The Middle by Lauren Alaina (Zac Maloy, Rachel Proctor & David Hodges)
Album: Wildflower
Track 4
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
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
