the one in the middle chords by Manfred Mann

SimplifiedC · G · F

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
C 
G 
 (C major) Let me tell you 'bout  (G major) the
C 
G 
C 
 (C major)  (G major)  (C major) Manfreds
The music that they're
puttin' down
They started to play one rainy day
G 
And the people came from  (G major) miles around
F 
They didn't come  (F major) for the

Verse 2
rhythm
C 
They didn't come for the  (C major) beat
G 
The  (G major) people of the town came
F 
 (F major) just to stand around
C 
G 
 (C major) And see the singer  (G major) lookin' sweet

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 3

Mike Hugg plays the drums, yeah

Tom McGuiness lays it down on the bass

But the one in the middle sings "hey,

diddle, diddle"

Verse 4
God, he's just a pretty face
G 
F 
 (G major) They didn't come for  (F major) the rhythm
C 
F 
C 
They didn't come for the  (C major) beat  (F major)  (C major) 
G 
The  (G major) people of the town came
F 
 (F major) just to stand around
C 
G 
And  (C major) see the singer  (G major) lookin'
sweet

Interlude 1
They couldn't have
C 
 (C major) 
F 
 (F major) 
C 
 (C major) 
G 
F 
C 
G 
 (G major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 5
C 
Manfred Mann plays the  (C major) organ
Mike Vickers plays guitar
And there's a geezer called Paul
who's so thin and so tall
G 
F 
G 
And  (G major) sure  (F major) wants to be a star  (G major) 
F 
They didn't come  (F major) for the

Verse 6
rhythm
C 
They did not come for the beat,  (C major) oh no
G 
The  (G major) people of the town came
F 
 (F major) just to stand around
G 
And see the singer  (G major) lookin' sweet

Verse 7
F 
See  (F major) the singer lookin'
See the singer lookin'
Well, see the singer lookin'
Watch me now, see the singer lookin', oh
Oh yeah, see the singer
lookin'
Mmm-hmm, yeah, yeah,
see the singer lookin'
C 
Sweet  (C major) 