The strumming is quite strange with 4 down beats in a bar but the 2nd and 4th down beat is dampened to get
that tinny drum sound to get the beat of the song. Or you can just miss out the last down strokes to get a
down up down up     up     up rhythm. Strumming is normal on the G7 bridge section 

[Intro]
      
D  x4

  

[Verse 1]
             
Well I don't k

              
now why I came

      
 here tonight,
             
I got the feel

              
ing that somet

           
hing ain't rig

ht,
            
I'm so scared 

              
in case I fall

        
 off my chair,
             
And I'm wonder

              
ing how I'll g

            
et down the st

airs,

Clowns to the 

left of me,
             
Jokers to the 

            
right, here I 


am,
              
Stuck in the m

           
iddle with you

[Verse 2]
             
Yes I'm stuck 

              
in the middle 

       
with you,
             
And I'm wonder

              
ing what it is

          
 I should do,
            
It's so hard t

              
o keep this sm

            
ile from my fa

ce,
             
Losing control

              
, yeah, I'm al

           
l over the pla

ce,
            
Clowns to the 

             
left of me, jo

            
kers to the ri

ght,
             
Here I am, stu

              
ck in the midd

        
le with you

[Chorus]
            
Well you start

          
ed out with no

thing,
            
And you're pro

              
ud that you're

              
 a self made m

        
an,
         
And your frien

ds, they all c

ome crawlin,

Slap you on th

e back and say

,
           
Please, please

           

     

[Verse 3]
             
Trying to make

              
 some sense of

    
 it all,
             
But I can see 

              
that it makes 

            
no sense at al

l,
            
Is it cool to 

              
go to sleep on

     
 the floor,
             
'Cause I don't

              
 think that I 

            
can take anymo

re
            
Clowns to the 

             
left of me, jo

            
kers to the ri

ght,
             
Here I am, stu

              
ck in the midd

        
le with you

[Solo](Same as verse chords)
            
          
          

[Chorus]
            
Well you start

            
ed out with no

thing,
            
And you're pro

              
ud that you're

              
 a self made m

        
an,
         
And your frien

ds, they all c

ome crawlin,

Slap you on th

e back and say

,
           
Please, please

            

    

[Verse 4]
             
Well I don't k

              
now why I came

      
 here tonight,
             
I got the feel

              
ing that somet

           
hing ain't rig

ht,
            
I'm so scared 

              
in case I fall

         
 off my chair,
             
And I'm wonder

              
ing how I'll g

            
et down the st

airs,
           
Clowns to the 

left of me,
             
Jokers to the 

            
right, here I 


am,
              
Stuck in the m

           
iddle with you

,
             
Yes I'm stuck 

              
in the middle 

     
with you,
             
Stuck in the m

             
iddle with you

             
, here I am st

              
uck in the mid

          
dle with you