Ben Caplan – Stranger chords

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                  Stranger – Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers
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Tabbed by: cg10

Thanks to the cover of BurnedFrets on YouTube.


CmWhen I was a child
                              AbMy mother would tuck me into bed
    Cm                 Ab    FAnd each night as she kissed me 
Eb            G              CmThese are the words that she said

She said
CmDon’t go to bed with strangers
                     AbDon’t play with the dead
Cm                Ab   FAlways keep your wits sharp
        Eb   G          CmLike an axe inside the shed

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-CmYay diridi....

CmWhen I was just a schoolboy
                     AbMy father he spoke unto me
Cm                   AbHe said boychick my son
        F       EbDon't trust anyone
 G                            CmAnd remember that nothing is free

CmAnd the world is full of strangers
                      AbThe world is full of dread
Cm            Ab      F        EbThe world is full of sharpened wits
 G                              CmAnd millions of tears you will shed

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-CmYay diridi....

CmWell, when I was a young man
                Ab     GMy professor at university
GSaid advice is corrupting
CmDon't ever be trusting
GDon't show your emotion
CmHuman suffering is an ocean
          Ab           G            CmAnd it's dark at the bottom of the sea

CmAnd there's no such thing as a stranger
                                 AbWe’re all equally backwards and wrong
Cm                   AbSharpen axes not wits,
      F        EbBones are broken by sticks
            G                         CmAnd you’ll never be free till you're strong

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-CmYay diridi...

        GWell, young man grow older
         CmAnd the world gets colder
           Ab              GThough it never was warm to begin
GDon't let down your guard
CmFor the reaper works hard
        Ab            G                CmAnd it will not take pause till you’re dead

Well
CmNow I'm old and I'm rusty
     Ab           Cm          AbMy troubles like sand on the beach
           Cm       AbThey can't be calculated
  F            EbI always have waited
     G                     CmFor something just out of reach

CmAnd I to myself am a stranger
                          AbMy heart is of iron and lead
    Cm       AbMy world is resounding
      Cm         AbWith miseries abounding
      G                    CmThere’s only one thing to be said

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-CmI'll say
Yay diridi...

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