Jack Johnson

Middle Man(Chords)

Jack Johnson

Key: Em

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	        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 
|--------------------------| 
|.---------9---7~-7-7-----.| 
|.-7~-7-7----7--------5-6-.|repeat until chorus 
|--------------------------| 
 
GUITAR CHORDS 
 
Guitar Intro 
Em    A    repeat 
 
Em  
Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it 
    A 
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid 
Em  
Well he's not necessarily trying to say god can't be trusted 
    A 
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid 
Em  
As certain situations scream for deviations 
    A 
But somehow we always get stuck in the middle 
   Em  
Of this and that and then he should try less 
A 
Every time he's rejected then he loses affection 
 
 
C 
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time 
A                          D                     Em     D 
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused 
A               D                Em  D 
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo 
A             D                Em    D 
What an awful thing for you to say-eee 
A              D                 A   G  F# F 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 
      A 
Never still find some to spare 
Em  
And other people got more than they could use 
A 
But they don't share 
Em  
And some people got problems man 
         A 
They got awful complications 
Em  
Other people got perfect situations 
A 
With no provocation 
 
  
C 
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time 
A                          D                     Em     D 
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused 
A               D                Em  D 
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo 
A             D                Em    D 
What an awful thing for you to say-eee 
A               D 
What a terrible thing for you 
Em     D 
Confused 
A               D                Em  D 
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo 
A             D                Em    D 
What an awful thing for you to say-eee 
A              D                 A   G  F# F em(1) 
What a terrible thing for you to relay 
 
 (bass intro and drums) 
 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|.----------------------------------------------------- 
|.---------------------------7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5--- 
|--7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5-------------7-------------7- 
|------------7-------------7--------------------------- 
 
--------------------------------| 
--------------------------------| 
-------------------------------.|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

Written by Jack Hody Johnson

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