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Hopelessly Midwestern by Joel Mabus


               Hopelessly Midwestern


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Verse 1]
 
        D
If you live life in the middle and not on the edge
                           A
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
If a big Saturday means clipping the hedge
                          D
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
If you shop at Sears, drink a lot of iced tea
      G                         (G#)
You like to dance the polka and watch TV
                A
Well, then the jury is in, and the critics agree
                       D
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
[Chorus]
 
  G                      D
Hopelessly Midwestern – corn fed boys and girls
  G                              A
Hopelessly Midwestern – square pegs in this big round world
               D               D7
Well, you can go from seas to shining sea
     G
But right in the middle is the place to be
            A
And if you like it like that, you’re a lot like me –
                  D
Hopelessly Midwestern
 
[Verse 2]
 
    D
Now if you’re favorite highway is flat & straight
                           A
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
And if you think sushi looks a lot like bait
                           D
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
You like your potatoes mashed and your chicken fried
      G                           (G#)
Your green beans boiled and your apples pied
     A
And home sweet home is a double-wide
                          D
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
[Chorus]
 
  G                      D
Hopelessly Midwestern – corn fed boys and girls
  G                              A
Hopelessly Midwestern – square pegs in this big round world
               D               D7
Well, you can go from seas to shining sea
     G
But right in the middle is the place to be
            A
And if you like it like that, you’re a lot like me –
                  D
Hopelessly Midwestern
 
[Verse 3]
 
   D
If Carl Sandberg is your favoite poet
                          A
You're hopelessly Midwestern
 
If you've got an accent and you don't know it
                           D
You’re hopelessly Midwestern
 
You've got at least three uncle's named Jim or Bob
     G                           (G#)
you love your home and you love your job
     A
and growin' your own means corn on the cob
                         D
You're hopelessly Midwestern
 
[Chorus]
 
  G                      D
Hopelessly Midwestern – corn fed boys and girls
  G                              A
Hopelessly Midwestern – square pegs in this big round world
               D               D7
Well, you can go from seas to shining sea
     G
But right in the middle is the place to be
            A
And if you like it like that, you’re a lot like me –
                  D
Hopelessly Midwestern
   G          A            A7           D
Hopelessly, impossibly, irreparably Midwestern





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