Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel


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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
            
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------------  

    
  ------------

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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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|     |     
              

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             W

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ell, I don't…

[VERSE #1] [8 M]
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… know why I c

              
ame here to-ni

   |         
ght…     I got

    |
 the
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 feel-in' that

              
 some-… thin' 

           | 
ain't right…  

              
   I'm so scar

  |
ed…
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… in case I fa

              
ll off my chai

  |         
r,…     and I'

      |
m won-…
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…-d'rin' how I

              
'll get down t

         |   
he stairs…    

         |
   Clowns…

[CHORUS #1] [6 M]
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…  to the left

             |
 of me,… jok-…

             
 ers to the ri

             
ght… Here I am

 |
,…
|            
… stuck in the

              
 mid-dle with 

   |         
you…     Yes, 

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I'm…
|            
..stuck in the

              
 mid-dle with 

   |         
you…     and I

       |
'm won-…

[VERSE #2] [6 M]
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…-d'rin' what 

              
it is I should

   |         
 do…     It's 

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so hard…
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… to keep this

              
 smile from my

     |      
 face…     Los

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-in' con-
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-trol,… I'm al

              
l o-ver the pl

   |         
ace…       Clo

   |
wns…

[CHORUS #2] [4 M]
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…  to the left

             |
 of me,… jok-…

             
 ers to the ri

             
ght… Here I am

 |
,…
|            
… stuck in the

              
 mid-dle with 

   |         
you…     Well,

     |
 you…

[BRIDGE #1] [10 M]
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|           
… start-ed out

              
 with noth-in'

        |   
 and you found

              
 that you're a

              
 self-made man

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…
|       |   
…             

         |  
  And you fan-

              
cy I'll come c

              
rawl-in',… sla

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p…
|           
… you on the b

            |
ack and say… p

             |
lease,…       

       | 
         pleas

        |    |
e…

[RE-INTRO #1] [4 M]
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[VERSE #3] [8 M]
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|            
 Try'n to make

              
 some sense of

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 it all,…    b

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ut I can see…
|            
… it makes no…

             |
 sense at all…

             
     Is it coo

 |          
l… to go to sl

              
eep on the flo

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or?…
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…     You don'

       |     
t think… that 

              
I can take an-

      |      
y more…       

      |
Clowns…

[CHORUS #3] [4 M]
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|            
…  to the left

             |
 of me,… jok-…

             
 ers to the ri

             
ght… Here I am

 |
,…
|            
..stuck in the

              
 mid-dle with 

   |       |
you…

[VERSE/CHORUS #4] [12 M] 'Guitar Solo' (Voice Tacet) -
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|       |       |       |       |      |      |
|       |   
              

    |       |
              

      |    
              

   |         
          Well

     |
, you…
[BRIDGE #2] [10 M]
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|           
… start-ed out

              
 with noth-in'

        |   
 and you found

              
 that you're a

              
 self-made man

 |
…
|       |   
…             

         |  
  And you fan-

              
cy I'll come c

              
rawl-in',… sla

 |
p…
|           
… you on the b

            |
ack and say… p

             |
lease,…       

       | 
         pleas

        |    |
e…

[RE-INTRO #2] [4 M]
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|       |   
              

    |       |
              

             
     And I don

  |
't…
[VERSE #5] [8 M]
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|            
… know why I c

              
ame here to-ni

   |         
ght…     I got

    |
 the
|            
 feel-in' that

              
 some-… thin' 

           | 
ain't right…  

              
   I'm so scar

  |
ed…
|           
… in case I fa

              
ll off my chai

  |         
r,…     and I'

      |
m won-…
|            
…-d'rin' how I

              
'll get down t

         |   
he stairs…    

         |
   Clowns…

[CHORUS #5] [12 M] 'CODA' -
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…  to the left

             |
 of me,… jok-…

             
 ers to the ri

             
ght… Here I am

 |
,…
|            
… stuck in the

              
 mid-dle with 

   |         
you…     Yes, 

    |
I'm…
|            
… stuck in the

              
 mid-dle with 

   |       |
you…          

              
Stuck in the m

              
id-dle with yo

 |
u…
|            
…     Here I a

  |          
m,… stuck in t

              
he mid-dle wit

     |       |       |…       |
h you…

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