Key: G major
Verse 1
G
Cm
G
I found a stray at my back door
Em
She was a hungry shivering
Bm
G
Em
soul
Am
G
C
D
Her dress was rags, her shoes were holes
G
C
I found a stray at my back door
Verse 2
G
D
G
Cm
I washed the dirt
G
from off her face
Em
I tucked her clean into
Bm
Em
Bm
my bed
Am
G
C
D
But I could never wash away
G
C
The voices calling in her head
Interlude 1
G
D
G
Cm
G
Em
Bm
Am
C
D
G
C
G
D
Verse 3
G
Cm
Sometimes a smile
G
played on her lips
Em
That gave me joy where
Bm
G
Bm
there was none
Am
C
D
Until the shadow crossed her face
G
C
Like the moon across the sun
G
Interlude 2
D
G
Cm
G
Em
Bm
G
Bm
G
Am
C
D
G
C
G
D
Verse 4
G
Cm
G
Whatever life she had to live
D
Em
It was a life of moving on
Bm
G
Am
G
I woke up one day to find
C
D
G
C
My little stray had
come and gone
G
Verse 5
D
G
Cm
And she'll be out there
G
on the road
Bm
Em
If she's not picked up by
Bm
Em
the law
Bm
Em
Am
C
D
Or she'll be lying, nearly dying
G
C
At another stranger's door
G
Verse 6
D
G
Cm
G
I found a stray at my back door
Em
She was a hungry shivering
Bm
Em
soul
Am
Her dress was rags,
C
D
her shoes were holes
G
C
G
I found a stray at my back door
C
G
C
I found a stray at my back door
G
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