Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Beginner Difficulty: Intermediate NOTE: easy-to-play version with simplified chords Chords: F A5 G# C Fm Am G#dim G#5 E E7 C7 C/G D7/F# e|--1----x----4----0----1----0-----x-------x-----0----0----0----0-----x---| B|--1----x----4----1----1----1-----0-------4-----0----0----1----1-----1---| G|--2----x----5----0----1----2-----4-------7-----1----1----3----0-----2---| D|--3----7----6----2----3----2-----0-------6-----2----0----2----2-----0---| A|--3----7----6----3----3----0-----2-------5-----2----2----3----x-----x---| E|--1----5----4----x----1----x-----4-------4-----0----0----x----3-----2---|
Intro: F A5 G# Verse: C Fm Am G#dim I woke up with my feet nailed down G# G#5 C Fm And my head moving the speed of sound C Fm Am G#dim Had a dream I was caught in a maze G# G#5 E E7 And I couldn't find my way back out C Fm Am G#dim Some were born to move mountains around G# G#5 C Fm And some to rot away in jail C Fm Am G#dim I get an itch and when I am scratching Ab G#5 E E7 Everything can go to hell Chorus: F Fm C C7 And how far is halfway there? F Fm C C7 I didn't see you on the trail F Fm C C7 Did almost become good enough? Am C/G D7/F# Should a good life be so hard won? F A5 G# C Is that what our dreams have become? Pre-Verse: C Fm (x4) Verse: C Fm Am G#dim Sometimes when you're shooting an arrow G# G#5 C Fm It can fly across the sky so proud C Fm Am G#dim I would go all the way to the sun G# G#5 E E7 If I didn't have to come back down Chorus: F Fm C C7 And how far is halfway there? F Fm C C7 I didn't see you on the trail F Fm C C7 Did almost become good enough? Am C/G D7/F# Should a good life be so hard won? F A5 G# C Is that what our dreams have become? Solo: F Fm C C7 (x3) Am G D/F# Verse: C Fm Have you got a car? C Fm Somewhere to sleep? C Fm Someone who loves you? C Fm Something to eat? C Fm Am G#dim I would say you're doing better than most G# G#5 E E7 Though maybe not as well as some Chorus: F Fm C C7 And how far is halfway there? F Fm C C7 I didn't see you on the trail F Fm C C7 Did almost become good enough? Am C/G D7/F# Should a good life be so hard won? F A5 G# C Is that what our dreams have become? F A5 G# Is that what our dreams... Outro: C Fm C Fm ...have become? C Fm Ouh-ouh-ouh C
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Halfway There by Soundgarden