A G E x2 
AGDC OOO-OOO-OOOH OOH X4
 [VERSE]
AG DCAG D C The middle of the road is trying to find me
AGDCAG D C I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans be-hind me
AG DCAG D C Well I got a smile, for everyone I meet
AGDC As long as you don't try dragging my bay
AGDC Or dropping the bomb on my street
 [CHORUS]
A G E Now come on baby
A G E Get in the road
A G Oh come on now
EA G EE E in the middle of the road, yeah
 [BREAK]
AGDC x2 OOOH OOOH OOOH OOH
 [VERSE]
AG DCAG D C In the middle of the road you see the darndest things
AGDC Like fat guys driving 'round in j-eeps through the cit-y wearing
AGDC big diamond rings and silk suits
AGDC Past corrugated tin shacks full up with ki-ds
AGDC Oh man I don't mean a hampstead nursery
AGDC When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
AGDC The babies just come with the scenery
 [CHORUS]
A G E Now come on baby
A G E Ooh Get in the road
A G Oh come on now
EA G EE E in the middle of the road YE-AH!
A G D C x12 
A G E x4
 [Bridge]
AD G One
AD G two
AD G three
AD G four
ADG x4 Ooo-ooooh-ooh
 [VERSE]
AD GAD G The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
AGDC I can't get from the cab to the curb
AGD C Without some little j-erk on my bac-k
AG Don't harass me, ca-n't you tell
DC I'm going home, I'm tired as hell
AG I'm not the cat I used to be
DC I got a kid I'm thirty-three
 [CHORUS]
A G E Baby!
A G E Get in the road
A G Oh come on now
EA G E E E in the middle of the road, yeah
A G D C x12 A G E x4