Jimmy Buffett – Whos The Blonde Stranger (Guitar)

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Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Josh Leo and Michael Utley Note: q=130 w/half time feel; Note that Verse 5 is in 3/4 until the B7, where it returns to 4/4
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C               Am       D        G
Nothin' like this way out in West Texas

C           Am         D       G
Galveston Bay is a whole other world

   Em               A/C#      D        B7
My wife's in our room gettin' over her sunburn

          C          Am            D        G
How would Louis L'Amour get me next to that girl

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[Verse 2]
    C             Am           D     G
She tells me her tan is the same all over

    C            Am            D               G
She asks me to dance and says "Keep your boots on"

Em          A/C#     D       B7
She never met  a  number one cowboy

   C               Am           D         G
We rolled in the sand and drank rum until dawn
[Chorus]
C         D      G
Who's the blonde stranger, who entered my life,

          Am    D            G
Makin' me over,   in the moonlight?

             G
This side of Texas, is all new to me

                 Am        D                 G
Who's the blonde stranger,  who lives by the sea

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
  C                   Am       D            G
I stayed up all night and for me that's the first time

C               Am            D     G
Sneak in the room just as cool as I can.

  Em                A/C#          D       B7
I pull back the sheets and the bed is all empty

  C             Am              D          G
Except for a note left from some guy named Dan.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
   C               Am            D         G
My head got all light and the room started spinning

C               Am        D              G
I stepped outside just to get some fresh air

Em          A/C#        D        B7
Out on a wave was my own darlin' Lola

    C              Am    D             G
And some pretty boy with bleach in his hair
[Chorus]
C         D      G
Who's the blonde stranger, out there with my wife

               Am     D            G
What were they doin',   in the moonlight?

             G
This side of Texas, is all new to me

              Am         D                 G     |   G
Who are these strangers,   who live by the sea
[Verse 5]
C           Am        D            G
Back on the ranch and ev'rything's normal

C               Am        D        G
Beach blanket bingo comes on the T.V.

   C           Am        D             B7
We talk in our sleep and then the next morning

  C                                 D          G
I ask her "Who's Dan?" and she says   "Who's Marie?"
[Chorus]
C         D      G
Who's the blonde stranger, who entered my life,

          Am    D            G
Makin' me over,   in the moonlight?

             G
This side of Texas, is all new to me

                 Am        D                  G
Who's the blonde stranger,   who lives by the sea?

C         D      G
Who's the blonde stranger, who entered my life,

          Am    D            G
Makin' me over,   in the moonlight?

             G
This side of Texas, is all new to me

              Am         D                 G
Who are these strangers,   who live by the sea?

[Outro]
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