Ooh,

ooh,

ooh,

ooh.

(C)The mid dle of the road

(C5)is tryin’ to (A)find me.

I’m (A)stand in’ in the (G5)mid dle of life with my (C5)plans be hind me.

(C5)I got a smile

for ev ’ry (C5)one I meet.

As (A)long as you don’t try (D)drag gin’ my bay or (A)drop pin’ the bomb (G5)on my street.

Now, (C5)come on, ba by,

well, get in the road.

Oh, come on now,

in (E)the mid dle of the road, yeah.

Ooh,

ooh.

In the (C)mid dle of the road

you see the (C5)darn dest things,

like (A)fat guys driv ing (G)’round in jeeps through the cit (C)y, wear in’ (A)big dia mond rings and silk (D)suits, past (A)cor ru gat ed (G)tin shacks (D)full up with kids.

Oh, man, I (A)don’t mean a (G)Hamp stead (D)nurs er y.

When you (A)own a big (G)chunk of the (D)blood y Third World, the (A)ba bies just come (G)with the sce ner (D)y.

Oh, (C)come on, ba by,

mmm, get in the road.

Oh, come on, now,

in (E)the mid dle of the road, yeah.

(A)One

(A)two

(A)three

(A)four

Ooh,

ooh,

Ooh,

ooh,

The (C)mid dle of the road

is no pri vate cul de (A)sac.

I can’t get from the (D7)cab to the curb with out (A)some lit tle (G)jerk on my back.

(A)Don’t har ass me, (G)can’t you tell I’m (D7)go in’ home, I’m (C)tired as hell.

I’m (A)not the cat I (G)used to be; I (D7)got a kid, I’m (C)thir ty three.

Ba by,

well, get in the road.

Come on, now,

in (E)the mid dle of the road, yeah.