Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: D
β« Intro:
D Bm A
Oh, whither, Mary, why?
β« Verse:
D Bm A G
Simple and wise, Apple in time
D Bm A G
Make it okay whatever I say
D Bm
When it all goes
A G
You'll be all grown
D Bm
I'll be long gone
A G
You'll be living on the sun
D Bm
If you ain't careful
A G
You're gonna forget it
D Bm A G
Everything's fine in your mind
β« Chorus:
G A D
Somewhere in the middle of it all
G A
Softly, something slowly
F#m Bm
separating us all
G A
I can't write my mind's soft
F#m Bm
Mama, I think I'm dumb
G A
Somewhere in the middle's where
F#m Bm
the lessons are learned
β« Bridge:
A G F G
I'll be seeing you when all is done
A G D A
I will see you through hellfire, little love
β« Verse:
D Bm
I have an old way
A G
I could go west
D Bm
I could blow it off
A G
Rent a house there
D Bm A G
I could give up or I could keep going
D Bm A G
Wonder how long this song's gone on for
D Bm
Our scene begins
A G
But you're not in it
D Bm
What's up man?
A G
Oh, nothing doing
D Bm
We used to hang out
A G
Why don't we now?
D Bm
Like the bible stories
A G
I've been full of 'em
D Bm A G
Rhea Anne, she walks in
D Bm
She goes, talks all day
A G
like she don't have a friend
D Bm A G
She likes her man, but he's not here
D Bm
So turn up the music loud
A G
I think it's the kids
D Bm A G
Life goes by, but I don't mind
D A G
I'll be holding you every day
D A G
But I can't make it go away for you, dear
β« Outro:
D
Sha-la-la-la-la lie is done
A D
Sha-la-la-la-la lie
D
Sha-la-la-la-la lie is done
A D
Sha-la-la-la-la lie
A D A A D
Sha-la-la-la lie, lie, lie, lie
Song History
Published: March 8, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025