Lauren Alaina – The Middle (Guitar)

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The Middle by Lauren Alaina (Zac Maloy, Rachel Proctor & David Hodges) Album: Wildflower Track 4 2011 Chords: A: x02220 Bm: x24432 F#m: 244222 D: xx0232 E: 022100 To make it easier put a capo on the 3rd fret and replace the chords above by G, Am, Em, C & D) Intro: A Bm F#m D x2
A                Bm        F#m              D
  I get this feeling every year, the first days of winter

A                   Bm      F#m               D 
  Pull out that box of souvenirs to read your old letters

A                  Bm      F#m                 D
  In that stack of memories, found a note you left for me

A                  Bm          F#m       D
  It almost feels like you're still here

     E                 D        
  I hear your voice in every word 

       E             D
  You told me to remember

A            E               D
  Take each day and make it last

             F#m                  E 
  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

A           E             D
  Here and now is all we have

        F#m              E           D
  The beginning and the end mean so little

       F#m               E
  What matters most is what's in the middle
A Bm F#m D
A                 Bm         F#m      D
  Makes me smile when I look back to every summer

A                     Bm               F#m                  D
  You'd forget your birthday and just laugh and say "It's just a number"

A               Bm     F#m              D
  But Sunday afternoons, they meant so much to you

       A                 Bm
  The simple things were golden 

            F#m       D
  You found beauty in every moment 

  A            E             D
  Take each day and make it last

             F#m                  E 
  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

A           E             D
  Here and now is all we have

        F#m              E           D
  The beginning and the end mean so little

       F#m               E
  What matters most is what's in the middle
Instrumental part: A E F#m D
       E                  D
  The day you're born is just a start

        E                 D
  Your last breath is a question mark

        E            D     
  The story of your life is in the in between

 A            E              D
  Take each day and make it last

             F#m                  E 
  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

A           E             D      
  Here and now is all we have

A            E               D
  Take each day and make it last

             F#m                  E 
  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

A           E             D
  Here and now is all we have

        F#m              E           D
  The beginning and the end mean so little

       F#m               E                  
  What matters most is what's in the middle

  A      Bm     F#m      D               A     Bm     D
                       What's in the middle