Middle Ground chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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For years she's lived on her own
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In a corner of the city
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Twice a year she gets  back home
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Playing catch-up with with the family
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Verse 2

She tells her folks what

they need to know

Her mother says she's much too thin

Her sisters ask about her beau

Her dad inquires, how's business been

Verse 3
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She's thirty-three this
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this time around
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She's always been real
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good at listening
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Her sense of humor never
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lets her down
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Except sometimes there's
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something missing

Verse 4
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Hey, middle ground
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A place between up and down
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She could be  safe and sound
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Oh, to know middle ground
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Verse 5
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For years she's been on her guard
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She's kind of tense
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around the shoulders
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She wonders why she works  so hard
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She counts the days 'til
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they promote her

Verse 6
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She'll take a weekend now and then
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To stay in bed      and watch
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the reruns
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She'll turn the phone off
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when guilt sets in
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But Sunday always kinda
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leaves her let down
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Hey,

Verse 7

middle ground; a

place between up and down

She could be safe and sound; oh,

to know middle ground

Verse 8
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She gave her heart away one time,
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and says that she hasn't seen it since
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Love's a puzzle in her mind; the pieces match,
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but don't quite fit; hey...
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And these days run thick or thin
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It never rains, or else it's pouring
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All her single friends are men
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She thinks married girls are
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so damn boring
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Hey,

Verse 9
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middle ground; a
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place between up and down
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She could be safe and sound; oh,
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to know middle ground
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Hey, middle ground; a
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place between up and down
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She could be safe and sound; oh,
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to know middle ground
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Oh, to know middle ground; oh,
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to know middle ground
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