The Middle (Acoustic) Chords

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The Middle (Acoustic) by Jimmy Eat World is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			Tabbed by Kevin Green ([email protected]) 
 
Standard Tuning 
 
Bass Intro: 
 
e------------------| 
B------------------| 
G------------------| 
D------------------| 
A--9-5-9-7-4-5-4-5-| 
E------------------| 
 
Verse: 
 
    D  A  G  D  
e---2-----3--2--| 
B---3--2--3--3--| 
G---2--2-----2--| 
D------2--------| Palm Muted 
A---------2-----| 
E---------3-----| 
 
 
D			      A 
hey, don't write yourself off yet  
			  G                           D 
it's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on  
 
Chorus:-  
 
	D 
it just takes some time  
	     		        A  
little girl, you're in the middle of the ride  
G			   
everything everything will be just fine  
D 
everything everything will be all right  
 
   
Solo: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--11h12p11-9h11p9-7h9p7-4h5p4p0-2-0----------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------4-5-4-5/7-5-4-5-4-5-4h5p4--------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--11h12p11-9h11p9-7h9p7-4h5p4p0-2-0----------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------4-5-4-55557777999910-10-10/12-10-9-10--| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------19-18-16-14-| 
D|-------------------------12-0-12-12/14-0-14/16-0-16-16/17-16-17------------| 
A|-9-10-10/12-10-9-9h10p9----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------12--------------------------------------------------| 
 
		 very fast picking 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--12-11-9-7-6-4------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
or just alternate between D and A chords twice then G  D A D 
 
Lyrics: 
 
Verse 1 - 
hey, don't write yourself off yet  
it's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on  
just try your best  
try everything you can  
and don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away  
 
Verse 2 - 
hey, you know they're all the same  
you know you're doing better on your own so don't buy in  
live right now  
just be yourself  
it doesn't matter if that's good enough for someone else  
 
Chorus - 
it just takes some time  
little girl, you're in the middle of the ride  
everything everything will be just fine  
everything everything will be all right  
 
Verse 3 - 
do your best  
do everything you can  
don't you worry what thier bitter hearts are going to say  
 
Structure: 
 
Intro x1 
Verse 1 
Verse 2 
Chorus 
Verse3 
Chorus 
Solo 
Verse 1 
Chorus  
End on D5 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante