Tom: C
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
F
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
F
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
F
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
