Middle Ground

G Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do C G Seems I stole a ghost the away from you D G Shame my mother with the burden of a murdering son G Well I'm headed out west, blazing a trail, gonna run clean out of my shoes C G I'll keep running 'til the bottom of my feet are bruised D G Uncle told me once about a place called the middle ground --------- G C G D G --------- G Well way over yonder past the Ohio River you can eat like a woodland king C G There's fish in the water like you ain't never seen D G Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground G You can eat on elk, eat on deer, you can eat on ring-tailed coon C G There's all kinds of critters in the dark won't eat on you D G Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground --------- C G Well the church yard brought the bull around the mountain turned the murderer on the run D Pray my momma and the lord in heaven can forgive me for the things I've done C G There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is free D G So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground --------- G C G D G G C G D G --------- C G Well I know his friends and his next of kin will love to watch me swing D And I may be sorry that I ain't so sorry that I'm never gonna let them see C G There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is free D G So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground --------- G Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do C G Seems I beat the brakes right off of you D G Sent you early to the maker of the middle ground D G So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground