em] while the lights [C] outside [G] never matter.
[D] [G] There's a bit of hill on [C] the other side, [D] [G] a smoky shaded [C] space in a double wide.
[Em] Oh, we could come [G] to the middle [Am] and [A] let it all [C] pass through.
[G]
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] [G] I'm a pretender, [C] [G] sloppy in the morning sun.
[C] All the [Em] lies I've [A] lived [G] make me wonder.
I had a bottle, filled it with the only one [Em] that could turn my nights [G] into thunder.
[D] How [G] I wish it could [C] be another way, [D] [G] and I wouldn't stumble [C] and go away.
Today it makes [G] me cry just a little.
[Bm] Does this [C] any good?
I [G] cannot see.
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[G] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [Em] [G]
[Am] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] I am [G] shaking of madness, diluted on myriad plane, [C] [Em] while the world spins [C] faster [G] than ever.
They say it's burden, all the things you need to say.
[Em] You better get them [A] out while [G] you're limber.
[D] Morning never [C] cuts like I want.
[D] [G] There's a canyon in [C] between me and you, and [Em] I would be [G] just a little.
[Am] Never be [C] the same.
[G]
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] Why am [G] I so tight, when all I do is sleep?
[Em] Is it the same dream [C] that I [G] keep having?
You were there with me, lying in a naked seat.
[Em] But there was ample [G] shelter in that heat.
[D] [G] But the wind whispers [C] in the darkened street, [D] selling [G]
simple [C] mornings to you and me.
Today it makes me die [G] just a little.
[Am] A little [C] every day.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[G]
[G] I wasn't higher than I was supposed to be, [C] [Em] but the walls [C] froze [G] through and they shattered.
I'm partially peaceful, [C] [G] sitting in an empty room, [C] [Em] while the lights [C] outside [G] never matter.
[D] [G] There's a bit of hill on [C] the other side, [D] [G] a smoky shaded [C] space in a double wide.
[Em] Oh, we could come [G] to the middle [Am] and [A] let it all [C] pass through.
[G]
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] [G] I'm a pretender, [C] [G] sloppy in the morning sun.
[C] All the [Em] lies I've [A] lived [G] make me wonder.
I had a bottle, filled it with the only one [Em] that could turn my nights [G] into thunder.
[D] How [G] I wish it could [C] be another way, [D] [G] and I wouldn't stumble [C] and go away.
Today it makes [G] me cry just a little.
[Bm] Does this [C] any good?
I [G] cannot see.
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[G] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [Em] [G]
[Am] [G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] I am [G] shaking of madness, diluted on myriad plane, [C] [Em] while the world spins [C] faster [G] than ever.
They say it's burden, all the things you need to say.
[Em] You better get them [A] out while [G] you're limber.
[D] Morning never [C] cuts like I want.
[D] [G] There's a canyon in [C] between me and you, and [Em] I would be [G] just a little.
[Am] Never be [C] the same.
[G]
[C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] Why am [G] I so tight, when all I do is sleep?
[Em] Is it the same dream [C] that I [G] keep having?
You were there with me, lying in a naked seat.
[Em] But there was ample [G] shelter in that heat.
[D] [G] But the wind whispers [C] in the darkened street, [D] selling [G]
simple [C] mornings to you and me.
Today it makes me die [G] just a little.
[Am] A little [C] every day.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [Em]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[G]
Key:
G
C
Em
D
A
G
C
Em
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ I wasn't higher than I was supposed to be, [C] [Em] but the walls [C] froze [G] through and they shattered.
I'm partially peaceful, _ [C] [G] sitting in an empty room, _ [C] [Em] while the lights [C] outside [G] never matter.
_ [D] _ [G] There's a bit of hill on [C] the other side, _ [D] _ [G] a smoky shaded [C] space in a double wide.
[Em] Oh, we could come [G] to the middle [Am] and [A] let it all [C] pass through.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] [G] I'm a pretender, _ [C] [G] sloppy in the morning sun.
[C] All the [Em] lies I've [A] lived [G] make me wonder.
_ I had a bottle, _ filled it with the only one [Em] that could turn my nights [G] into thunder.
_ _ [D] How [G] I wish it could [C] be another way, _ _ [D] [G] and I wouldn't stumble [C] and go away.
Today it makes [G] me cry just a little.
[Bm] Does this [C] any good?
I [G] cannot see.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] I am [G] shaking of madness, _ diluted on myriad plane, [C] [Em] while the world spins [C] faster [G] than ever.
_ They say it's burden, _ all the things you need to say.
[Em] You better get them [A] out while [G] you're limber.
_ _ [D] _ Morning never [C] cuts like I want.
_ _ [D] _ [G] There's a canyon in [C] between me and you, and [Em] I would be [G] just a little.
[Am] Never be [C] the same.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] Why am [G] I so tight, when all I do is sleep?
_ [Em] Is it the same dream [C] that I [G] keep having?
You were there with me, lying in a naked seat.
[Em] But there was ample [G] shelter in that heat.
_ _ [D] _ [G] But the wind whispers [C] in the darkened street, _ _ [D] selling [G]
simple [C] mornings to you and me.
Today it makes me die [G] just a little.
[Am] A little [C] every day.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ I wasn't higher than I was supposed to be, [C] [Em] but the walls [C] froze [G] through and they shattered.
I'm partially peaceful, _ [C] [G] sitting in an empty room, _ [C] [Em] while the lights [C] outside [G] never matter.
_ [D] _ [G] There's a bit of hill on [C] the other side, _ [D] _ [G] a smoky shaded [C] space in a double wide.
[Em] Oh, we could come [G] to the middle [Am] and [A] let it all [C] pass through.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] [G] I'm a pretender, _ [C] [G] sloppy in the morning sun.
[C] All the [Em] lies I've [A] lived [G] make me wonder.
_ I had a bottle, _ filled it with the only one [Em] that could turn my nights [G] into thunder.
_ _ [D] How [G] I wish it could [C] be another way, _ _ [D] [G] and I wouldn't stumble [C] and go away.
Today it makes [G] me cry just a little.
[Bm] Does this [C] any good?
I [G] cannot see.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] I am [G] shaking of madness, _ diluted on myriad plane, [C] [Em] while the world spins [C] faster [G] than ever.
_ They say it's burden, _ all the things you need to say.
[Em] You better get them [A] out while [G] you're limber.
_ _ [D] _ Morning never [C] cuts like I want.
_ _ [D] _ [G] There's a canyon in [C] between me and you, and [Em] I would be [G] just a little.
[Am] Never be [C] the same.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] Why am [G] I so tight, when all I do is sleep?
_ [Em] Is it the same dream [C] that I [G] keep having?
You were there with me, lying in a naked seat.
[Em] But there was ample [G] shelter in that heat.
_ _ [D] _ [G] But the wind whispers [C] in the darkened street, _ _ [D] selling [G]
simple [C] mornings to you and me.
Today it makes me die [G] just a little.
[Am] A little [C] every day.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _