I Never Talk To Strangers chords by Tom Waits

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Ebmaj7    C9    Fm7    Bb9    Ebmaj7    C9    Fm7    Bb9
Bartender, I'd like a Manhattan please

Verse:
Ebmaj7            C9
Stop me if you've heard this one
Fm7            Bb9
but I feel as though we've met before
Ebmaj7 C9
     Perhaps I am mistaken
Fm7                    Bb9        G7
But it's just that I remind you of
   Cm7              Fm7
Someone you used to care about
                      Bb9
Oh, but that was long ago
Ebmaj7                                        C9
Now tell me, do you really think I'd fall for that old line
  Fm7                Bb9
I was not born just yesterday

Chorus:
          Ebmaj7        Db9          Gb7   Bb9
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway

Verse:
 Ebmaj7              C9
Hell, I ain't a bad guy when you get to know me
Fm7                Bb9
I just thought there ain't no harm
Ebmaj7           C9
Hey, yeah, just try minding your own business, bud
Fm7                       Bb9  G7
Who asked you to annoy me
          Cm7           Db7
With your sad, sad repartee

Chorus:
          Ebmaj7        Db9          Gb7   Fm7
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway

Bridge:
     Ab                 Db7
Your life's a dimestore novel
Eb
This town is full of guys like you
           Ab             Db7     Eb
And you're looking for someone to take the place of her
            G7         Cm
You must be reading my mail
                           G
And you're bitter cause he left you
                 Cm                Cm7
That's why you're drinkin' in this bar
           Ab              C7                Fm7  Bb7
Well, only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers

Verse:
Ebmaj7            C9
It always takes one to know one stranger
Fm7                Bb9
Maybe we're just wiser now
Ebmaj7            C9
Yeah, and been around that block so many times
Fm7             Bb9   G7
That we don't notice

close:
           Cm                            Cmmaj7
That we're all just perfect strangers as long as we ignore
        Cm7
That we all begin as strangers
Am7
Just before we find
   Eb            Bsus4        Ebadd9
We really aren't strangers anymore

Outro:
Db9    Gb9    Ebmaj7    Ebmaj7
Aw, you don't look like such a chump
Aw, hey baby