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Smack Dab In The Middle Chords

Music by: Ry Cooder
Tone C major BPM 125 Views 6
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[Intro 1]
[Bb][F][Bb][F][Fm]
[F]

[Verse 1]
Pick me [F]a town
in any clime
Where [Fm]people [F]like a rockin [Fm]time
[F]And stay awake both day and night
Till [Fm]every[F]body's feelin
good an' right
[Fm]Then [Ab]throw [Fm]me

[Verse 2]
[Bb]
(smack dab in the middle)
[Ab]I wa[Bb]nna be (smack dab
in the middle)
[Cm]Ahhhhh, smack dab in the [C]middle, boys now
So I [Bb]can rock and roll to satisfy
my soul
[E][Fm][F][Bb][F]

[Verse 3]
Ten Cadillacs, a diamond mill
Ten suits [C]of clothes [F]to dress to kill
A ten room house, [Fm]some Bar B Q
And [F]fifty chicks not over twenty- two
[Fm][F][Fm][Bb][Ab][Eb][Cm][Bb]

[Verse 4]
Then throw [C]me (smack dab
in [F]the middle)
[C]Oh,[F][C][Bb][Em][C][F]
[C][F][Fm][F][Bb][F]
[Bb]I wa[C]nna
[F]be [Fm](smac[F]k dab in the middle)
Ahhhhh, now boys you can
[Fm]see [Bb]why[Ab]
[Bb]I wanna be[C] smack
dab [Bb]in the m[C]iddle now
So I can rock and roll [Bb]to satisfy

[Interlude 1]
my soul
[Eb][F][Bb][F]

[Verse 5]
[F]One [Fm]hundred bed[F]s with chorus girls
A street that's paved with natural pearls
[Fm]A wagon load[F] of bonds and stocks
[C]Then [F]open up the door at Fort Knox
Then [Ab]throw [Bb]me

[Verse 6]
[Ab](smack dab
in the middle)
[Eb]I wa[Ab]nna be[Bb] (smack dab
in the middle)
Ahhhhh, now listen boys throw [F]me[Bb]
[C]Smack dab in the middle right now
So Ray can [Bb]rock and roll to satisfy
[C]his[F][C][F]
[C]soul
[F]

[Verse 7]
[C]That's [F]all right!

[Verse 8]
A lot [C]of bread and gangs [F]of meat
[C]Oodles of butter and [F]somethin sweet
Gallons of [C]coffee to wash it down
Bicarbon[F]ated soda by the pound

[Verse 9]
Then throw me (smack dab in the middle)
I [C]picture it (smack dab
in the middle)
[F]Ah, throw me now,
[C]smack dab in the middle right now
So I can rock and roll to satisfy my soul
Alright!
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