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Chords and lyrics for Middleman by Bright Eyes
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Asus4add9 C#m7b9
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G
D
F#
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A* C#* X8
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C#*
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C#*
F#
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A* C#* X2
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I traveled though the atmo
sphere
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as a wall of feedback clim
bed
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The pegs were
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gold,
the
band wa
s old,
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they played in
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half
time
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Now every dream gets whitt
led down
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just like every fool gets
wise
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You will neve
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r reap of
any seed
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deprived of sunlight
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A* C#* X2
G
So I have become the
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Middleman
G
The gray areas are m
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ine
D
The
G
in-between,
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the
a
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bsentee
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Is a beautiful
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disguise
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So I keep my footlights sh
ining bright
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just like I keep my exits
wide
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‘Cause I neve
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r know whe
n it’s t
ime to go,
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it’s too crow
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ded now inside
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The dead can hide beneath
the ground
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and the birds can always f
ly
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But the rest
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of us do w
hat we m
ust
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in constant compromise
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A* C#* X2
G
So I have become the
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Middleman
G
The gray areas are f
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ine
D
The
G
“I don’t kn
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ow,”
t
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he “maybe so”
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Is the only real
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Is the only true
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Is the only real
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A* C#*