The Strangers
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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
How to play The Strangers
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.