Band - Jimmy Eat World 
Album - Bleed American 
Track - 3 - The Middle (Acoustic Version)
Tabbed by Kevin Green (evertonian_kev@hotmail.com)

Standard Tuning

Bass Intro:

e------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A--9-5-9-7-4-5-4-5-|
E------------------|

Verse:

    D  A  G  D 
e---2-----3--2--|
B---3--2--3--3--|
G---2--2-----2--|
D------2--------| Palm Muted
A---------2-----|
E---------3-----|


D			      A
hey, don't write yourself off yet 
			  G                           D
it's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on 

Chorus:- 

	D
it just takes some time 
	     		        A 
little girl, you're in the middle of the ride 
G			  
everything everything will be just fine 
D
everything everything will be all right 

  
Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11h12p11-9h11p9-7h9p7-4h5p4p0-2-0----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------4-5-4-5/7-5-4-5-4-5-4h5p4--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11h12p11-9h11p9-7h9p7-4h5p4p0-2-0----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------4-5-4-55557777999910-10-10/12-10-9-10--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------19-18-16-14-|
D|-------------------------12-0-12-12/14-0-14/16-0-16-16/17-16-17------------|
A|-9-10-10/12-10-9-9h10p9----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------12--------------------------------------------------|

		 very fast picking
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12-11-9-7-6-4------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

or just alternate between D and A chords twice then G  D A D

Lyrics:

Verse 1 -
hey, don't write yourself off yet 
it's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on 
just try your best 
try everything you can 
and don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away 

Verse 2 -
hey, you know they're all the same 
you know you're doing better on your own so don't buy in 
live right now 
just be yourself 
it doesn't matter if that's good enough for someone else 

Chorus -
it just takes some time 
little girl, you're in the middle of the ride 
everything everything will be just fine 
everything everything will be all right 

Verse 3 -
do your best 
do everything you can 
don't you worry what thier bitter hearts are going to say 

Structure:

Intro x1
Verse 1
Verse 2
Chorus
Verse3
Chorus
Solo
Verse 1
Chorus 
End on D5