The Strangers

Intro A G A G A G A G [Verso 1] A D Stranger I know where you’ll find her A D A G A G Down the road from here about a mile and a quarter A D You’ll know the place by shackey barn A E It stands in the field by a rundown farm D A G A G And a pond filled up with stagnant water [Verso 2] A D Then you’ll see a shack near by A E You’ll ask yourself I wonder why D A It looks so cold and lifeless all around D Chimney rocks are falling out A E It looks as though the fires gone out D A G A G And the biggest part of the house is rotted down [Verso 3] A D Though stranger,I ain’t seen her lately A She don’t come around here like she used to D You’ve got her pictured in your mind D Pretty gentle sweet and kind E E7 E7 E You’ve practiced every word you’re gonna say [Verso 4] A D You’ll call her name, but she won’t here you A D She’s in the graveyard near here E A G A G She died ten years ago, last May A D There was a man she talked about A E A man she had to live without D A Years ago, he up and left one day D He left her with an unborn child A E And a love for him that never died D A G A G And an aching heart that sent her to an early grave [Verso 5] A D Yes stranger I know who you are A E I recognized you from a far D A But you ain’t never seen me not one time D Yeh I know that you’re my dad A E From the pictures that my mama had D A G A G And it was me and mama that you left behind [Verso 6] A D Well, stranger you will find her there A In peaceful sleep on yonder hill D Where we once walked as I do still E A G A G To pick her flowers from the field [Verso 7] A D Cause mama don’t need you anymore A D And I don’t need you like before A E E7 E E You can go on back to where you went before A G A G A G A G A You’re just a stranger