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{title: Man in the middle} {artist: Bee Gees} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 112} {key: Em} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsJ5x_mYbA4} {start_of_part: Intro} [Em] [A/E] [Em] [A/E] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Em] You've got a plan that could never go wrong [D] You took advantage and the damage done It all comes [A]back to me baby, it all comes [Em]back to me [D] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Em] I played the fool and I went off the track And when I [D]think of all it cost, when the die was cast You know I [A]had to be crazy, you know I [Em]had to be {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Em] I've been telling [A]lies, [Em] and you forgive me but my [D]heart still cries, and you can understand {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} I'm just the [Em]man in the [C]middle of a [G]complicated [D]plan [Em]No one to [C]show me the [G]signs [Am] I'm just a [Em]creature of [C]habit in a [G]complicated [D]world [C]Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Em] [A/E] [Em] [A/E] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} [Em] I know I let you down in so many ways I know that [D]sorry doesn't tell you what you need me to say But, I would [A]die for you baby, yes, I would [Em]die for you {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 5} [Em] I've been in dis[A]guise [Em] And you forgive me and our [D]love will rise, and you can understand {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} I'm just the [Em]man in the [C]middle of a [G]complicated [D]plan [Em]No one to [C]show me the [G]light [Am] Ah, yes, I'm [Em]weary from [C]battle but I've [G]just begun to [D]fight [C]Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} I'm just the [Em]man in the [C]middle of a [G]complicated [D]plan [Em]No one to [C]show me the [G]signs [Am] I'm just a [Em]creature of [C]habit in a [G]complicated [D]world [C]Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Em] [A/E] [Em] [A/E] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 4} I'm just the [Em]man in the [C]middle of a [G]complicated [D]plan [Em]No one to [C]show me the [G]light [Am] Ah, yes, I'm [Em]weary from [C]battle but I've [G]just begun to [D]fight [C]Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 5} I'm just the [Em]man in the [C]middle [G] [D] the only [Em]man [C] [G] [Am] The fool of a [Em]man in the [C]middle [G] [D] [C]nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 6} I'm just the [Em]man [C] [G] [D] the only [Em]man [C] [G] [D] that stupid [Em]man, [C] [G] [D] [C]nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outtro} [Em] [A/E] [Em] [A/E] [Em] {end_of_part}