artist: jimmy eat world
song: the middle
album: bleed america
transcribed by: ryan
e-mail: ryencoke45@hotmail.com
tuning: drop D, low to high (D,A,D,G,B,E)

.......=notes below are rapid picked

listen to the song for the timing

intro (guitar 1)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-44---------4444422--------------0000000---------0000000000000000-|
|---555555555-------44444444444444-------444444444-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

intro (guitar 2)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777777777777777-------------------------------------------------|
|-5555555555555555777777777777777755555555555555550000000000000000-|
|-----------------777777777777777755555555555555550000000000000000-|

verse/chorus (guitar 1)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777777777777777-------------------------------------------------|
|-5555555555555555777777777777777755555555555555550000000000000000-|
|-0000000000000000777777777777777755555555555555550000000000000000-|

verse/chorus (guitar 2)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777-|
|-5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

solo (guitar 1)
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-6h7p6-4h6p4-2h4p2-0h2p0------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------/75454-/7545454h5p40---|
|---------------------------------------------0_-|
continued                        .......
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-6h7p6-4h6p4-2h4p2-0h2p0-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------4-5-5-45/75454-/75454--|
|-------------------------/75454-5-7---------------5------5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
continued                        ...........
|--------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--------------------------------15-14-12-10-8-7-5-3-2-0-|
|-7777-9999-11111111-121212121112------------------------|
|-----0----0--------0------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

solo (guitar 2)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777777777777777000000000000000077777777777777770000000000002244-|
|-7777777777777777000000000000000077777777777777770000000000002244-|
continued
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555555555555550000000000000000777777777777777777777777777777770_-|
|-55555555555555550000000000000000777777777777777777777777777777770_-|

pre-verse (guitar 1)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-777777777777777755555555555555550000000000000000-|
|-777777777777777755555555555555550000000000000000-|

order (guitar 1)	order (guitar 2)
intro X1		intro X1
verse/chorus X7	verse/chorus X6
solo X1		solo X1
pre-verse X1
verse X3		verse X3