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Out Here In The Middle

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Robert Earl Keen, Jr. (born January 11, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. Growing up, Keen was interested in music, sports, movies and writing. He attended Texas A&M University, enrolling in the school of journalism. Disappointed in the College Station, Texas music scene, he began playing guitar and learned to read and write music, basing his style on folk, country, blues and roots rock. In 1977 he rented a house from landlord Jack Boyett, where his neighbor was a then-unknown Lyle Lovett.

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Out Here in the Middle
by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Written by: James McMurtry
Capo 4th fret

G D C
They broke into your car last night, took your stereo.
G D C
Now you say you don't know why you even live there anymore.
G D Em C D C
Garage man didn't see a thing so you guess it was an inside job...

G D C
You made reservations, a table for three.
G D C
They said you had to wait, somebody must've bribed the maitre d'.
G D C
The boss got mad and blamed it all on you...
G D Em C D
The food was bad, the deal fell through.

C G D G
- Out here in the middle you can park it on the street,
C G D
Skip up to the counter, nearly always get a seat.
C G D Em
Nobody steals, nobody cheats...
C G D C G D C G D
Wish you were here, my love. Wish you were here, my love. -

G D/F# C
We got tractor pulls and Red Man chew.
G D/F# C
Coporate relow(?) refugees who need love too.
G D/F# Em C D C
And we ain't seen Elvis in a year or two.
G D/F# C
We got justification for wealth and greed,
G D/F# C
"Amber waves of grain" and bathtub speed.
G D/F# Em C D
Now we even got Starbucks, what else ya need?

C G D G
- Out here in the middle where the center's on the right
C G D
And the ghost of William Jennings Bryan preaches every night.
C G D Em
Save your lonely souls in the dashboard light.
C G D C G D
Wish you were here, my love. Wish you were here, my love. -

C G D C G D C G D

C G D G
- Out here in the middle where the buffalo roam
C G D
We're puttin' up towers for youe cellphone.
C G D Em
And we screen all applicants with a fine-tooth comb.
C G D
Wish you were here, my love (wish you were here, my love)
C G D
Wish you were here, my love (wish you were here, my love)
C G D
Wish you were here, my love (I wish you were here)
C G D
Wish you were here, my love.
C G D C G D
Wish you were here, my love (wish you were here...)