Chords with lyrics
Key: E MajorE
🎸 Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
🎸 Verse 1:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
They had meant for me one last time to see my hometown again
B7B7 E MajorE
Once again go there see the places where as a child I've been
A augmentedA E MajorE
As I journeyed now it was so far out it was almost in
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
🎸 Verse 2:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sadness talked with me as I walked the streets of my memory
B7B7 E MajorE
Streets that seemed somehow so much smaller now than they used to be
A augmentedA E MajorE
Talked of other days when this tiny place had been home to me
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA
People stared at me in silence as I walked around
E MajorE B7B7
Time had passed till I was just a stranger there
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
Folks had changed so much that no one even knew me now
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
🎸 Verse 3:
A augmentedA E MajorE
I went once again to the schoolyard where I used to play
B7B7 E MajorE
Passed the church of mom and daddy where they used to pray
A augmentedA E MajorE
Down the dusty road to the churchyard where they both now lay
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA
As I placed my blue forget-me-nots there on the ground
E MajorE B7B7
One last time I knelt by mom and dad in prayer
E MajorE A augmentedA
Then I said goodbye forever to that little town
E MajorE B7B7 A augmentedA E MajorE
In the middle in the middle of nowhere