THE CHORDS: E---0--- ---0--- ---0--- ---0--- ---3--- B---3--- ---3--- ---0--- ---2--- ---0--- G---0--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2--- ---0--- D---0--- ---0--- ---2--- ---2--- ---0--- A---2--- ---x--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2--- E---3--- ---x--- ---0--- ---x--- ---3--- "G" Dsus2 Em A G (for chorus)
NOTES: ||The picking pattern is too complex for me to write out, but is is ||important that you hammer on the third fret of first string and then off ||as you strike the bass G note || ||the A before the chorus has a suspended lick in it ||listen for the 2nd string--it goes from fret 2 to 3 to 2 to 0 ||(listen and you'll understand)
VERSE:
G Dsus2 G DSUS2 Jacob's a fine boy but his parents don't get along
They hardly talk, when they do
He thinks he's done something wrong G Dsus2 G DSUS2 He heard all the screaming as he lay down to bed
He should have been sleeping but he listened instead
(chorus) They said he's fine, it's not his fault
Between the lines, he somehow got caught
And in our game, it's more like war
I just don't think I love you anymore
G Dsus2 G DSUS2 He picked up the phone, his tears touched the receiver
His grandmother answered down in Tempe G Dsus2 G DSUS2 He told her the story - that his daddy was leaving
She tried to convince him it was nothing he'd done
(chorus) She said you're fine, it's not your fault
Between the lines, you somehow got caught
And in their game, it sounds more like war
I just don't think she loves him anymore
Jacob's a father and his kids are in teens He's done what he could to make meager ends meet When it comes down to family, it's the primary goal To keep the thing working no matter the toll
His sons heard them screaming about something he said He opened the door and invited them in
(chorus) He said now sons, it's not your fault Between the lines you somehow got caught So when you're hurt, you lean on a crutch But I still love your mother very much
