Backing tracks

(2 beats per bar) 4 bars guitar then 8-bar motif

verse 1
  See the curtains hanging in the window
  In the evening on a Friday ni-i-ight.
  A little light shining through the window
  Lets me know everything’s alri-ight.

chorus
   Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mi-i-ind.
   Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mi-i-ind.

instrumental motif

verse 2
  See the paper laying on the sidewalk,
A little music from the house next do-o-or,
  So I walk on up to the doorstep,
  Through the screen and across the flo-o-or.

chorus
   Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mi-i-ind.
   Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mi-i-ind.

bridge
Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom,
July is dressed up and playing her tune,
And I come home from a hard day’s work
And you’re waiting there,
Not a care in the wo-o-o-orld.

verse 3
  See the smile awaiting in the kitchen,
  Food cooking and the plates for two-o-o.
  Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
  In the evening when the day is thro-o-ough.

chorus
   Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mi-i-ind.
   Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mi-i-ind.

instrumental outro

intro – 4 bars

chorus
Sugar, oh, Honey, Honey.
             (Honey, Honey)
You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you.
Honey, oh, Sugar, Sugar.
             (Sugar, Sugar)
You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you.

verse 1
I just can’t believe the loveliness of loving you.
(I just can’t believe it’s true)
I just can’t believe the wonder of this feeling too.
(I just can’t believe it’s true)

chorus
Sugar, oh, Honey, Honey.
             (Honey, Honey)
You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you.
Aah Honey, oh, Sugar, Sugar.
                 (Sugar, Sugar)
You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you.

verse 2
When I kissed you girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be.
(I know how sweet a kiss can be)
Like the summer sunshine pour your sweetness over me.
(Pour your sweetness over me)

bridge
Oh, Sugar. (pour your sugar on me honey) Pour your sugar on me baby.
I’m gonna make love so sweet. (hey hey yeah)
Pour your sugar on me, (oh yeah)
Pour your sugar on me honey. Pour your sugar on me baby.
I’m gonna make love so sweet. (hey hey yeah)
Pour your sugar on me honey.

chorus
Sugar, oh, Honey, Honey.
             (Honey, Honey)
You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you.
Aah Honey, oh, Sugar, Sugar.
   (Honey, Honey, Honey, Honey, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar…)
You are my candy girl…

intro – 4 bars

verse 1
Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight.
I got the feeling that something ain’t right.
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

verse 2
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
And I’m wondering what it is I should do.
It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Lose control, yeah, I’m all over the place.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

bridge
Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man
And your friends, they all come crawlin’,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. please…..

slide guitar – 4 bars

verse 3
Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all.
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
‘Cause I don’t think that I can take any more.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

solo – 12 bars

bridge
Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man
And your friends, they all come crawlin’,
Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. please…..

slide guitar – 4 bars

verse 1 repeat and outro
Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight.
I got the feeling that something ain’t right.
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
  Stuck in the middle with you.
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

intro – 4 bars guitar

verse 1
I know I stand in line until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me.
And if we go someplace to dance I know that there’s a chance
You won’t be leaving with me.
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two.
And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid
Like “I love you.”

bridge 1
I can see it in your eyes that you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before.
And though it’s just a line to you for me it’s true
And never seemed so right before.

verse 2
I practise every day to find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come true.
But then I think I’ll wait until the evening gets late
And I’m alone with you.
The time is right, your perfume fills my head,
The stars get red and oh, the night’s so blue.
And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid
Like “I love you.”

verse 3
I practise every day to find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come true.
But then I think I’ll wait until the evening gets late
And I’m alone with you.
The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red
And oh, the night’s so blue.
And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid
Like “I love you.”

outro
I love you   I love you   I love you

intro – 2 x bass and piano phrase (4 bars)

verse 1
  Well no one told me about her, the way she lied.
  Well no one told me about her, how many people cried.

chorus
But it’s too late to say you’re sorry.
How would I know, why should I care?
Please don’t bother tryin’ to find her, she’s not there.
Well let me tell you ’bout the way she looked,
The way she acted and the colour of her hair,
Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright,
But she’s not there.

repeat intro

verse 2
  Well no one told me about her, what could I do?
  Well no one told me about her, though they all knew.

chorus
But it’s too late to say you’re sorry.
How would I know, why should I care?
Please don’t bother tryin’ to find her, she’s not there.
Well let me tell you ’bout the way she looked,
The way she acted and the colour of her hair,
Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright,
But she’s not there.

instrumental – 9 bars

chorus
But it’s too late to say you’re sorry.
How would I know, why should I care?
Please don’t bother tryin’ to find her, she’s not there.
Well let me tell you ’bout the way she looked,
The way she acted and the colour of her hair,
Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright,
But she’s not there.