Intro: Am  Em  Am  Em  Am  Em  Am  C  G  D }x3 

Am       Em         Am     Em 
Welcome, strangers, to the show 
Am      Em      Am        C  G  D 
I'm the one who should be lying low 
Am      Em          Am        Em 
Saw the knives out, turned my back 
Am      Em      Am        C   G   D 
Heard the train coming, stayed out on the trackchorus 
 
Chorus:
F             C 
In the middle, in the middle 
Em                 F 
In the middle of a dream 
  Am      Em       F         C 
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings 
G         D            Am Em 
I've done all the dumb things 
 
Verse 2:
Am       Em         Am     Em 
Caught the fever, heard the tune 
Am      Em      Am        C  G  D 
Thought I loved her, hung my heart on the moon 
Am      Em          Am        Em 
started howling, made no sense 
Am      Em      Am        C   G   D 
Thought my friends would come to my defence 

Chorus:
And I get all your good advice  
Don't stop me from going through all these things twiuce  
Too see the knives, out I turn my back  
I hear the train coming, I stay out on the track 
 
Chorus:
F             C 
In the middle, in the middle 
Em                 F 
In the middle of a dream 
  Am      Em       F         C 
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings 
G         D            Am Em 
I've done all the dumb things 

Verse 4:
Am       Em     F      C 
I melted wax to fix my wings 
Am         Em    F      C 
I threw my hat into the ring 
Am             Em     F      C 
I thought that I just had to sing 
G    D            Am 
I've done all the dumb things 
 
Chorus:
F             C 
In the middle, in the middle 
Em                 F 
In the middle of a dream 
  Am      Em       F         C 
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings 
G         D            Am Em 
I've done all the dumb things 
 
Outro:
Em  Am  Em  Am  Em  Am C G D 
Ends with single strum of Am