Total Stranger Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I w[C#dim]as[Em][A][D][G]
down upon my luck
at the jobs [C]were hard [D]to find.
[G]I was sort of short on cash
and [A]my bill was way be[D]hind.
So I went to [G]see my lifelong friend,
[C]an old man now betrayed.
I figured as [A]hell he'd help me [D]out
with this fortune he'd made.
[G]I said, old pal, I need your help
and [C]I hate to be so bold.
[G]But remember when I saved your life
[A]down at the swimming [D]hole?
Now I'd like to [G]ask a favor,
uh, [C]if you can see your way
I'd like to [A]get a [D]little known,
[A]then [D]I heard him say
[G]Excuse me, total stranger,
[C]I can't seem to recall
Now are [G]you really certain
that [A]we've ever met [D]at all?
I'd really [G]like to help you out
as [C]he opened wide the door
[Cm]A so[G] long, total stranger
[Em]that I've never [D]seen [G]be fore
Now once I had a girlfriend
who [C]really caught my eye
[G]And when my [D]wife [G]was out of town,
[A]I caught her on [D]the sly
We'd [G]taken all the night spots
[C]an d honky -tonk around
Join in all [D]the parties
and [A]really [D]paint the town
[G]But then one night my wife came home,
[C]she must have smelled a [G]rat
She looked around from place
[Em]to place
and found [A]where I [D]was at
There [G]we were all cuddled up,
[C]I knew that I was dead
But before my wife could say [A]a word,
I jumped [D]right up and said
She [G]just had told a stranger
[C]who came in off the street
The place [G]was kinda crowded
[Em]so I[A] offered her a[D] seat
Now I couldn't [G]leave this lady
just [C]a -standin' on the floor
She [G]just had told [Em]a stranger
that [A]I'd never [D]seen before
[G]Now her friend said, let's go huntin'
I've [C]got the gun and shell[G]s
And the birds are ready flyin'
and I [A]think we'll do quite well
[D]Well he shot [G]a half a dozen
and then [C]said,
I suppose I really ought to [A]tell you
that the hunting season's [D]closed
About [G]that time he heard a noise
[C]and stepped behind a tree
[G]He took the gun, the birds,
the [A]shells
and gave them all [D]to me
Up stepped [G]the old game warden
and [C]found me standing there
And then to my [A]complete [G]surprise
[A]I heard my friend [G]declare
He's just a total stranger
an[C]d I was passing by
I saw [G]this total [Em]stranger
shoot [A]those birds out of [D]the sky
It's a shame [G]the way some people,
[C]these laws they do ignore
[G]Like the ghost angels
[Em]that [A]I've never seen [G]before
[C][C#dim][Em][A][D][G]