Call Me Mr. In-Between Chords by Burl Ives

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] Mister in between, [F] _ _ _ _ _ mister [C] in between, _ _ _ _ thick and [G] slimy, _ _ _ _ _ mister [C] in between. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Well I'm too old for girls and I'm too young for women.
[C] I've looked all around and my hopes are a [G] dimmin'.
I feel like a fish not allowed any swimmin' and it makes a [C] fella mean. _
[F] To feel he's a part of the lost generation, [C] I feel like a choo-choo that can't find the station.
[G] I work like a dog with no recreation, they call me mister [C] in between.
Mister in [F] between, _ _ _ _ mister [C] in between, _ _ _ _ makes a [G] fella mean, _ _ _ mister [C] in between.
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[F] Got a hot rod Chevy with a twin carburetor, [C] and I know a gal that's a real sharp tomato.
[G] And she's got a daddy with a caddy that'll date her, you see what [C] I mean. _
Those [F] sweet little things just set me a [C] droolin'.
I'm too big for sodas and I'm too old for [G] schoolin'.
Too young for lovin' but I'm too old for foolin'.
They call me mister in [C] between.
Mister [F] in between, _ _ _ _ mister [C] in between, _ _ _ _ _ [F]
[G] makes a fella mean, _ _ mister [C] in between.
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[F] I feel like a sailboat kept in a bottle.
[C] I feel like an engineer that can't find the throttle.
[G] I'm too small to walk but I'm too big to toddle.
In the lawdy I'm turnin' [C] green.
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[F] To see all the men makin' time with the ladies, [C] the high school kids at the show with their babies.
[G] While I run around like a dog with the rabies, they call me mister [C] in between.
[Gm] [F] Mister in between, _ _ _ _ mister [C] in between, _ _ _ down in [G] the sea, _ _ _ _ mister [C] in between. _ _ _ _ _ _
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