{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2109099,"song":"Out Here In The Middle","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2109099-out-here-in-the-middle-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2109099?type=chord","rating":4.72073,"votes":26,"content":"Out Here in the Middle\r\nby Robert Earl Keen, Jr.\r\nWritten by: James McMurtry\r\nCapo 4th fret\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey broke into your car last night, took your stereo.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow you say you don't know why you even live there anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGarage man didn't see a thing so you guess it was an inside job...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou made reservations, a table for three.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said you had to wait, somebody must've bribed the maitre d'.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe boss got mad and blamed it all on you...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe food was bad, the deal fell through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n- Out here in the middle you can park it on the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nSkip up to the counter, nearly always get a seat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNobody steals, nobody cheats...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWish you were here, my love. Wish you were here, my love. -[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got tractor pulls and Red Man chew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCoporate relow(?) refugees who need love too.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we ain't seen Elvis in a year or two.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got justification for wealth and greed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Amber waves of grain\" and bathtub speed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow we even got Starbucks, what else ya need?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n- Out here in the middle where the center's on the right[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nAnd the ghost of William Jennings Bryan preaches every night.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSave your lonely souls in the dashboard light.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWish you were here, my love. Wish you were here, my love. -[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n- Out here in the middle where the buffalo roam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe're puttin' up towers for youe cellphone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd we screen all applicants with a fine-tooth comb.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWish you were here, my love (wish you were here, my love)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWish you were here, my love (wish you were here, my love)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWish you were here, my love (I wish you were here)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWish you were here, my love. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWish you were here, my love (wish you were here...)[/tab]","plain_text":"Out Here in the Middle\nby Robert Earl Keen, Jr.\nWritten by: James McMurtry\nCapo 4th fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC  G  D  C  G  D  C  G  D","chords":["G","D","C","Em","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}