Strays chords by Tim Kasher

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I've been thinking I should
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write some kinda lovesong for you
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D 
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To  prove to you I
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do
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Verse 2
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It shouldn't be too hard to write
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I'll just think of that time I first met you
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in Omaha
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You were stranded on Jackson with a
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bus fare to who knows where
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I took you in right then and there
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And life took on  a new form
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No more staying

Verse 3
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out all night
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No more killing ourselves just to
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make ourselves feel alright
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No more sleeping with strangers and
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those awkward goodbyes
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Verse 4
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I've never had much family
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never had too many friends
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Then you came wandering
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through
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And pompously I took you for granted
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That's why I gotta write this little,
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this little love song for you

Verse 5
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I'll sing about those Denver mornings you'd wake
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up bawling about a long lost kid
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Your maternal instincts were kicking in
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As the sun dazzled bright
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above the peaks
You brought home a dog you
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found in the alley
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You said "Can't we keep her?"
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I said "What kinda man would I be?"
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So you bought her a collar and called her
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family

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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Writers are selfish
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Writers are egotists
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I'm afraid I'm as bad
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as it gets
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Verse 7
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I keep forgetting to censor the truth
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That why I better write some kinda,
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some kinda love song for you
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I'm driving cross country in a U-Haul
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On On the hunt for our new home
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High atop Eagle Rock
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We found a house with a big backyard
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So we picked up yet another mutt
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From the Crenshaw pound
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Sipping coffee on the porch while the dogs
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wrestle on the lawn
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I'm sorry I've had my doubts
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We're a family of strays but togeth
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er we've been found
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We're a family of strays but together
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we've been found