Somewhere in the Middle
By: Cody Jinks
Capo 1
Intro: D – A – E – A – D – A – E – A
Verse 1:
A E F#m D
It couldn't ever dawned on me All the things that I would be
A E D
I never really looked out quite that far
A E
It's never been a simple thing
F#m D
To see the world with a young man's brain
A E D
With an old man's heart restless soul
A E
Yeah my family went broke my eighteenth year
F#m D
Dad took a job many miles from here
A E D
That that was alright by me I was on my own
A E
I had a band found a job life was alright
F#m D
I worked when I had to we played all the time
A E D
Only got through that first year of college alright
Chorus:
D
But I learned more on the freight docks
A E
Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock am shift
A
In the winter time man it got cold
D A
Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry
E A
Chasin' ghost around and around we would go
D
And I saw it all tending bar at night
A
Treatin' saints and sinners right
E A
It's a good thing to do all the time
D
You never know who you're talkin' to
A
But always know who's watching you
E A D–A–E–A–D–A–E–A
Keep your feet movin' straight down the line
Verse 2:
A E F#m
I've known a lot of real good men Grad school or no school
D
I've called them my friends
A E D
I'm I'm somewhere in the middle and that's just fine
A E
Though I don't give a damn how much money you make
F#m D
If your last shirt has pockets take all you can
A E D
I'm I'm goin' out with nothing like I came in
Chorus:
D
'Cause I learned more on the freight docks
A E
Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock am shift
A
In the winter time man it got cold
D A
Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry
E A
Chasin' ghost around and around we would go
D
And I saw it all tending bar at night
A
Treatin' saints and sinners right
E A
It's a good thing to do all the time
D
You never know who you're talkin' to
A
But always know who's watching you
E A D–A–E–A–D–A–E–A
Keep your feet movin' straight down the line
Chorus:
D
But I learned more on the freight docks
A E
Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock am shift
A
In the winter time man it got cold
D A
Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry
E A
Chasin' ghost around and around we would go
D
And I saw it all tending bar at night
A
Treatin' saints and sinners right
E A
It's a good thing to do all the time
D
You never know who you're talkin' to
A
But always know who's watching you
E D
Keep your feet movin' straight down the line
A E A D
Yeah somewhere in the middle is just fine
A E A D–A–E–A–D–A–E–A
Yeah somewhere in the middle is just fine
