The Stranger's Story chords by Bill Anderson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Oh come hear a story
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a stranger just told me
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Of a  woman who meant everything
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So proud he once honed her,
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but he has her no longer,
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for she wears another man's ring.
He talked of the good time
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they had in the springtime,
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before she was stolen away.
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He blamed her, oh no none,
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he said she was too young,
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and that's why she wanted to stray.
We drank to her new love,
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that it might be true love,
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her future both happy and bright.
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With his eyes growin' misty,
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he drank down the whiskey
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that was tellin' his story, that night.
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And though he didn't even know me,
he told me all of his story.
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And not one single word did
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he say without pride.
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And then he asked me if I blamed her.
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But oh, when he named her,
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I wanted to run out and hide.
How could I tell him,
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the man that had dealt him
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His sadness and sorrow was me.
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I ran from the table
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while I was still able
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To hold back my own misery.
And now a wonder comes to me
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That maybe he knew me
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And  he told me, just so I'd cry
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But without his knowing,
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my teardrops were flowing
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For she had just told me
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good -bye you