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🎸 Intro: A G A G A G A G 🎸 Verse 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 🎸 Verse 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
🎸 Verse 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 🎸 Verse 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 🎸 Verse 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 🎸 Verse 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 🎸 Verse 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
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Chords: A, G, D, E, E7