MIDDLE MAN
All music and lyrics written by and property of Jack Johnson
Transcribed by Jai Mitchell
jai_mitchell@yahoo.com
http://members.optushome.com.au/jaimitchell
After 5 shows of Jack in 7 days I manged to see a few errors in my tabs, one of them was in
one of the main chords for this song.. look at the chords in the intro and verse for the
difference... the Em, is not and Em until the chorus kind of bit, it is actually an Em9th or
Em7th or something.. as shown in the chord chart below... enjoy..
BASS INTRO
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|.---------9---7~-7-7-----.|
|.-7~-7-7----7--------5-6-.|repeat until chorus
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Em* X 7 5 7 X X
Em X 7 9 9 8 7
A 5 7 7 6 5 5
C 8 10 10 9 8 8
D X 5 7 7 7 5
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
em(1) 0 2 2 0 0 0
Guitar Intro
Em* A repeat
Em*
Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid
Em*
Well he's not necessarily trying to say god can't be trusted
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid
Em*
As certain situations scream for deviations
But somehow we always get stuck in the middle
Em*
Of this and that and then he should try less
Every time he's rejected then he loses affection
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo
What an awful thing for you to say-eee
em(1)
What a terrible thing for you to relay
(bass intro and drums)
Em*
Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothing
Never still find some to spare
Em*
And other people got more than they could use
But they don't share
Em*
And some people got problems man
They got awful complications
Em*
Other people got perfect situations
With no provocation
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo
What an awful thing for you to say-eee
What a terrible thing for you
Confused
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo
What an awful thing for you to say-eee
em(1)
What a terrible thing for you to relay
(bass intro and drums)
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|.---------------------------7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5---
|--7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5-------------7-------------7-
|------------7-------------7---------------------------
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-------------------------------.|repeat x 4
---------------------------7-7-.|then
-7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5--------|
-----------7-------------7------|
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-5----------------------
---7-7--7-5-6-7/slide<0-
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Somehow we always get stuck in the middle (repeated)
(overdubbed with)
Confused, what an awful thing for you to do
Confused, what an awful thing for you to say-ee