I Never Talk To Strangers chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Eb MajorEb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  C9C9  Fm7Fm7  Bb9Bb9  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  C9C9  Fm7Fm7  Bb9Bb9
Bartender, I'd like a Manhattan please

Verse:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      C9C9
Stop me if you've heard this one
Fm7Fm7      Bb9Bb9
but I feel as though we've met before
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 C9C9
   Perhaps I am mistaken
Fm7Fm7          Bb9Bb9    G7G7
But it's just that I remind you of
  Cm7Cm7       Fm7Fm7
Someone you used to care about
           Bb9Bb9
Oh, but that was long ago
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7                    C9C9
Now tell me, do you really think I'd fall for that old line
 Fm7Fm7        Bb9Bb9
I was not born just yesterday

Chorus:
     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    Db9Db9     Gb7Gb7  Bb9Bb9
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway

Verse:
 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7       C9C9
Hell, I ain't a bad guy when you get to know me
Fm7Fm7        Bb9Bb9
I just thought there ain't no harm
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      C9C9
Hey, yeah, just try minding your own business, bud
Fm7Fm7            Bb9Bb9 G7G7
Who asked you to annoy me
     Cm7Cm7      Db7Db7
With your sad, sad repartee

Chorus:
     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    Db9Db9     Gb7Gb7  Fm7Fm7
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway

Bridge:
   AbAb         Db7Db7
Your life's a dimestore novel
Eb MajorEb
This town is full of guys like you
      AbAb       Db7Db7   Eb MajorEb
And you're looking for someone to take the place of her
      G7G7     C minorCm
You must be reading my mail
              G+G
And you're bitter cause he left you
         C minorCm        Cm7Cm7
That's why you're drinkin' in this bar
      AbAb       C7C7        Fm7Fm7 Bb7Bb7
Well, only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers

Verse:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      C9C9
It always takes one to know one stranger
Fm7Fm7        Bb9Bb9
Maybe we're just wiser now
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      C9C9
Yeah, and been around that block so many times
Fm7Fm7       Bb9Bb9  G7G7
That we don't notice

close:
      C minorCm              CmMaj7Cmmaj7
That we're all just perfect strangers as long as we ignore
    Cm7Cm7
That we all begin as strangers
Am7Am7
Just before we find
  Eb MajorEb      Bsus4Bsus4    Ebadd9Ebadd9
We really aren't strangers anymore

Outro:
Db9Db9  Gb9Gb9  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Aw, you don't look like such a chump
Aw, hey baby