Total stranger chords by
Hank Thompson

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Key: Bb major•

Verse 1

Bb

Bb

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Eb

Eb

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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F

F

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I was

Bb

Bb

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down upon my luck

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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at the job_ s were hard to find_ .

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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I was sort of short on cash

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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and my bill was way behind.

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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So I went to see my lifelong friend,

Eb

Eb

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an old man now betrayed.

C

C

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F

F

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I figured as hell he'd help me out

C

C

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F

F

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with this fortune he'd made.

Bb

Bb

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I said, old pal, I need your help,

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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and I hate to be so bold

But remember when I saved your life

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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down at the swimming hole?

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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Now I'd like to ask a favor,

Eb

Eb

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if you can see your way

Edim

Edim

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F

F

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G

G

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I'd like to get a little loan,

C

C

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F

F

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Bb

Bb

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then I heard him say

Excuse me, total stranger,

Eb

Eb

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I can't seem to recall

Bb

Bb

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Now are you really certain

C

C

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that we've ever met at all?

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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I'd really like to help you out,

Eb

Eb

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as he opened wide the door

Bb

Bb

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A so long total stranger

Gm

Gm

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F

F

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Bb

Bb

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that I've never seen be_ fore

Now once I had a girlfriend

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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who really caught my eye_

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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And when my wife was out of town,

C

C

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F

F

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I'd caught her on the sly

Bb

Bb

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We'd taken all the night spots

Eb

Eb

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and honky -tonk around

F

F

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Join in all the parties

C

C

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F

F

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and really paint the town

Bb

Bb

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Eb

Eb

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But then one night my wife came home,

Bb

Bb

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she must have smelled a rat

She looked around from place

Gm

Gm

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to place

C

C

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F

F

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and found where I was at

Bb

Bb

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Well, there we were, all covered up,

Eb

Eb

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I knew that I was dead

C

C

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But before my wife could say a word,

F

F

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I jumped right up and said

Bb

Bb

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She's just a total stranger

Eb

Eb

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who came in off the street

Bb

Bb

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The place was kinda crowded,

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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F

F

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so I offered her a seat

Bb

Bb

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Now, I couldn't leave this lady

Eb

Eb

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just a -standin' on the floor

Bb

Bb

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Gm

Gm

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She's just a total stranger

C

C

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Bb

Bb

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that I've never seen be_ fore

Now, her friend said, let's go huntin'

Eb

Eb

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I've got the gun and shells,

Bb

Bb

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and the birds are ready flyin'

C

C

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And I think we'll do quite well

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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But he shot a half a dozen

Eb

Eb

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And then said, I suppose

C

C

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I really ought to tell you that

F

F

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The hunting season's closed

Bb

Bb

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About that time he heard a noise

Eb

Eb

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And stepped behind a tree

Bb

Bb

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He took the gun, the birds,

C

C

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the shell_ s

F

F

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And gave them all to me

Bb

Bb

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Up stepped the old game warden

Eb

Eb

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And found me standing there

C

C

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Gm

Gm

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And then to my com_ plete sur_ prise

C

C

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Bb

Bb

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I heard my friend declare

He's just a total stranger

Eb

Eb

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An_ d I was passin' by

Bb

Bb

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Gm

Gm

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I saw this total stranger

C

C

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F

F

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shoot those birds out of the sky

Bb

Bb

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It's a shame the way some people

Eb

Eb

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these laws they do ignore

Bb

Bb

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Like this total stranger

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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F

F

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that I've never seen be_ fore

Bb

Bb

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Eb

Eb

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Edim

Edim

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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F

F

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Bb

Bb

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Chords

Bb
Eb
Edim
C
Gm
F
G

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