The Stranger Chords
by Bobby Bare
The Stranger by Bobby Bare is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D, G, A7, D7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C F C
From the west there came a stranger I'll tell his story now
C D G
And the reason they called him stranger is because he loved a cow
C F C
Yeah you might think that lovin' a cow is somethin' sorta strange
F C A7 D7 G C
But oh my friend did you ever spend six months on the range
Verse
G C
Well the days get long and the nights get cold
G C
And a feller gets lonely and a feller grows old
F C Am
And a feller starts to wonderin' if he'll ever find a pretty little golden-haired bluey-eyed girl somehow
D G C
And a feller goes out and fucks a cow
G C
A-lee-da-lo-da-lay-hee, yuh-hoo-hoo
G C
A-lee-da-lo-da-lay-hee, yuh-hoo-hoo (get along little doggie)
F C Am
A-yee-ho-da-lay-hee, woo-hoo-doo-de-ho, lay-hoo
G C
It's your misfortune not my own
G C
Ah come here you little old brown-eyed darlin' you, I love you
G C
Yo-da-lee-da-lay-hee, yuh-hoo-hoo-hoo, woo-woo-woo, wow wow
LoL
F C
I don't ever fool around with no ham and cheese