VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by SonicStrummer
To learn The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road chords with lyrics, - 80’s Gold songfocus on the sequence of these chords: A, G, A, D, A, D, Am, G, E. Kick off your practice at a gentle 42 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 85 BPM. Considering the song's key of D, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.
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A It's time to find
D me.
G I
A am standing
D in the middle of the night with my crew
A behind
D me.
Am I got a smile
D for
A everyone I meet.
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A Long
D as you don't try dragging
Am my bag, dropping
D a bomb on my street.
Oh, come on baby.
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E Get in
A the road.
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A on
G now.
E In the middle of the road,
A yeah.
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G Get
A in the road.
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Am See the
A darkest things.
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G Am Black fat guys
D running around in jeeps through
Am the city.
Big diamond
D rings and silk suits.
A A fast car
D getting 10 tracks full of
A kids.
And I don't
D mean a hamstring nursery.
C A You wanna
D get you, but
G the bloody third
Am world.
Babies who
G come with the
Dm scenery.
Oh, come on
G baby.
E _ Get in the
G road.
E _ Come on
A now.
E In the middle of the road,
A yeah.
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D Around age.
G In the middle of the
Am road.
D Em There's no private cul-de-sac.
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A D I can't get from the
Am cab to the
A curb without
D some little trick up my
A back.
Won't harass the
D kids you feel.
I'm going home on
A guard.
It's hell.
I'm
D not the kind I used to be.
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Am got a cap, 33
G baby.
E Get
A in the
G road.
E _ Come on
G now.
E In the middle of the road, yeah.
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