Chords for Ry Cooder - Smack Dab In The Middle - Live 1977
Tempo:
123.45 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Ab
C
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Cm]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Cm]
[F] [Bb] [F] [Ebm]
[F] [Eb] [F]
[Cm] [E] [F] [E] Oh, [F] pick me a [Cm] town, [F] me and Annie fly.
People like the rock and die.
Stay awake, all year and [Fm] night.
Man, everybody's feeling good right.
The [Bb] glory smack dab in the [Fm] middle.
Smack dab in the middle.
[C]
Smack dab in the middle.
[Fm] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my [F] soul.
[Bb] I [F] want a lot of bread and a gang of me.
Ooh, some butter, man.
Dallas [Fm] coffee to wash it down.
And my carbonated soul up out the pound.
[Bb] Ooh, smack dab in the middle.
[Fm]
[Ab] Smack [Eb] dab in [Ab] the middle.
[C]
Smack dab in the middle.
[Ab] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my [F] soul.
[Ab] [Bb] [C] [F]
[Bb] [E] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F] Well, I want a big jazz band, a lot of dancing girls.
Seats that's paved with natural [Cm] pearl.
[E] [F] Bring me a wagon load of [Fm] bonds and stone.
Open up the door to fun.
[F] [Bb] Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
[Bb] Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
[C] Smack dab in the middle.
Let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul.
Oh, [F] oh, [Ab]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Ab]
[Bb] [C] [Fm] [Ab]
[Bb] [E] [F] [Ab] oh, [Bb] [E] oh.
Oh, [F] smack dab.
Ooh.
[Ab]
[Bb] [F] Smack dab.
[Ab] Ooh.
[Bb] [E] Smack [F] dab.
[Cm]
[Bb] [E] [F] Smack dab.
[Cm]
[Bb] [E] Smack [F] dab.
[Ab]
[Bb] [E] [F] Smack dab.
[Ab] [Bb]
[C] [Ab] Smack [F] dab.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] [F] [Ab] An alto [Bb] saxophone, Pat [C] Rizzo.
[F] Mr.
[Ab] Pat Rizzo.
[Bb] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [D]
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] On drums, [Ab] Isaac Garcia.
[Bb]
[Fm] [Bb]
[C] [F] On [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Bb] bass, [Ab] Big Red.
[Cm] [F] [Ab] Big Red in this [Bb] house.
[F] [Ab] On [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] bajo [Ab] sexto, Jesse Ponce.
[Bb]
[C] [F] And [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Ab] [Bb] on [C] accordion, [F] Flaco Jimenez.
[Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Ab] [Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [F] Helping me out on vocals, [Bb] Eldridge King.
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] [Bb] Terry Evans.
[Fm] [Ab] And [Bb] [C]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] bobbing [Bb] me.
[C] [F] [Ab] [Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Bb]
[E] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[Ab] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[Ab] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[D] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[E] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Cm]
[F] [Bb] [F] [Ebm]
[F] [Eb] [F]
[Cm] [E] [F] [E] Oh, [F] pick me a [Cm] town, [F] me and Annie fly.
People like the rock and die.
Stay awake, all year and [Fm] night.
Man, everybody's feeling good right.
The [Bb] glory smack dab in the [Fm] middle.
Smack dab in the middle.
[C]
Smack dab in the middle.
[Fm] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my [F] soul.
[Bb] I [F] want a lot of bread and a gang of me.
Ooh, some butter, man.
Dallas [Fm] coffee to wash it down.
And my carbonated soul up out the pound.
[Bb] Ooh, smack dab in the middle.
[Fm]
[Ab] Smack [Eb] dab in [Ab] the middle.
[C]
Smack dab in the middle.
[Ab] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my [F] soul.
[Ab] [Bb] [C] [F]
[Bb] [E] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F] Well, I want a big jazz band, a lot of dancing girls.
Seats that's paved with natural [Cm] pearl.
[E] [F] Bring me a wagon load of [Fm] bonds and stone.
Open up the door to fun.
[F] [Bb] Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
[Bb] Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
[C] Smack dab in the middle.
Let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul.
Oh, [F] oh, [Ab]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Ab]
[Bb] [C] [Fm] [Ab]
[Bb] [E] [F] [Ab] oh, [Bb] [E] oh.
Oh, [F] smack dab.
Ooh.
[Ab]
[Bb] [F] Smack dab.
[Ab] Ooh.
[Bb] [E] Smack [F] dab.
[Cm]
[Bb] [E] [F] Smack dab.
[Cm]
[Bb] [E] Smack [F] dab.
[Ab]
[Bb] [E] [F] Smack dab.
[Ab] [Bb]
[C] [Ab] Smack [F] dab.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Ab] [F] [Ab] An alto [Bb] saxophone, Pat [C] Rizzo.
[F] Mr.
[Ab] Pat Rizzo.
[Bb] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [D]
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] On drums, [Ab] Isaac Garcia.
[Bb]
[Fm] [Bb]
[C] [F] On [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Bb] bass, [Ab] Big Red.
[Cm] [F] [Ab] Big Red in this [Bb] house.
[F] [Ab] On [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] bajo [Ab] sexto, Jesse Ponce.
[Bb]
[C] [F] And [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Ab] [Bb] on [C] accordion, [F] Flaco Jimenez.
[Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Ab] [Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [F] Helping me out on vocals, [Bb] Eldridge King.
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] [Bb] Terry Evans.
[Fm] [Ab] And [Bb] [C]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] bobbing [Bb] me.
[C] [F] [Ab] [Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Bb]
[E] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[Ab] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Ab] [Bb] [C]
[Ab] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[Fm] [F] [Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[D] [F] [Cm] [Bb]
[E] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Ab] [Bb]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
F
Ab
C
Fm
Bb
F
Ab
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ebm] _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ [E] Oh, [F] pick me a [Cm] town, [F] me and Annie fly. _
People like the rock and die.
Stay awake, all year and [Fm] night.
Man, _ everybody's feeling good right.
The [Bb] glory smack dab in the [Fm] middle. _ _ _
Smack dab in the middle.
_ [C] _ _
Smack dab in the middle.
[Fm] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my _ [F] soul. _
_ _ [Bb] I [F] _ want a lot of bread _ and a gang of me. _
Ooh, some butter, man. _ _ _ _
Dallas [Fm] coffee to wash it down.
And my carbonated soul up out the pound.
_ [Bb] Ooh, smack dab in the middle.
_ [Fm] _ _
[Ab] Smack [Eb] dab in [Ab] the middle.
_ _ [C] _
Smack dab in the middle.
_ [Ab] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my [F] soul. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [F] Well, I want a big jazz band, a lot of dancing girls.
Seats that's paved with natural [Cm] pearl.
[E] _ [F] Bring me a wagon load of [Fm] bonds and stone.
Open up the door to fun.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
_ _ _ [Bb] Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
_ _ [C] _ Smack dab in the middle.
_ Let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul.
Oh, [F] oh, _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] oh, [Bb] _ _ [E] oh.
Oh, [F] smack dab.
Ooh.
[Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Smack dab.
[Ab] Ooh. _
[Bb] _ _ [E] Smack [F] dab.
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [E] [F] Smack dab.
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ [E] Smack [F] dab.
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ [E] _ [F] Smack dab.
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ [C] [Ab] Smack [F] dab.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] An alto [Bb] saxophone, Pat [C] Rizzo.
_ [F] _ Mr.
[Ab] Pat Rizzo.
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ [F] On drums, [Ab] Isaac Garcia.
[Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ On [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] bass, [Ab] Big Red.
[Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] Big Red in this [Bb] house. _
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] On _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [F] _ bajo [Ab] sexto, Jesse Ponce.
[Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ [F] And [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] on [C] accordion, _ [F] Flaco Jimenez.
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Bb] [F] Helping me out on vocals, _ [Bb] Eldridge King.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Terry Evans. _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] And _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ bobbing [Bb] me.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ebm] _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ [E] Oh, [F] pick me a [Cm] town, [F] me and Annie fly. _
People like the rock and die.
Stay awake, all year and [Fm] night.
Man, _ everybody's feeling good right.
The [Bb] glory smack dab in the [Fm] middle. _ _ _
Smack dab in the middle.
_ [C] _ _
Smack dab in the middle.
[Fm] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my _ [F] soul. _
_ _ [Bb] I [F] _ want a lot of bread _ and a gang of me. _
Ooh, some butter, man. _ _ _ _
Dallas [Fm] coffee to wash it down.
And my carbonated soul up out the pound.
_ [Bb] Ooh, smack dab in the middle.
_ [Fm] _ _
[Ab] Smack [Eb] dab in [Ab] the middle.
_ _ [C] _
Smack dab in the middle.
_ [Ab] Let me rock and roll to satisfy my [F] soul. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [F] Well, I want a big jazz band, a lot of dancing girls.
Seats that's paved with natural [Cm] pearl.
[E] _ [F] Bring me a wagon load of [Fm] bonds and stone.
Open up the door to fun.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
_ _ _ [Bb] Smack dab in the [Ab] middle.
_ _ [C] _ Smack dab in the middle.
_ Let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul.
Oh, [F] oh, _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] oh, [Bb] _ _ [E] oh.
Oh, [F] smack dab.
Ooh.
[Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] Smack dab.
[Ab] Ooh. _
[Bb] _ _ [E] Smack [F] dab.
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [E] [F] Smack dab.
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ [E] Smack [F] dab.
_ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ [E] _ [F] Smack dab.
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ [C] [Ab] Smack [F] dab.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] An alto [Bb] saxophone, Pat [C] Rizzo.
_ [F] _ Mr.
[Ab] Pat Rizzo.
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ [F] On drums, [Ab] Isaac Garcia.
[Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ On [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] bass, [Ab] Big Red.
[Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] Big Red in this [Bb] house. _
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] On _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [F] _ bajo [Ab] sexto, Jesse Ponce.
[Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ [F] And [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] on [C] accordion, _ [F] Flaco Jimenez.
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Bb] [F] Helping me out on vocals, _ [Bb] Eldridge King.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Terry Evans. _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] And _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ bobbing [Bb] me.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _