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Lyr Req: With a Vamp in the Middle (John Hartford)

01 Jun 02 - 04:10 PM (#721221)
Subject: JOHN HARTFORD,VAMP IN THE MIDDLE
From: Jeep man

I once had a web site that listed all John's lyrics(with his permission. My machine crashed and I lost it. Can anyone help? Jeep


01 Jun 02 - 11:15 PM (#721374)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: JOHN HARTFORD,VAMP IN THE MIDDLE
From: wysiwyg

Hope so!

(refresh)

~S~


02 May 07 - 07:52 AM (#2041142)
Subject: Lyr Add: WITH A VAMP IN THE MIDDLE (John Hartford)
From: Jim Dixon

I compiled these lyrics by comparing several transcriptions found on the Internet, hence the alternative phrases:

WITH A VAMP IN THE MIDDLE
John Hartford

Make my bed with a crease in the middle
Make my home in a hollow in the hills (or "Hollywoodish hills" or "Hollywood of shills")
Make my livin' on a hillbilly fiddle
Playin' little runs and the funny (or "funky") little fills.

Well, I got me a gal from playin' on the fiddle
And the harder that I fiddle, the harder that she comes along;
And I (or "but we") gotta get happy, when we wiggle in the middle,
'Cause that's when I know they're gonna (or "I want to") come home.

CHORUS: Play, fiddle, play.
All day long, I hear you screamin' at me
Way far away in the yard.

Well, I wrote this song with a vamp in the middle,
And I knew when I wrote it, that I'd written it for the fiddle. CHORUS

[Recorded by John Hartford on "Aereo-Plain," 1971. The title is given as VAMP IN THE MIDDLE on 3 albums by New Grass Revival: "When the Storm Is Over," 1977; "Fly Through the Country," 1991; and "Grass Roots: The Best of New Grass Revival," 2005.]


08 Apr 08 - 11:24 PM (#2310789)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: With a Vamp in the Middle (John Hartford)
From: GUEST,Anthony Maki

I have not found any tabs for this song so Im takin a crack at it myself. For the verse you can play a dm with an open d and A alternating bass line to a C then walk down to the A7. but I cant figure out the chorus can anyone help?


10 Apr 08 - 11:07 AM (#2312080)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: With a Vamp in the Middle (John Hartford)
From: GUEST,anthony maki

I have figured it out


verse: em d b7

chorus: d g em c b7 em