Total Stranger chords by Hank Thompson, Lyle Lovett
Verse 1
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I was
down upon my luck
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at the jobs were hard to find.
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I was sort of short on cash
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and my bill was way behind.
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So I went to see my lifelong friend,
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an old man now betrayed.
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I figured as hell he'd help me out
with this fortune he'd made.
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I said, old pal, I need your help
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and I hate to be so bold.
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But remember when I saved your life
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down at the swimming hole?
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Now I'd like to ask a favor,
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uh, if you can see your way
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I'd like to get a little known,
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then I heard him say
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Excuse me, total stranger,
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I can't seem to recall
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Now are you really certain
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that we've ever met at all?
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I'd really like to help you out
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as he opened wide the door
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A so long, total stranger
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that I've never seen be fore
Now once I had a girlfriend
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who really caught my eye
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And when my wife was out of town,
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I caught her on the sly
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We'd taken all the night spots
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an d honky -tonk around
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Join in all the parties
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and really paint the town
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But then one night my wife came home,
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she must have smelled a rat
She looked around from place
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to place
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and found where I was at
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There we were all cuddled up,
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I knew that I was dead
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But before my wife could say a word,
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I jumped right up and said
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She just had told a stranger
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who came in off the street
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The place was kinda crowded
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so I offered her a seat
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Now I couldn't leave this lady
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just a -standin' on the floor
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She just had told a stranger
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that I'd never seen before
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Now her friend said, let's go huntin'
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I've got the gun and shells
And the birds are ready flyin'
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and I think we'll do quite well
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Well he shot a half a dozen
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and then said,
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I suppose I really ought to tell you
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that the hunting season's closed
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About that time he heard a noise
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and stepped behind a tree
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He took the gun, the birds,
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the shells
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and gave them all to me
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Up stepped the old game warden
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and found me standing there
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And then to my complete surprise
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I heard my friend declare
He's just a total stranger
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and I was passing by
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I saw this total stranger
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shoot those birds out of the sky
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It's a shame the way some people,
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these laws they do ignore
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Like the ghost angels
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that I've never seen before
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Total Stranger
Hank Thompson, Lyle Lovett
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