Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

"" (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

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

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

He picked up the phone, his tears touched the receiver

His grandmother answered down in Tempe

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

Outro

the same as chorus