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Album: Straw in the WindReleased: 2017
[Intro]
C B G A
[Verse]
A C
Rode in from the west
G
With an eye towards
D A G D
A dollar to make
A C
He pitched us a sale
G
About healin' and
D A G D
Oil from a snake
A C
The barkeep he warned him
G
But the man he
D A G D
Did not comprehend
[Chorus]
C D
How strangers round here disappear
A
Like straw in the wind
[Instrumental]
C B G A
[Verse]
A C
Too young but in love
G
When she met him
D A G D
In some northern town
A
He treated her good
G
'Till the sun and
D A G D
The whiskey went down
A C
Did the bruise on her face
G
Test the patience
D A G D
Of all of her kin
[Chorus]
C D
Or do strangers round here disappear
A
Like straw in the wind
[Instrumental]
C B G A
[Verse]
A C
Oh Clem runs his mouth
G
When he drinks since
D A G D
His wife passed away
A C
But he's good to the kids
D
And his crops that
C A C G D
He sells for fair trade
A C
But a travelling man
G
Had enough took a
D A G D
Pipe to his chin
[Chorus]
C D
That travelling man disappeared
A
Like straw in the wind
[Solo]
A C D C A
A C D C A
C B G A
[Verse]
A C
Oh.. if the mouth of this river
G
Could talk here's
D A C G D
What it would say
A C
If you come here with Good
D
In your heart
C A C G D
You'll be on your way
A C
Oh but I'm not the one
G
Here who judged
D A C G D
Another man's sin
[Chorus]
C D
Or do strangers round here disappear
A
Like straw in the wind
[Outro]
C D
Oh... do strangers round here disappear
A
Like straw... in the wind
[Solo]
A C D C A
A C D C A
C D C D A
[Outro]
C B G A
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