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[A][G][E]

[A] [G][D][C]

[A]The middle of the road is [G]trying to [D]find me[C]
[A]I'm standing in the middle of life with my[G] plans behind me[D][C]
[A]Well I got a smile [G]for everyone [D]I meet[C]
[A]As long as you don't try dragg[G]ing my [D]bay[C]
[A]Or dropping the bomb on[G] my street[D][C]

[A]Now come on baby[G][E]
[A]Get in the[G] road[E]
[A]Oh come on now[G][E]
[A]In the middle[G] of the road, yea[E]h

[A]In the middle of the road you s[G]ee the darndest things[D][C]
[A]Like fat guys driving 'round in j[g]eeps through the cit[D]y[C]
[A]Wearing big diamond rings and si[G]lk suits[D][C]
[A]Past corrugated tin shacks full[G] up with ki[D]ds[C]
[A]Oh man I don't mean a ha[G]mpstead nursery[D][C]
[A]When you own a big chunk of the [G]bloody third world[D][C]
[A]The babies[G] just come with [D]the scenery[C]

[A]Oh come on bab[G]y[E]
[A]Get in the[G] road[E]
[A]Oh come on now[G][E]
[A]In the middle [G]of the road, yea[E]h

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[A]The middle of the road is n[G]o private cul-de-s[D]ac[C]
[A]I can't get[G] from the cab to t[D]he curb[C]
[A]Without some little j[G]erk on my bac[D]k[C]
[A]Don't harass me, ca[G]n't you [D]tell[C]
[A]I'm going home, I[G]'m tire[D]d as hell[C]
[A]I'm not the cat I [G]used to[D] be[C]
[A]I got a kid,[G] I'm thirty[D]-three[C]

[A]Baby, get in t[G]he road[E]
[A]Come on no[G]w[E]
[A]In the middle[G] of the road[E]
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