Originally in D, I play in A capo 3
In A, play all the I’s as I7’s
Intro
| A | A7 |
| x 2 |
| A |
| A | |
| Well I | don’t know why I came here tonight |
| A | |
| I got the f | eeling that something ain’t right |
| D7 | |
| I’m so | scared in case I fall off my chair |
| A | |
| And I’m | wondering how I’ll get down the stairs |
Vox on the 4 of the chord on “clowns”
| E |
| Clowns to the left of me |
| G | D | A |
| Jokers to the | right, here I a | m |
| A |
| Stuck in the middle with you |
| A | |
| Yes I’m | stuck in the middle with you |
| A | |
| And I’m | wondering what it is I should do |
| D7 | |
| It’s so | hard to keep this smile from my face |
| A | |
| Losing con | trol, yeah, I’m all over the place |
| E |
| Clowns to the left of me |
| G | D | A |
| Jokers to the | right, here I a | m |
| A |
| Stuck in the middle with you |
Bridge
| D7 | |
| Well you | started out with nothing |
| A | |
| And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man |
| D7 | |
| And your | friends, they all come crawlin’, slap you on the back and say |
| A | Em7 |
| Please... | please... |
| A |
| A |
| Trying to make some sense of it all |
| A |
| But I can see that it makes no sense at all |
| D7 | |
| Is it | cool to go to sleep on the floor? |
| A | |
| ‘Cause I don’t | think that I can take anymore |
| E |
| Clowns to the left of me |
| G | D | A |
| Jokers to the | right, here I a | m |
| A |
| Stuck in the middle with you |
Solo if appropriate on a verse and chorus
Bridge
| D7 | |
| Yea you | started out with nothing |
| A | |
| And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man |
| D7 | |
| And your | friends, they all come crawlin’, slap you on the back and say |
| A | Em7 |
| Please... | please... |
| A |
| A | |
| Yeah I | don’t know why I came here tonight |
| A | |
| I got the f | eeling that something ain’t right |
| D7 | |
| I’m so | scared in case I fall off my chair |
| A | |
| And I’m | wondering how I’ll get down the stairs |
| E |
| Clowns to the left of me |
| G | D | A |
| Jokers to the | right, here I a | m |
| A |
| Stuck in the middle with you |
| A | |
| Yes I’m | stuck in the middle with you |
| A |
| Stuck in the middle with you |
| A | |
| Here I am | stuck in the middle with you |
| A |