Middle Of The Hill Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Drop-D D A D G B E

G2 is a dyad (G-A)

Am4 has no 5th (A-C-D)

F#o is a substitute for D7

Csus2 is an inversion of Gsus4

Open 2nd and 3rd-strings occassionally ring in error

Intro

(two times)

Gadd9 Gadd9 F♯ Am4 Em

Verse

LONG:

Gadd9When I was a kid I grew Gadd9up F♯in a house on a

Am4Hill not the top not the Embottom but the middle and I

Gadd9Still remember where I Gadd9craF♯cked my head in the

AmVacant lot there's a Emrow of tiny houses there

Gadd9Now and we used to light Gadd9firF♯es in the gutters and

Am4I could cool my head on the Emconcrete steps but the

Verse

B

Dsus4Girl down the street hit my Dsister on the head with a

F♯oStick and we hid behind my G/Bfather as he knocked on her

Dsus4Parents' door to Dtell them what she did but the

F♯oParents were drunk so they G/Breally didn't give a shit

Link

1:

Dsus4 D And the

Verse

Gadd9Girl down the street said her Gadd9dogF♯ couldn't bark 'cos a

Am4Man with an axe cut its Emvoice box out but my

Gadd9Older sister told me that it Gadd9proF♯b'ly wasn't true and I

Am4Believed what she said 'cos she Emtook me by the hand one

Verse

B

Dsus4Time when a coupla men Ddrove down the hill in a

F♯oWhite van said there was a G/Bphone box filled with

Dsus4Money 'round the corner and I Dwould've gone along but she

F♯oTook me by the hand to the G/Bhouse in the middle of the

Link

2:

Csus2Hill the middle of the G/Bhill the middle of the

GmHilA♯l Gm aA♯nd our

Verse

Gadd9Mother knew the words to a Gadd9lotF♯ of different songs and we

Am4Always sing the harmonies Emwhen we'd sing along she had

Gadd9Cool cool hands when the Gadd9fevF♯er hit then the

Am4Noises that the trains made Emsounded like people in my

Verse

B

Dsus4Head and the stories that the Dceiling told through the

F♯oPictures in the grains in the G/Bpinewood boards and I could

Dsus4Stay outside till the Dsky went red and I could

F♯oCool my head on the G/Bconcrete steps and you

Coda

Dsus4Never really see the Dtop from the bottom I don't

F♯oPay enough attention to the G/Bgood things when I got 'em you can

Dsus4Never really see the Dtop from the bottom I don't

F♯oPay enough attention to the G/Bgood things when I got 'em I don't

TAG:

Csus2Pay enough attention to the G/Bgood things when I got 'em I don't

GmPayA♯ enough attention to the G/Bgood things when I got 'em (I) don't

Csus2Pay enough attention to the G/Bgood things when I got 'em I don't

GmPayA♯ enough attention to the G/Bgood things when I got 'em no

ENDING:

Dsus4 D G