Strays Chords by Tim Kasher

_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I've been thinking [Bm] I should write some kind of love [G] song for you
_ _ _ [Bm] To _ [C] prove to you _ [Em] I _ do
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ It shouldn't [B] be too [C] hard to write
_ I'll _ [Em]
just think of that time [Bm] I first saw you in [G] Omaha
_ You _ _ _ _ [C]
were stranded on [Em] Jackson, the bus fare to who [Bm]
knows where
I _ _ [G] took you in right [C] then and there _ _
_ _ _ [Em] And life _ [Bm]
took on [G] a new _ form
_ No [C] more staying out all night _
_ _ [Em] No more killing ourselves [Bm] just to make ourselves feel [G] alright _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] No more sleeping with strangers in those awkward [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ goodbyes
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ Never [Bm] had much family, never had [G] too many friends _
_ _ Then [C] you kept _ wandering [Em] _ _ through
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Impulsively I took you for granted _
[Bm] That's _ [Em] _ why I gotta write this [Bm] little, this little love [G] song for you
_ I'll _ sing [C] about those Denver mornings
[Em] You'd wake up falling, about a [Bm] long lost kid
Your _ [G] maternal instincts were [C] kicking in
_ _ _ _ [Em] As the sun [Bm] dazzled bright upon [G]
the _ peaks
You brought home a [Bm] dog you [C] found in the alley
_ _ [Bm] You [Em] said, can we keep her?
I [Bm] said, well, what kind of man [G] would I be?
_ _ _ _ [Bm] So you bought her a collar and called her [G] _
_ family
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Bm] Writers are selfish, writers [G]
are _ egotists
_ _ [Bm] I'm afraid I'm as bad as [Em]
it _ [Bm] gets
I _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ keep forgetting to [C] censor the truth
_ [E] _ _ [Em]
That's why I better write some [Bm] kind of, some kind of love [G] song for you
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Driving [Em] cross country [Bm] into your home
_ _ On [G] the hunt for our [C] new home _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] Hayata, Igora _
We found a house [C] with a big backyard
[B] _
So [Bm] _ _ [Em] we picked up yet another [Bm]
mutt from the [G] Crenshaw pound _ _ _
_ _ [C] Sipping coffee on the porch [Em] while the dogs wrestle [Bm] on the lawn _ _ _
_ _ [G] I'm sorry I've had [Em] my doubts
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] We're a [C] family of strays, [Bm] but together we've been [G] found
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] We're a family of strays, [Bm] but together we've been [G]
found
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G]
oh, _ _ _ _ _ [C] oh
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _