Stranger Chords & Lyrics by Ben Caplan

Stranger

guitar chords lyrics

Ben Caplan

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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.


Cm

When I was a child
Ab
My mother would tuck me into bed
Cm Ab F
And each night as she kissed me
Eb G Cm
These are the words that she said

She said
Cm
Don�t go to bed with strangers
Ab
Don�t play with the dead
Cm Ab F
Always keep your wits sharp
Eb G Cm
Like an axe inside the shed

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm
Yay diridi....

Cm
When I was just a schoolboy
Ab
My father he spoke unto me
Cm Ab
He said boychick my son
F Eb
Don't trust anyone
G Cm
And remember that nothing is free

Cm
And the world is full of strangers
Ab
The world is full of dread
Cm Ab F Eb
The world is full of sharpened wits
G Cm
And millions of tears you will shed

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm
Yay diridi....

Cm
Well, when I was a young man
Ab G
My professor at university
G
Said advice is corrupting
Cm
Don't ever be trusting
G
Don't show your emotion
Cm
Human suffering is an ocean
Ab G Cm
And it's dark at the bottom of the sea

Cm
And there's no such thing as a stranger
Ab
We�re all equally backwards and wrong
Cm Ab
Sharpen axes not wits,
F Eb
Bones are broken by sticks
G Cm
And you�ll never be free till you're strong

Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm
Yay diridi...

G
Well, young man grow older
Cm
And the world gets colder
Ab G
Though it never was warm to begin
G
Don't let down your guard
Cm
For the reaper works hard
Ab G Cm
And it will not take pause till you�re dead

Well
Cm
Now I'm old and I'm rusty
Ab Cm Ab
My troubles like sand on the beach
Cm Ab
They can't be calculated
F Eb
I always have waited
G Cm
For something just out of reach

Cm
And I to myself am a stranger
Ab
My heart is of iron and lead
Cm Ab
My world is resounding
Cm Ab
With miseries abounding
G Cm
There�s only one thing to be said

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

Cm Ab
Yay dilidi day dilididay Yay dilidi day dayday
Cm Ab Cm Cm
Diliday dayday Dilidi daydayday
G Eb Cm
Dayday dayday dayday