Chords for Ben Caplan - Stranger @ CMW: Live Near Bellwoods

_ Or is this a guy pitching called Stranger? _
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[D] _ [Cm] When _ _ _ _ _
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I _ was a child, _ _ my [E] _ _ mother [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] would [Cm] _ tuck _ _ the end.
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_ _ [C] And each night as she [Ab] _ [F] kissed me,
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He taught [G] her words that she [Cm] said. _
[B] She [Cm] said, don't play with _ strangers.
_ _ _ Don't play [Ab] with death.
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_ Always keep [Ab] your [F] grits sharp [Eb] like an axe [G] inside [Cm] the shed. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Well, when I was just a _ _ schoolboy, my father, he spoke [Ab] unto me.
_ [Cm] He said, boy, take [Ab] my son.
[F] Don't trust [Eb] anyone.
And [G] remember that nothing [Cm] is free.
_ And the world is full of strangers.
_ The world is full [Ab] of dread.
[Cm] The world [Ab] is full [F] of [Eb] sharp and wit [G] and millions of tears you [Cm] will shed.
_ [Gb] Dye, _ dye, dye _ _ _
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_ _ Well, when I was a young man, my _ [Ab] professor at _ _ _ [G] university _ _ _
_ Terribles is _ [Cm] corrupting, don't ever be [G] toasty, don't show your [Cm] emotion.
Human suffering is an ocean, [Ab] and it's dark [G] at the bottom [Cm] of the sea.
[B] _ [Cm] And there's no such thing as a _ stature, that I need to look [Eb] backwards [Ab] and wrong. _ _
[Cm] Chumbalax [Ab] is my brace, [F] bones are broken [Eb] by sticks, [G] and your mammoth, they're free till [Cm] you're [B] strong.
Die, [Cm] die die die, die, die. _ _ _ _ _
Die, die, die, [Ab] die, die, _ die, [Cm] die.
Die, [Ab] die, die die, [Cm] die, _ [Ab] die, die.
[G] Die, _
[Eb] _ _ die, die, die, die, die, die.
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[G] Well remember, [B] older [Cm] the world [Eb] gets taller, [Ab] don't ever lose [Bb] more [G] to begin.
_ _ _ Don't let down [Bm] your guard, [Cm] for the reaper [Eb] works hard, [Ab] and he will not [G] take pause [Cm] till you're [D] dead.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] Well _ now I am _ old, _ and I am rusty. _
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[B] _ _ _ _ I [Cm] make rubbles like sand on [Ab] the beach.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] can't be _
[Ab] calculated, [F] I [Eb] always have waited [G] for something just out [Cm] of reach.
_ _ And I to _ myself am a stranger, _ my heart is wider [Ab] than lead. _
[Cm] My world is [Ab] resounding [F] with miseries [Eb] _ abounding, [G] and only one thing to [Cm] be said.
_ I'll say yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi [Ab] yi yi _ yi yi [Cm] yi yi [Ab] yi yi _
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] yi yi yi yi yi yi [G] yi yi yi yi yi [Eb] yi _ _ _ _ [D] yi yi yi _ [Cm] _ yi _ _ _ _ _ _ yi yi [Ab] yi yi yi yi yi _ _ yi yi [Cm] _ _ _
[Ab] yi [Cm] yi yi yi yi yi yi _ [Ab] yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi
[G] yi yi [Eb] yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi [D] yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
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yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi yi _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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