D         A                 E
Everybody needs somebody to hurt it seems
D                       A
Caught in the middle of life
                   E
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams
D         A                 E
Everybody needs somebody to hurt it seems
D                       A
Caught in the middle of life
                   E
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams

                     D   E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
                     D   E
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

D                       A
Waiting for someone to help me
                  E
When someone will give you a hand
D                       A
You feel lonely at work
       E
Nobody understands
D                       A
You feel lonely on the train
              E
But you don't make a sound
D                       A
You keep it all inside
                        E
One day it's gonna come flooding out

D         A                 E
Everybody needs somebody to hurt it seems
D                       A
Caught in the middle of life
                   E
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams

                     D   E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

D                       A
You know each tear you cry
             E
You tear yourself in two

(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)
D                       A
We hurt with tears
                     E
And still we tear ourselves in two
D           A
Silence penetrates ya
                  E
And the walls are closing in
 D              A
Looking at that phone
                          E
Waiting, just waiting for someone to ring
D                       A
You know you could be a good friend
          E
You could treat ‘em well
D                   A                 E
But no one seems to be caught in your magic spell

D         A                 E
Everybody finds somebody to hurt, it seems
D                       A
Caught in the middle of life
                        E
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams
D         A                 E
Everybody finds somebody to hurt, it seems
D                       A
Caught in the middle of life
                   E
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams

                     D   E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

(Oh yeah)
                     D   E
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

(Oh yeah)
                     D   E
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
                     D   E
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
                     D   E
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)