Bass tabs
Stuck in the middle with you
Stealers Wheel
Intro Riff:
D Am7 A7sus4 C D Am7 A7sus4 C D
00:06
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D|-------------||-------------|-------------|
A|-5-------2-0-||-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5---0-2-0-|
E|---2--3-5----||-----2-------|-----2-------|
G|-------------|--------------||-
D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r—||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
Verse1: 00:15:
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D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
D
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
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D|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-3r|-
A|-----2-------|------2-------|-
E|-------------|--------------|-
G7
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
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D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2-----||-
E|-----2-------|----------5r--||-
D
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Chorus1: 00:31:
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|----2-3-5-3-2-|
A|----4-5-7-5-4-|-3r-----------|
E|-5r-----------|--------------|
A
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
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D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
Verse2: 00:38:
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D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you.
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
D
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
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D|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-3r|-
A|-----2-------|------2-------|-
E|-------------|--------------|-
G7
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2-----||-
E|-----2-------|----------5r--||-
D
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
Chorus2: 00:53:
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|----2-3-5-3-2-|
A|----4-5-7-5-4-|-3r-----------|
E|-5r-----------|--------------|
A
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
Bridge1: 01:01:
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D|-55555554-|-55555554-||-------------|--------------|
A|----------|----------||-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-|
E|----------|----------||-----2-------|--------------|
G7
Well you started out with nothing,
D
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
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D|-55555554-|-55555554-||-------------|-------------|
A|----------|----------||-5rrrrrrrr---|-------------|
E|----------|----------||-------------|-5rrrrrrrr---|
G7
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
D G7
Please.... Please.....
Interlude: 01:21:
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D|-------------|--------------|-
A|/5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
Verse3: 01:28:
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Well, I’m trying to make some sense of it all,
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
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D
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
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D|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-3r|-
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G7
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2-----||-
E|-----2-------|----------5r--||-
D
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Chorus3: 01:44:
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|----2-3-5-3-2-|
A|----4-5-7-5-4-|-3r-----------|
E|-5r-----------|--------------|
A
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
Instrumental verse + Chrous: 01:52:
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
G|-------------|--------------||-
D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
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D|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-3r|-
A|-----2-------|------2-------|-
E|-------------|--------------|-
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A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2-----||-
E|-----2-------|----------5r--||-
chorus:
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|----2-3-5-3-2-|
A|----4-5-7-5-4-|-3r-----------|
E|-5r-----------|--------------|
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
Bridge2: 02:15:
G|----------|----------||-------------|--------------|
D|-55555554-|-55555554-||-------------|--------------|
A|----------|----------||-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-|
E|----------|----------||-----2-------|--------------|
G7
Well you started out with nothing,
D
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
G|----------|----------||-------------|-------------|
D|-55555554-|-55555554-||-------------|-------------|
A|----------|----------||-5rrrrrrrr---|-------------|
E|----------|----------||-------------|-5rrrrrrrr---|
G7
And your friends, they all come crawlin,
Slap you on the back and say,
D G7
Please.... Please.....
Interlude: 02:34:
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|/5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
G|-------------|--------------||-
D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
Verse4: 02:41:
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
G|-------------|--------------||-
D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
D
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-3r|-
A|-----2-------|------2-------|-
E|-------------|--------------|-
G7
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
G|-------------|--------------||-
D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2-----||-
E|-----2-------|----------5r--||-
D
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
Chorus1: 00:31:
G|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|----2-3-5-3-2-|
A|----4-5-7-5-4-|-3r-----------|
E|-5r-----------|--------------|
A
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
Outro: 03:04: repeat till fade out
G|-------------|--------------|-
D|-------------|--------------|-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5----0-2-0r|-
E|-----2-------|------2-------|-
D
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you.
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D|-------------|--------------||-
A|-5-5---0-2-0-|-5-5/3--2--0r-||-
E|-----2-------|--------------||-
D
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Ending with:
e |-2--2--------|
b |-3--3--------|
G|--- Bass ----||-2--2--------|
D|-------------||-0--0--------|
A|-5r--5r------||-- Guitars --|
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