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            Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel (1973)
Written By: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty.
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 124 BPM (3 Min. 22 Sec.) in 'D'.
Chords Used:
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              GUITAR             KEYBOARD
         E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass|  Chord
        ------------------    ---------------
D7    -  x  x  0  2  1  2      D    A-C-D-F#
D     -  x  x  0  2  3  2      D    A-D-F#
G7    -  3  2  0  0  0  1      G    G-B-D-F   -OR-
      -  3  5  3  4  3  3
A     -  x  0  2  2  2  0      A    A-C#-E
C     -  x  3  2  0  1  0      C    G-C-E
G     -  3  2  0  0  0  3      G    B-D-G     -OR-
      -  3  2  0  0  3  3
Am/D  -  x  x  0  2  1  0      D    A-C-E
[INTRO] [8 M]
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|D7    |D7    |D7    |D7    |D     |D     |D     |D                 |
                                                       Well, I don't…
[VERSE #1] [8 M]
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|D                             |D             |
… know why I came here to-night…     I got the
|D                                     |D                 |
 feel-in' that some-… thin' ain't right…     I'm so scared…
|G7                           |G7               |
… in case I fall off my chair,…     and I'm won-…
|D                                   |D            |
…-d'rin' how I'll get down the stairs…       Clowns…
[CHORUS #1] [6 M]
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|A                         |C                 G          |
…  to the left of me,… jok-… ers to the right… Here I am,…
|D                             |D             |
… stuck in the mid-dle with you…     Yes, I'm…
|D                             |D                |
..stuck in the mid-dle with you…     and I'm won-…
[VERSE #2] [6 M]
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|D                             |D                |
…-d'rin' what it is I should do…     It's so hard…
|G7                              |G7              |
… to keep this smile from my face…     Los-in' con-
|D                             |D            |
-trol,… I'm all o-ver the place…       Clowns…
[CHORUS #2] [4 M]
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|A                         |C                 G          |
…  to the left of me,… jok-… ers to the right… Here I am,…
|D                             |D              |
… stuck in the mid-dle with you…     Well, you…
[BRIDGE #1] [10 M]
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|G7                                 |G7                                |
… start-ed out with noth-in' and you found that you're a self-made man…
|D       |D            |G7                               |
…               And you fan-cy I'll come crawl-in',… slap…
|G7                       |D             |D       |Am/D         |Am/D    |
… you on the back and say… please,…                please…
[RE-INTRO #1] [4 M]
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|D       |D       |D       |D       |
[VERSE #3] [8 M]
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|D                                  |D                |
 Try'n to make some sense of it all,…    but I can see…
|D                         |D              |G7                           |
… it makes no… sense at all…     Is it cool… to go to sleep on the floor?…
|G7                  |D                         |D            |
…     You don't think… that I can take an-y more…       Clowns…
[CHORUS #3] [4 M]
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|A                         |C                 G          |
…  to the left of me,… jok-… ers to the right… Here I am,…
|D                             |D       |
..stuck in the mid-dle with you…
[VERSE/CHORUS #4] [12 M] 'Guitar Solo' (Voice Tacet) -
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|D       |D       |D       |D       |G7      |G7      |
|D       |D       |A       |C   G   |D       |D              |
                                                    Well, you…
[BRIDGE #2] [10 M]
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|G7                                 |G7                                |
… start-ed out with noth-in' and you found that you're a self-made man…
|D       |D            |G7                               |
…               And you fan-cy I'll come crawl-in',… slap…
|G7                       |D             |D       |Am/D         |Am/D    |
… you on the back and say… please,…                please…
[RE-INTRO #2] [4 M]
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|D       |D       |D       |D               |
                                 And I don't…
[VERSE #5] [8 M]
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|D                             |D             |
… know why I came here to-night…     I got the
|D                                     |D                 |
 feel-in' that some-… thin' ain't right…     I'm so scared…
|G7                           |G7               |
… in case I fall off my chair,…     and I'm won-…
|D                                   |D            |
…-d'rin' how I'll get down the stairs…       Clowns…
[CHORUS #5] [12 M] 'CODA' -
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|A                         |C                 G          |
…  to the left of me,… jok-… ers to the right… Here I am,…
|D                             |D             |
… stuck in the mid-dle with you…     Yes, I'm…
|D                             |D       |D                             |
… stuck in the mid-dle with you…          Stuck in the mid-dle with you…
|D              |D                             |D       |D       |…       |
…     Here I am,… stuck in the mid-dle with you… 
        
                