----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stranger ? Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: cg10 Thanks to the cover of BurnedFrets on YouTube. Cm When I was a child Ab My mother would tuck me into bed Cm Ab F And each night as she kissed me Eb G Cm These are the words that she said She said Cm Don?t go to bed with strangers Ab Don?t play with the dead Cm Ab F Always keep your wits sharp Eb G Cm Like an axe inside the shed Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm Yay diridi.... Cm When I was just a schoolboy Ab My father he spoke unto me Cm Ab He said boychick my son F Eb Don't trust anyone G Cm And remember that nothing is free Cm And the world is full of strangers Ab The world is full of dread Cm Ab F Eb The world is full of sharpened wits G Cm And millions of tears you will shed Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm Yay diridi.... Cm Well, when I was a young man Ab G My professor at university G Said advice is corrupting Cm Don't ever be trusting G Don't show your emotion Cm Human suffering is an ocean Ab G Cm And it's dark at the bottom of the sea Cm And there's no such thing as a stranger Ab We?re all equally backwards and wrong Cm Ab Sharpen axes not wits, F Eb Bones are broken by sticks G Cm And you?ll never be free till you're strong Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm Yay diridi... G Well, young man grow older Cm And the world gets colder Ab G Though it never was warm to begin G Don't let down your guard Cm For the reaper works hard Ab G Cm And it will not take pause till you?re dead Well Cm Now I'm old and I'm rusty Ab Cm Ab My troubles like sand on the beach Cm Ab They can't be calculated F Eb I always have waited G Cm For something just out of reach Cm And I to myself am a stranger Ab My heart is of iron and lead Cm Ab My world is resounding Cm Ab With miseries abounding G Cm There?s only one thing to be said Cm-Cm-Cm-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-Cm-Ab-G-Eb-Cm I'll say Yay diridi... Cm Ab Yay dilidi day dilididay Yay dilidi day dayday Cm Ab Cm Cm Diliday dayday Dilidi daydayday G Eb Cm Dayday dayday dayday