Biography:
Stealers Wheel was a British folk/rock band formed in Paisley, Scotland in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan (born 1944) and Gerry Rafferty (1947 - 2011). In the early 1970s, the band was considered to be the British version of American folk/rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. They were initially joined by Roger Brown, Rab Noakes and Ian Campbell in 1972. However, that line-up only lasted a few months and by the time the band were signed to A&M Records later that same year
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Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Standard tuning
Tab - Lokki - TheSmokinGum
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[Intro]
D D Am7 A7sus2 D7
e|-2-2-0-0-2-----|
B|-3-3-1-0-1-----|
G|-2-2-0-0-2-----|
D|-----2-2-------|
A|-----0-0-------|
E|---------------|(x2)
[Verse 1]
D
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
D
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
G7
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
D
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
D
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
D
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
G7
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
D
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
[Chorus]
G
Well you started out with nothing,
D
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
G
And your friends, they all come crawlin, Slap you on the back and say,
D A7
Please.... Please.....
[Verse 2]
D
Trying to make some sense of it all,
D
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
G7
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
D
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
[Solo]
(same as verse)
D D G7 D A7 C G D
[Chorus]
G
Well you started out with nothing,
D
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
G
And your friends, they all come crawlin, Slap you on the back and say,
D A7
Please.... Please.....
[Verse 3]
D
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
D
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
G7
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
D
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
D
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
D D D
Here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.
There are the chords to play with, if you feel like trying your hand at some of the slide guitar
fills please see the tabs below. Both work at different parts of the song, the bottom one being the
main solo ;).
Cheers!
[Slide Guitar]
e|---------5--------------5--------------5--------------5-----|
B|-7----7-------5--75/7---------7----7-------5--75/7--------|
G|-7----7------------------------7----7-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Slide Guitar Fills]
e|----------5----------5---------------------10-------10--------------10----------|
B|-6/7-6/7----6/7/6/7----6/7----11/12-11/12----11/12----12-----11/12----12--------|
G|-6/7-6/7----6/7/6/7----6/7----11/12-11/12----11/12-------12--11/12-------12-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------12-------12-------10---------10--------|
B|-13/14-----13/14----11/12-----11/12-----12-----|
G|-13/14-----13/14----11/12-----11/12-----12-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
************************************
| / Slide up
| Slide down
************************************
Standard tuning
Tab - Lokki - TheSmokinGum
www.facebook.com/thesmokingum
[Intro]
D D Am7 A7sus2 D7
e|-2-2-0-0-2-----|
B|-3-3-1-0-1-----|
G|-2-2-0-0-2-----|
D|-----2-2-------|
A|-----0-0-------|
E|---------------|(x2)
[Verse 1]
D
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
D
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
G7
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
D
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
D
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
D
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
G7
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
D
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
[Chorus]
G
Well you started out with nothing,
D
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
G
And your friends, they all come crawlin, Slap you on the back and say,
D A7
Please.... Please.....
[Verse 2]
D
Trying to make some sense of it all,
D
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
G7
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
D
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
[Solo]
(same as verse)
D D G7 D A7 C G D
[Chorus]
G
Well you started out with nothing,
D
And you're proud that you're a self made man,
G
And your friends, they all come crawlin, Slap you on the back and say,
D A7
Please.... Please.....
[Verse 3]
D
Well I don't know why I came here tonight,
D
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
G7
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
D
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
A7
Clowns to the left of me,
C G
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.
D
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
D D D
Here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.
There are the chords to play with, if you feel like trying your hand at some of the slide guitar
fills please see the tabs below. Both work at different parts of the song, the bottom one being the
main solo ;).
Cheers!
[Slide Guitar]
e|---------5--------------5--------------5--------------5-----|
B|-7----7-------5--75/7---------7----7-------5--75/7--------|
G|-7----7------------------------7----7-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Slide Guitar Fills]
e|----------5----------5---------------------10-------10--------------10----------|
B|-6/7-6/7----6/7/6/7----6/7----11/12-11/12----11/12----12-----11/12----12--------|
G|-6/7-6/7----6/7/6/7----6/7----11/12-11/12----11/12-------12--11/12-------12-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------12-------12-------10---------10--------|
B|-13/14-----13/14----11/12-----11/12-----12-----|
G|-13/14-----13/14----11/12-----11/12-----12-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
************************************
| / Slide up
| Slide down
************************************
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