Middle of the Road - Pretenders
(4) DRUM INTRO
(4) BAND INTRO
|: / A G / E | / / / / :|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(8) VERSE INTRO
|: A / G / | D / C / :|
(16) VERSE 1
In the middle of the road,
Is trying to find me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.
But, I got a smile
For everyone I meet.
Long as you don't try dragging my bay,
Or dropping a bomb on the street.
(9) CHORUS 1
|: / A G / E | / / / / :|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.
(4) INTRO / VOCAL
(16) VERSE 2
In the middle of the road,
You see the darnest things.
Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city,
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits.
Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and
Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world,
The babies just come with the scenery.
(9) CHORUS 2
Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.
(16) SOLO (VERSE)
(8) SOLO 1/2 VERSE
(9) SOLO (CHORUS)
(16) VERSE JAM (broken down)
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.
(16) VERSE 3
(STARTS BROKEN DOWN)
In the middle of the road,
Is my private cul de sac.
(BAND PICKS UP)
I can't get from the cab to the curb,
Without some little jerk on my back,
Don't harass me kid,
Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell,
I'm not the cat I used to be,
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby.
(9) CHORUS 3
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road.
(16) SOLO (VERSE) (HARMONICA OR SAX)
(8) SOLO (1/2 VERSE)
(8) SOLO (CHORUS) (end of song hits together)
Song Form
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(4) INTRO - Drum fill
(8) INTRO - Band joins for Pre chorus groove
(8) INTRO Melody - Vocal hook
(16) VERSE 1
(9) CHORUS 2
(4) INTRO Melody
(16) VERSE 2
(9) CHORUS 2
(8) Guitar SOLO - hi hat
(16) Guitar SOLO - ride
(9) Chorus SOLO
(8) BRIDGE Breakdown
(8) INTRO Melody
(12) VERSE 3 (w/ melody for 4 bars)
(9) CHORUS 3
(16) Harmonica SOLO (verse)
(8) Harmonica SOLO (1/2 verse)
(8) Harmonica Solo (chorus)
(stop on 16th bar, hit again on 17)
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TAB
VERSE Melody
A / G / D / C / (repeated)
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|---------2--0-----------|
D|---------2--0~~~~~~~~0~~|~~~0~~4-----------------|
A(0)~~~~4-----------------|---------------3--2--0~~|
E|---------------3~~~~~~~~|------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
CHORUS Melody
A G E
e|------------------------|---0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|------------------------|---0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|------------------------|---1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|------7-----5~~~~~~~~2~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|------7-----5~~~~~~~~2~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|------5-----3~~~~~~~~0~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
