Stuck in the middle with you (1973)   (midi)

 

    D ~ ~              D                         C                  D

1.           Well, I don't know why I came here tonight,

                                      C                      D

    I got the feeling that something ain't right.

                  G

    I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,

                   D                          C                    D

    and I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,

      A                                   C                  G               

    clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,

                D                        C                D

    here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

 

                 - D                        C               D

2. Yes I'm        stuck in the middle with you

                                              C               D

    and I'm wondering what it is I should do.

                G

    It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,

                      D                        C             D

    losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,

      A                                    C                 G

    clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,

                D                        C                D

    here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

 

                      G

    Well, you started out with nothing

                                                                                D   

    and you're proud that you're a self made man, yeah.

                    G

    And your friends, they all come crawlin,

                                                         D - - - -      A - - - -     - D ~

    slap you on the back and say : Ple…ase !  Ple…ase !

 

       D                               C             D

3. Trying to make some sense of it all,

                                                C                D

    but I can see that it makes no sense at all.

            G

    Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor ?

 

 

 

 

 

                 D                    C              D

    I don't think that I can take anymore.

       A                                   C                  G            

    Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,

               D                         C                D

    here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

  

Instrum.: = verse 3 :  D- C- D- C- D    G- D- C- D   A- C- G- D- C- D

 

                       G

    Well, you started out with nothing

                                                                                D   

    and you're proud that you're a self made man, yeah.

                    G

    And your friends, they all come crawlin,

                                                         D - - - -      A - - - -     - D ~

    slap you on the back and say : Ple…ase !  Ple…ase !

 

                 D                         C                  D

4. Well, I don't know why I came here tonight,

                                      C                      D

    I got the feeling that something ain't right.

                  G

    I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,

                   D                          C                    D

    and I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,

      A                                   C                  G               

    clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,

                D                        C                D

    here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

                                        C               D                         C                D

    Yes, I’m stuck in the middle with you, stuck in the middle with you.

                                           C                D

    Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

 

(Stealers Wheel)