Chords for Lightnin' Hopkins-Stranger Here
Tempo:
85.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[B] [A]
[C#m] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [A] [B]
[E] [B]
[E] You know I'm a stranger [Em] here.
[A] You know tell me [E] is I'm wrong.
You know I'm a [A] stranger here.
[C#m] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [A] [B]
[E] [B]
[E] You know I'm a stranger [Em] here.
[A] You know tell me [E] is I'm wrong.
You know I'm a [A] stranger here.
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_ _ [E] _ You know I'm a stranger [Em] here. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ You know tell me [E] is I'm wrong. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You know I'm a [A] stranger here.
I'm stranded too. _ _ _ _
Tell me [E] is I'm wrong. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If [Bm] ain't got [F#] no fool baby, will you please ma'am [A] do me a favor? _ _ _
[E] Will you please just throw this old dog a bone? _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ Well you [Bm] know they been raising sin, they [E] been raising sin.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] Way down in Alabama town. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ People [A] keep on, keep on raising sin.
_ _ [E] Oh man, way down in Alabama town.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You know I don't [B] stop no place that they fighting.
[C#m] _
[A] _ _ [Em] That's the reason poor Lanny keep [E] going around. _
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_ [E] You know poor mama come to me, she was crying. _
[A] _ _ _ _ She said, [E] son what do you have [Em] on your mind?
_ [E] _ I said, I don't know mama, I guess I have to leave here.
_ Whoa, [A] tell me, tell me, tell me now son.
_ _ _ Tell me what you got [E] on your mind.
_ _ _ _ _ _ She said, a [B] book said there is no more water.
_ _ [A] _ [E] But remember son, there'll be fire the next time.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] I said I'm gonna leave Alabama mama.
_ [E] _ This next thing I'm gonna do, _ when I land in one of them [Gm] good places,
I'm gonna _ [G] write a letter back home to you.
[E] _ So I decide I come to New York City, _ [G] why everything's fine.
[E] _ But [G] every day in the village they run up with [Em] _ Alabama on their mind.
_ [E] _
So if they don't stop fighting, _ it's gonna [G] be a war pretty soon.
_ They always gonna call us a dog.
[E] _
Next thing we must be a coon.
[A] _ _ Boy, _ _ _ I hope they'll stop [E] fighting soon.
_ _ _ _ _ _ You know [B] they've already called me a dog.
_ _ [A] _ [E] God knows I don't wanna be called a coon.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ You know I'm a stranger [Em] here. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ You know tell me [E] is I'm wrong. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You know I'm a [A] stranger here.
I'm stranded too. _ _ _ _
Tell me [E] is I'm wrong. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If [Bm] ain't got [F#] no fool baby, will you please ma'am [A] do me a favor? _ _ _
[E] Will you please just throw this old dog a bone? _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ Well you [Bm] know they been raising sin, they [E] been raising sin.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] Way down in Alabama town. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ People [A] keep on, keep on raising sin.
_ _ [E] Oh man, way down in Alabama town.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You know I don't [B] stop no place that they fighting.
[C#m] _
[A] _ _ [Em] That's the reason poor Lanny keep [E] going around. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] You know poor mama come to me, she was crying. _
[A] _ _ _ _ She said, [E] son what do you have [Em] on your mind?
_ [E] _ I said, I don't know mama, I guess I have to leave here.
_ Whoa, [A] tell me, tell me, tell me now son.
_ _ _ Tell me what you got [E] on your mind.
_ _ _ _ _ _ She said, a [B] book said there is no more water.
_ _ [A] _ [E] But remember son, there'll be fire the next time.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
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_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] I said I'm gonna leave Alabama mama.
_ [E] _ This next thing I'm gonna do, _ when I land in one of them [Gm] good places,
I'm gonna _ [G] write a letter back home to you.
[E] _ So I decide I come to New York City, _ [G] why everything's fine.
[E] _ But [G] every day in the village they run up with [Em] _ Alabama on their mind.
_ [E] _
So if they don't stop fighting, _ it's gonna [G] be a war pretty soon.
_ They always gonna call us a dog.
[E] _
Next thing we must be a coon.
[A] _ _ Boy, _ _ _ I hope they'll stop [E] fighting soon.
_ _ _ _ _ _ You know [B] they've already called me a dog.
_ _ [A] _ [E] God knows I don't wanna be called a coon.
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