Middle Man - Jack Johnson/Brushfire Fairytales… if you don’t have the record, buy it, it’s fantastic!!!

Intro (bass) riff:
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A---7-77----7------4-5------------
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       Em7          A	      	


Intro: 2x only bass then 2x with guitar.
verse: Em7, A

1)      Em7      	
Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it 
       A        
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid 
         Em7
Well he's not necessarily trying to say god can't be trusted 
       A
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid 
         Em7
And certain situations scream for deviations 
       A
But somehow he always gets stuck in the middle 
     Em7 
Of this and that and man he should try less 
          A               
every time he's rejected man he loses affection 

Ref.
        C	
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time 
A                                           D                               Em7, D
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused 
A                      D                        Em7, D
What a terrible thing for you to do 
A                       D                     Em7, D 
What an awful thing for you to say 
A                      D                      A
What a terrible thing for you to relay 



Guitar riff:
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D--------------------------- 9--------	
A---10-10--10-9-9-9888--7--------
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4x bassriff 

2)
Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothing 
But still find some to spare 
And other people got more than they could use 
But they don't share 
And some people got problems man 
They got awful complications 
Other people got perfect situations 
With no provocation 

Ref.

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 
What an awful thing for you to say 
What a terrible thing for you 
Confused 
What a terrible thing for you to do 
What an awful thing for you to say 
What a terrible thing for you to relay 

Guitar riff:
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D--------------------------- 9--------	
A---10-10--10-9-9-9888--7--------
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4x bassriff

 
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            1,2,3,4..

				           
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Somehow we always get stuck in the middle		 
                                                                                : is sung at the same time
confused, what an awful thing for you to say		
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