Intro: | Am G C F | F F F G | Am G C G | F F F G |  x2  (repeated for most of the song) 

Am           G              C                    F             G
I tied your shoes while you sat and watched the rain
      Am                 G            C            G                  F             G
Hands folded across your lap, and the dull look of peace across your face
 Am          G          C              F                G      
Mom down the hall Bible pressed to her chest
         Am                       G                   C            G               F            
When she swore the Devil hides in everything, and her room was the only safe haven left
                G                    C
She watched us grow through window panes

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Something in the middle
 F
Something in the middle
 F
Something in the middle
 G
Something's in the way
Am          G              C              G             
You held my hand while the wind whistled nocturnes in the dark

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Something in the middle
 F
Something in the middle
 F
Something in the middle
 G
Something's in the way
      Am            G           C           
Never knew what it meant to be whole and free

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Something in the middle
 F
Something in the middle
 F
Something in the middle
 G
Something's in the way
Am                    G          C                G             F 
Neither one of them mocks if we steer from paths only they can see
            G                  C
But sink or swim is all they'd say

     Am             G            C             F                G
Your hand rode the wind out the window of the train
    Am           G              C               G              F              G
We slept in our seats with our knees curled beneath our dirty chins
Am               G              C         F               G
Dad gripped the bags like they might fly away
       Am          G                  C          G                F              
And the scenery beyond the glass was liquid, we sat and soaked it in
            G                C
I felt your breath along the way

Am            G             C         F             G
I'd hold your hand when the sky fell apart
    Am                 G           C                G             F              G
And you would hold my hand if you felt me slipping back into the dark
        Am             G             C        F              G
I can't tell from the ground if the sky will fall
         Am            G              C       G             F                     
I can't tell from the sky if there's anybody down there at all
            G              C
It's empty inns and empty plates