(Charles E. Calhoun)

(G) - (G7) - (C) - (D7) - (F)



Well, (G) pick me a town in any clime

People like a rockin' time

Stay awake both day and night

And everybody's feeling good and right

Then (G7) throw me

(C) Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

(D7) Smack dab in the middle

Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my (F) soul (G)



I want ten Cadillacs and a diamond mill

Ten suits of clothes all dressed to kill

Ten room house and-a some barbecue

And-a fifty chicks none over twenty-two

Then throw me

Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul



I want a lotta bread and gangs of meat

Oodles of butter and something sweet

Gallons of coffee to wash it down

And bi-carbonated soda by the pound

Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul



Well, I want a big jazz band, a lotta dancing girls

A street that's paved with natural pearl

Bring me a wagonload of bonds and stocks

And then open up the doors to Fort Knox

Then throw me

Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

Smack dab in the middle

Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul

Soul, soul, soul

Smack dab, smack dab, smack dab...