Standard tuning

(4/4)
[Intro]
                  

[Verse]
          
  Welcome stra

            
nger    to the

 
 show
          
  I'm the one 

           
who should be 

     
ly-ing low
            
Saw the knives

            
 out,    turne

     
d my back
          
  Heard the tr

ain coming
          
stayed right o

      
n that track

[Chorus]
             
In the middle,


  in the middl

e
            
   In the midd

                
le of a dream
          
I lost my shir

             
t, I pawned my

 
 rings
            
I've done all 

            
the dumb thing

   
s
             

[Verse 2]
            
   Caught the 

          
fever,   heard

     
 the tune
           
   Thought I l

           
oved her, hung

           
 my heart on t

   
he moon
            
Started howlin

            
g,    made no 


sense
           
  Thought my f

            
riends would r

         
ush to my defe

nce

[Chorus]
             
In the middle,


  in the middl

e
            
   In the midd

                
le of a dream
          
I lost my shir

             
t, I pawned my

 
 rings
            
I've done all 

            
the dumb thing

 
s

[Solo]
       
              
         

[Verse 3]
          
   And I get a

            
ll your   good

   
 advice
          
  Never stops 

            
me from going 

            
through these 

      
things twice
            
I see the kniv

            
es out,  I tur

     
n my back
           
  I hear the t

             
rain coming, I

          
 stay right on

     
 that track

[Chorus 2]
             
In the middle,


 in the middle
            
   In the midd

                
le of a dream
          
I lost my shir

             
t, I pawned my

 
 rings
            
I've done all 

            
the dumb thing

 
s, 
          
I melted wax t

        
o fix my wings
            
I've done all 

            
the dumb thing

 
s,   
            
Yeah I threw m

           
y hat into the

 
 ring
            
I've done all 

            
the dumb thing

 
s,  
            
Well, I though

            
t that I just 

      
had to sing
            
I've done all 

            
the dumb thing

 
s

[Outro]
               

     
(implied by si

ngle note move

ment)