The Middle

G , D , C 2x G D C I've been around for a little over 20 years G D C And to anyone who needs advice on getting here Am D Am D Em Em D Don't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book G D C I was too young to know and too dumb to figure out G D C That you can lose yourself in all this traveling around Am D Am D Em When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned, Em D lessons learned Am D G Let me tell you now where i went wrong Am D G Am Hollywood is just another place i don't belong G D Let's go to the middle where time stands still Em C Let's get lost in those hills G D Live a little closer to what is true Em C I'll be me and you be you G D C 2x G D C I'm finding out the ways of this world G D C Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl Am D Am D Em And the only way to love yourself is to give your love to someone else, Em D someone else Am D G Don't believe in everything you hear Am D G Am Growing up is more than simply living through the years G D Let's go to the middle where time stands still Em C Let's get lost in those hills G D Live a little closer to what is true Em C I'll be me and you be you C I'm disappointed in myself Am Em I left you on a shelf that i could never reach Em C Am I practiced what you'd always preached against C But now i'm back in my defense Em D That black and white world we tried to paint is really gray Am D G So it took a little time to get this right Am D G Am The guilty and the innocent are always side by side G D Let's go to the middle where time stands still Em C Let's get lost in those hills G D Live a little closer to what is true Em C I'll be me and you be you Em C I'll be me and you be you Em C G I'll be me and you be you