Capo: 1

The Middle by Lauren Alaina (Zac Maloy, Rachel Proctor & David Hodges) Album: Wildflower Track 4 2011 Standard Tuning Capo on the 1st fret Chords: A: x02220 Bm: x24432 F#m: 244222 D: xx0232 E: 022100 To make it easier put a capo on the 3rd fret and replace the chords above by G, Am, Em, C & D) Intro: A Bm F#m D x2

^A I get this feel^Bming every ^F#myear, the first d^Days of winter ^A Pull out that box ^Bmof souve^F#mnirs to read your ^Dold letters ^A In that stack of ^Bmmemories^F#m, found a note you l^Deft for me ^A It almost feels l^Bmike you're s^F#mtill here ^D

I h^Eear your voice in ^Devery word You t^Eold me to reme^Dmber

^A Take each d^Eay and make it l^Dast 'Cause you ^F#mturn around and the f^Euture is the past ^A Here and n^Eow is all we h^Dave The be^F#mginning and the e^End mean so l^Dittle What ^F#mmatters most is wh^Eat's in the middle

A Bm F#m D

^A Makes me smile w^Bmhen I look ^F#mback to e^Dvery summer ^A You'd forget your bi^Bmrthday and just l^F#maugh and say "It^D's just a number" ^A But Sunday aft^Bmernoons^F#m, they meant so m^Duch to you The s^Aimple things were ^Bmgolden You found ^F#mbeauty in ^Devery moment

^ATake each day^E and make it l^Dast 'Cause you ^F#mturn around and the f^Euture is the past ^A Here and n^Eow is all we h^Dave The be^F#mginning and the e^End mean so l^Dittle What ^F#mmatters most is wh^Eat's in the middle

Instrumental part: A E F#m D

The d^Eay you're born is j^Dust a start Your l^East breath is a qu^Destion mark The st^Eory of your l^Dife is in the in between

^A Take each da^Ey and make it l^Dast 'Cause you ^F#mturn around and the f^Euture is the past ^A Here and n^Eow is all we h^Dave ^A Take each d^Eay and make it l^Dast 'Cause you ^F#mturn around and the f^Euture is the past ^A Here and n^Eow is all we h^Dave The be^F#mginning and the e^End mean so l^Dittle What ^F#mmatters most is wh^Eat's in the middle ^A ^Bm ^F#m Wh^Dat's in the midd^Ale ^Bm ^D

Lauren Alaina - The middle