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	MIDDLE OF THE ROAD -- The Pretenders
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transcribed by küpfer
email mkupfer@sprint.ca
homepage http://webhome.idirect.com/~tashko/kupfer/index.html

A mighty mighty thankyou to Tom Gorsky who spent 3 days teaching me
the
solo.

Note: tune down low E to D


INTRO:    A  G   E
          A  G   E


Main guitar riff:
    A       G         D      C
e||-----------------|------------------||
B||-----------------|------------------||
G||-----------------|--------2-0-------||
D||-------2-0-------|----0-4-----------||
A||-0-0-4-----------|------------3-2-0-||
D||-----------5-4-0-|(0)---------------||

the middle of the road is trying to find me
i'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
well i got a smile for everyone i meet
as long as you don't try dragging my bay
or dropping the bomb on my street

	              A  G  E
	now come on baby
	get in the road
	oh come on now
	in the middle of the road, yeah

in the middle of the road you see the darndest things
like fat guys driving 'round in jeeps through the city
wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
oh man i don't mean a hampstead nursery
when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
the babies just come with the scenery

	oh come on baby
	get in the road
	oh come on now
	in the middle of the road, yeah

SOLO
   A     G     E
e|---------------|---8------8-8----|--------------------------|
B|---------------|---8------8-8----|----------8--------8------|
G|---------------|-----------------|----------7b(9)----7b(9)--|
D|---------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|--------------------------|

   A             G               D               C
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-8------8------8------8------|---8------8-------8---8---8---8--|
G|-7b(9)--7b(9)--7b(9)--7b(9)--|---7b(9)--7b(9)--(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

   A           G           D      C         A       G
e|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
B|-8------8------------5-|----------------|-----------------|
G|-7b(9)--7b(9)----5-7-5-|--------5-------|-5-----5-----5---|
D|-----------------------|----7-------7---|---7-----7-----7-|
A|-----------------------|------7-------7-|-----7-----7-----|
D|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------|

   D       C         A       G         D       C
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------10------|
G|---5-----5-----5-|-7-7-5---5---5---|-----5---------5-|
D|-----7-----7-----|-------7---7-----|---7---7---------|
A|-7-----7-----7---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   A                 G                 D                C
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-7-5-|---7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-|
D|-----------7-----------7-----------|-7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   A            G                D              C
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-5---7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-7-5-|---7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-7-5---7b(9)-|
D|-----7-----------7-----------|-7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

   A                    G                D       C
e|-------------------------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|------------------|
G|-7-5-----7b(9)-7-5-----7b(9)-7-5-----|-5-7-5------5-7-9-|
D|-----7-5-----------7-5-----------7-5-|----------7-------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------|

   A           G           D       C
e|-----------------------|-----------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-|-8-7-7-7-5-5-3-3-|
G|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-4-4-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------|


   A       G         D      C        A       G          D    C
e|-----------------|---------------|------------------|------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|
G|-6-6-6-6-4-4-2-2-|-2-0-----0-----|---6-6---7-7----9-|---9----7---|
D|-7-7-7-7-5-5-4-4-|-4-0-----------|------------------|------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|------------------|------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|------------------|------------|

   A       G          D    C      A       G          D    C
e|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|
B|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|
G|---6-6---7-7----9-|---9----7---|---6-6---7-7----9-|---9----7---|
D|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|
A|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|
D|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|

  A       G          D    C        A     G       E
e|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|------------------|------------|
B|---5-5---7-7----8-|---8----8---|------------------|------------|
G|---6-6---7-7----9-|---9----7---|------------------|------------|
D|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|
A|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|
D|------------------|------------|---2-5---2-5----2-|------------|

   A     G     E                          A      G
e|---------------|---0------------------|------------------|
B|---------------|---0------------------|------------------|
G|---------------|-0---2b(4)---(4)--(4)-|(4)-2-0-2-0-------|
D|-----------0-2-|----------------------|------------2-0---|
A|---0-----------|----------------------|----------------2-|
D|-----5---2-----|----------------------|------------------|

   E                                 A       G             E
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----||
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------|-----||
G|-0-----------0-----------0-------|-------------------------|-----||
D|-----2-0---------2-0---------2-0-|-------------------------|-----||
A|---------2-----------2-----------|-2-----2-0-----0---------|-----||
D|---------------------------------|-----------5-------5---2-|-2---||

Interlude:
    A       G         D       C
e||-----------------|-------------------||
B||-5-----5-7-----7-|---8p7h8-----------||
G||*6-----6-7-----7-|---7--------------*||
D||*7-----7-7-----7-|------------------*||
A||-----------------|-------------------||
D||-----------------|-------------------||


the middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
i can't get from the cab to the curb
without some little jerk on my back
don't harass me, can't you tell
i'm going home, i'm tired as hell
i'm not the cat i used to be
i got a kid, i'm thirty-three
baby, get in the road


-- 

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\  (_)_)    /"It is agreed, in this
 \        _/country, that if a man
  |      /can arrange his religion 
  |     |so that it perfectly 
satisfies his conscience, it is not 
incumbent on him to care whether the 
arrangement is satisfactory to anyone 
else or not." — Mark Twain

• middle of the road