Kenny Rogers – The Stranger (Guitar)
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Chords
[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
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