Chords for Middle of the Road (2006 Remaster)
Tempo:
83.45 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
E
A
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[D] [C] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D] [C] [D]
[A] I'm standing [D] in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
[A] I got a smile [D] for [C] everyone I meet.
[D]
[Am] Long as [D] you don't tire of dragging my bed, dropping the bomb on my street.
[Em] Now come on baby, [E] get to the road.
Come on now, it's time to get to the road.
In the middle of the road, yeah.
[D] [C]
[D] [A] In the middle of the road, [D] you [C] see the darndest things.
[D] Fat guys driving around in jeeps through [C] the city wearing big [D] diamond rings and slurped soup.
[A] There's [D] corrugated tin tracks full of [C] kids, so man I don't [D] mean a hamster to hustle in.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody [C] third world, the baby's [D] just done with that scene already.
[E] Now come on baby, get to the road.
Come on now, you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
[D]
[C] [D] [Am] [E]
[Am] [D] [A] [D]
[C] [Am] [E]
[C] [D]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[G] [D] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[D] [G] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [C] [D] [C] In the middle [A] of the road, there's [C] no traffic, no [G] descent.
[Am]
[D] Can't get from the cab [C] to the curb without some little trick on my back.
[A] Don't [D] harass me, can't you tell I'm going [C] home, I'm tired of this hell.
I'm not the [D] cat I used to be, I gotta [E] get up thirty-three baby.
Get to the road.
Come on [Ab] now, [E] you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
[G] [E] Oh yeah!
[Cm]
[C] [D] [C] [D]
[C] [D]
[Am] [D] [C] [D]
[Cm] [D]
[A] [D] [C] [E]
[G] [E]
[A] [D] [A] [Em]
[E] [B]
[D] [C] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D] [C] [D]
[A] I'm standing [D] in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
[A] I got a smile [D] for [C] everyone I meet.
[D]
[Am] Long as [D] you don't tire of dragging my bed, dropping the bomb on my street.
[Em] Now come on baby, [E] get to the road.
Come on now, it's time to get to the road.
In the middle of the road, yeah.
[D] [C]
[D] [A] In the middle of the road, [D] you [C] see the darndest things.
[D] Fat guys driving around in jeeps through [C] the city wearing big [D] diamond rings and slurped soup.
[A] There's [D] corrugated tin tracks full of [C] kids, so man I don't [D] mean a hamster to hustle in.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody [C] third world, the baby's [D] just done with that scene already.
[E] Now come on baby, get to the road.
Come on now, you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
[D]
[C] [D] [Am] [E]
[Am] [D] [A] [D]
[C] [Am] [E]
[C] [D]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[G] [D] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[D] [G] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [C] [D] [C] In the middle [A] of the road, there's [C] no traffic, no [G] descent.
[Am]
[D] Can't get from the cab [C] to the curb without some little trick on my back.
[A] Don't [D] harass me, can't you tell I'm going [C] home, I'm tired of this hell.
I'm not the [D] cat I used to be, I gotta [E] get up thirty-three baby.
Get to the road.
Come on [Ab] now, [E] you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
[G] [E] Oh yeah!
[Cm]
[C] [D] [C] [D]
[C] [D]
[Am] [D] [C] [D]
[Cm] [D]
[A] [D] [C] [E]
[G] [E]
[A] [D] [A] [Em]
[E] [B]
Key:
D
C
E
A
G
D
C
E
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[A] I'm standing [D] in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
[A] I got a smile [D] for [C] everyone I meet.
[D] _ _
[Am] Long as [D] you don't tire of dragging my bed, dropping the bomb on my street.
[Em] Now come on baby, [E] _ get to the road. _
Come on now, it's time to get to the road.
In the middle of the road, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [A] In the middle of the road, [D] you [C] see the darndest things.
[D] _ _ Fat guys driving around in jeeps through [C] the city wearing big [D] diamond rings and slurped soup.
[A] There's [D] corrugated tin tracks full of [C] kids, so man I don't [D] mean a hamster to hustle in.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody [C] third world, the baby's [D] just done with that scene already.
[E] Now come on baby, _ get to the road.
_ Come on now, you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] In the middle [A] of the road, there's [C] no traffic, no [G] descent.
_ [Am] _
[D] Can't get from the cab [C] to the curb without some little trick on my back.
[A] Don't [D] harass me, can't you tell I'm going [C] home, I'm tired of this hell.
I'm not the [D] cat I used to be, I gotta [E] get up thirty-three baby.
_ Get to the road.
_ Come on [Ab] now, [E] you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
[G] [E] Oh yeah! _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[A] I'm standing [D] in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
[A] I got a smile [D] for [C] everyone I meet.
[D] _ _
[Am] Long as [D] you don't tire of dragging my bed, dropping the bomb on my street.
[Em] Now come on baby, [E] _ get to the road. _
Come on now, it's time to get to the road.
In the middle of the road, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [A] In the middle of the road, [D] you [C] see the darndest things.
[D] _ _ Fat guys driving around in jeeps through [C] the city wearing big [D] diamond rings and slurped soup.
[A] There's [D] corrugated tin tracks full of [C] kids, so man I don't [D] mean a hamster to hustle in.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody [C] third world, the baby's [D] just done with that scene already.
[E] Now come on baby, _ get to the road.
_ Come on now, you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] In the middle [A] of the road, there's [C] no traffic, no [G] descent.
_ [Am] _
[D] Can't get from the cab [C] to the curb without some little trick on my back.
[A] Don't [D] harass me, can't you tell I'm going [C] home, I'm tired of this hell.
I'm not the [D] cat I used to be, I gotta [E] get up thirty-three baby.
_ Get to the road.
_ Come on [Ab] now, [E] you're in the middle of the road, yeah.
[G] [E] Oh yeah! _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _