Middle Ground tab by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

MIDDLE GROUND (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A, so capo at the 2nd fret]
[Each chord is about half a measure (but many measures are broken up 3:5).]

G  D    G  D    C  D    C  D     G  D    G  D    C  D    C  D
[intro]

G      D                 G      D
   For ..
C       D       C     D
   In a ..
G          D         G        D
   Twice ..
C          D         C          D
   Playing ..

She ..
Her ...
Her ..
Her ..

C               D           G      C
   She's ..
C               D         G          C
   She's ..
C               D           G         C
   Her ..
C             Em           C      D
   Except ..

G      Am   D          D
   Hey..
G      Am          D       D
   A ..
G        Am       D        D
   She ..
G      Am   C        D
Oh, ..

G  D    G  D    C  D    C  D
[instrumental]

verse
verse


Hey..
She ..

F              F       C       C        D               G    D        G
  She ..
F          F       C      C   A           A          C           C
  Love's ....

G  Am   D  D    G  Am   D  D    G  Am   D  D    G  Am   C  D
[guitar solo]
G  D   G  D    C  D   C  D
[instrumental]

verse

chorus
G       Am  C        D      G      Am  C        D       G   Am   C   D.
Oh, to ..[instrumental]



TAB:

(Actually, these parts are played on an electric guitar with no capo,
but I've arranged it for a guitar capoed at the 2nd fret.)

Intro:

  G     D          G     D          C     D          C     D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------  ||
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------  ||
G 0---4-2---------|0---4-2---4-2-0-|----0-2---------|----0-2--(4-2-0) .||
D --0-------------|--0-------------|2-4-------------|2-4------------- .||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------  ||
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------  ||
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
                                                           (2nd time only)

Guitar solo:

  G     Am         D                G     Am         D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------1---0---0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0---------------|--2---2-----0-2-|4-2-0-----------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------4-----|------4-2-0---0-|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|------------3---|2-0---0-----0-3-|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------23----|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  G     Am         D                G     Am         C     D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------1-0-|0-----------3-1-|0-3---1---------|----------------|
G ----0-----0-----|--2---2---------|----------------|--0---2---------|
D --0---4-2-------|----------------|----------------|2-----------0---|
A 2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  G     D          G     D          C     D          C     D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|------------3---|----------------|
G 0---4-2---------|0---4-2---4-2-0-|----0-2---------|----0-2---------|
D --0-------------|--0-------------|2-4-------------|2-4-------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com