Middle of the Hill Josh Pyke
Middle of the Hill by Josh Pyke
Drop-D D A D G B E
CHORDS USED:
G2 G2/F# Am4 Em Dsus4 D F#o G/B Csus2 Gm/Bb G
E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------0--| G|---0----0-----7----0-------------------------------------0--| D|---7----7-----10---9-----7----7---7----12----12-----12---0--| A|---10---9-----0----7-----10---9---9----10----10-----10------| D|-------------------------0----0---10---9-----10-----8----5--|
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)
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em]
VERSE-LONG:
[G2]When I was a kid I grew [G2/F#]up in a house on a
[Am4]Hill not the top not the [Em]bottom but the middle and I
[G2]Still remember where I [G2/F#]cracked my head in the
[Am]Vacant lot there's a [Em]row of tiny houses there
[G2]Now and we used to light [G2/F#]fires in the gutters and
[Am4]I could cool my head on the [Em]concrete steps but the
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Girl down the street hit my [D]sister on the head with a
F#o G/B
Stick and we hid behind my father as he knocked on her
[Dsus4]Parents' door to [D]tell them what she did but the
F#o G/B
Parents were drunk so they really didn't give a sh*t
LINK-1:
[Dsus4] [D] And the
VERSE:
[G2]Girl down the street said her [G2/F#]dog couldn't bark 'cos a
[Am4]Man with an axe cut its [Em]voice box out but my
[G2]Older sister told me that it [G2/F#]prob'ly wasn't true and I
[Am4]Believed what she said 'cos she [Em]took me by the hand one
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Time when a coupla men [D]drove down the hill in a
F#o G/B
White van said there was a phone box filled with
[Dsus4]Money 'round the corner and I [D]would've gone along but she
F#o G/B
Took me by the hand to the house in the middle of the
LINK-2:
[Csus2]Hill the middle of the [G/B]hill the middle of the
[Gm/Bb]Hill [Gm/Bb] and our
VERSE:
[G2]Mother knew the words to a [G2/F#]lot of different songs and we
[Am4]Always sing the harmonies [Em]when we'd sing along she had
[G2]Cool cool hands when the [G2/F#]fever hit then the
[Am4]Noises that the trains made [Em]sounded like people in my
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Head and the stories that the [D]ceiling told through the
F#o G/B
Pictures in the grains in the pinewood boards and I could
[Dsus4]Stay outside till the [D]sky went red and I could
F#o G/B
Cool my head on the concrete steps and you
CODA:
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em you can
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
TAG:
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em (I) don't
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em no
ENDING:
[Dsus4] [D] [G]
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