The Stranger

Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste [Intro] D D G G x2 [Verse 1] D G Stranger I know where you'll find her D G D G D Down the road from here about a mile and a quarter D G You'll know the place by a shackey barn D A That stands in the field by a run-down farm G D By a pond, filled up with stagnant water [Transitional Chords] G D G [Verse 2] D G Then you'll see a shack nearby D A You'll ask yourself I wonder why G D G It looks so cold and lifeless all around D G Chimney rocks are fallin' out D A It looks as though the fire's gone out G D And the biggest part of the house is rotted down [Transitional Chords] G D G [Chorus 1] G Though Stranger… D I ain't seen her lately G D She don't come around here like she used to G You've got her pictured in your mind G Pretty, gentle, sweet and kind G D You've practiced every word you're gonna say D G You'll call her name but she won't hear you D G She's in the graveyard near you D A D She died ten years ago, last May [Transitional Chords] G D G [Verse 3] D G There was a man she talked about D A A man she had to live without G D Years ago he just turned and left one day D G He left her with an unborn child D A And a love for him that never died G D And an aching heart that sent her to an early grave [Transitional Chords] G D G [Verse 4] D G Yes, Stranger I know who you are D A I recognized you from afar G But you ain't never seen me D G Not one time D G Yes, I know that you're my dad D A From pictures that my Momma had G D And it was me and Momma that you left behind [Transitional Chords] G D G [Chorus 2] D G Stranger you will find her there D In a peaceful sleep on yonder hill D G Where we once walked as I do still A D To pick her flowers from the field [Transitional Chords] G D G [Verse 5] D G Momma don't need you anymore D G And I don't need you like before D G A You can go on back to where you went before… D G D You're just a stranger [Outro] D D G G x2 D