Stuck In The Middle With You

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU    -       Gerry Rafferty


Intro:
e|----------------------/
B|---5-5---3------------/
G|---5-5---3-5--3--3-2-3/    2x      C* 
D|---5-5---5-5--2--2-2-2/
A|(3)---(3)-----3--3-3-3/
E|----------------------/


       C                                               
Well I    don't know why I came here tonight - 
          C                                            
I got the    feeling that something ain't right
       F7*                                               
I'm so      scared in case I fall off my chair
        C                                              
And I'm    wondering how I'll get down the stairs
G7                             Bb                F            
    Clowns to the left of me -     Jokers to the    right, 
       C                                               
here I    am
(C)                                                     
   Stuck in the middle with you


        C*                                              
Yes I'm    stuck in the middle with you
         C                                              
And I'm    wondering what it is I should do
        F7                                              
It's so     hard to keep this smile from my face
             C*                                         
Losing con -     trol, yeah, I'm all over the place
G7*                            Bb                F              
    Clowns to the left of me -     Jokers to the    right, 
        C*                                               
here I     am
(C)                                                     
   Stuck in the middle with you


Bridge:
         F7                                             
Well you     started out with nothing 
           F7                                C*             
and you're     proud that you're a self-made     man
         F7                                             
And your     friends, they all come crawlin', -
                                                     
slap you on the back and say
C/                                                       
   Please
Gm7/                                                     
     Please
C*  


         C*                                             
Well I'm     trying to make some sense of it all
       C*                                                
I can     see that it makes no sense at all
      F7                                                
Is it     cool to go to sleep on the floor
        C*                                              
Cause I     don't think that I can take anymore
G7*                            Bb                 F             
    Clowns to the left of me -     Jokers to the    right, 
       C*                                               
here I     am
(C)                                                     
   Stuck in the middle with you


Break:
C* - F7* - C* - G7* - Bb - F* - C* 


Bridge:
         F7                                             
Well you     started out with nothing 
           F7                                    C*       
and you're     proud that you're a self-made man   
         F7                                             
And your     friends, they all come crawlin', -
                                                     
slap you on the back and say
C/                                                      
   Please
Gm7/                                                      
    Please
C*  


       C*                                               
Well I     don't know why I came here tonight - 
          C*                                            
I got the     feeling that something ain't right
       F7                                               
I'm so     scared in case I fall off my chair
        C*                                              
And I'm     wondering how I'll get down the stairs
G7*                            Bb                  F             
    Clowns to the left of me -      Jokers to the     right, 
       C*                                               
here I     am
(C*)                                                     
    Stuck in the middle with you,


Outro:
        C*                                              
Yes I´m     stuck in the middle with you   2x 
C*                                                      
   stuck in the middle with you
C //


C    x35553
F7   131211
G7   320001
B    x24442
F    133211
Gm7  353333


* = start chord Â½ a tone down: C* = B- chord slide into C- chord