CENTER AISLE
Artist: Caedmon's Call
Album: Caedmon's Call
Words and Music by Derek Webb
Copyright 1997 Cumbee Road Music
Transcribed by Bryce Inman (from the Caedmon's Call Songbook)
http://caedmons-call.com/guitar_tab/songbook.shtml


Em9          024030
C2(add#4)    x34030
D2sus(no5)   x50030
G5           3x0033
D2/F#        200230
D2           x00230
Em7          020030
A7sus4       002030
C2           x32030
G/F#         200033


Legend:
?????? % = D.S. al CODA
?????? * = CODA


Guitar: capo 3rd fret


intro: Em9


Em9?????????????????? C2(add#4)??????????????????? D2sus(no 5)???? G5? D2/F#
Thank God I'm back in my car, and drivin' home, and drivin' home.
Em9?????????????????????????? C2(add#4)????????? D2
'Cause the air was thin and so cold back in there.
????????? Em7???????????????????? A7sus
It was my first time, won't be my last time
??????? C2?????????????????? D2?????????????????????? Em9
And the questions rise, expectations fall in light of it all.
??????????????????????? C2(add#4)????????? D2sus(no 5)? G5???????? D2/F#
There aren't words to say; words aren't remembered, but presence is.
Em9???????????????????? C2(add#4)???????????? D2???????????? E7
?? A good friend once told me, and he was there, he was there.
??????????????????? A7sus4??????? C2????????????????? D2
But she wasn't there.? And it's not fair, and it's not fair.


%
G5?????????????????? G/F#?????? Em7????????????????????????? D2
??? What crimes have you committed, demanding such a penance,
?????????????????????? C2?????????????????????????????????? G5
that couldn't wait for five more minutes and a cry for help?
?????????????????? G/F#???? Em7??????????????????????? D2
'Cause this room is so peaceful and this room is so quiet.
3rd time to CODA**?????????????????????????????????? 2nd time to CODA*?
???????????????? Em7??????????????? C2????????????? Em9
And I hate the silence, and I can't walk the center aisle.


???????????????????????????????????? C2(add#4)
Well, I've been here for over three hours,
D2sus(no 5)??????????? G5? D2/F#
??????????? behind the flowers,
Em9????????????????????? C2(add#4)????? D2????????? Em7
?? so beautiful and young.? And so alive, and so in need of someone,
?????????? A7sus4?????????????????????????? C2?????????? D.S. Al CODA %
someone to talk to them.? 'Cause theirs are fragile lives.


*CODA
Em7????????????????????????? A7sus4
?? And I think about my brother,
Em7???????????????????? A7sus4
?? and how i just stood there
Em7??????????????????????? A7sus4??????????????? C2
?? with my hands in my pockets and my heart in my throat.


Em9??????????????????????? C2(add#4)??????????? D2sus(no 5)?????? G5? D2/F#
?? Thank God I'm back in my car and drivin' home, and drivin' home.
Em9??????????????????? C2(add#4)?????? D2????????? Em7
?? But in that place I leave all my days of taking life for granted
?????????? A7sus4?????????????? Em7
?? and the words I wrote for her and my best friend crying,
A7sus4???????????????? C2????? D.S. al CODA %
?? and a young girls lying on all out hearts.


**CODA
Em7
lence.
C2???????????????? Em7??????????????? C2????????????? Em9
? And I hate the silence, and I can't walk the center aisle