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Song: Never Trust A Stranger
Chords:
e|----Am------G3------C-------C/B---------Dm1--------E----|
B|----1-----0------1-------1-------3--------0---|
G|----2-----0------0-------0-------2--------1---|
D|----2-----0------2-------2-------0--------2---|
A|----0-----2------3-------2----------------2---|
E|----------3-----------------------------------|
(Verse 1)
GWe were rAmidin' CthrC/Bough the flaAmtlands
GWe were sAmearchin' for two prisonersC  
Who jC/Bust broke jAmailG  
AmTall one and a lean one
RCode a chC/Bestnut sAmtallion
GAnd the wAmord was from the main man
HGe was mean as hAmell
(Chorus)
DmAn outlaw is a man who never understands
A word called dAmanger
He lDmearns to shoot and ride as a child
And never trust a strAmanger
(Verse 2)
And he's Calways cEalled a better mAman
GWe chased him to the border
All the wCay C/Bto El PAmaso
The rAmide was long the ride was hard
But the shCeriff C/Bsaid "we can't lAmet him go"
GHe said "lAmet me tell you somethin'"
"I been trCackin' fC/Bor a lAmong time"
They nAmever trust a stranger 
And they tGake care of their Amown
(Chorus)
An Dmoutlaw is a man who never understands
A word called dAmanger
He lDmearns to shoot and ride as a child
And never trust a strAmanger
(Verse 3)
And he's Calways cEalled a better mAman
GTodAmay's man is an outlaw
On that lCong C/Broad to frAmeedom
YGou work him hard you take his pride
And thCen you C/Btry to cAmheat him
TAmhen one day you figure out it's a lCong,C/Blong sAmtory
GAn Amoutlaw is a man that tGakes care of his Amown
(Chorus)
An Dmoutlaw is a man who never understands
A word called dAmanger
He lDmearns to shoot and ride as a child
And never trust a strAmanger
And he's Calways cEalled a better mAman
      C         C/B      Am   C  C/ B  Am  
Never trust a stranger
      C         C/B      Am   C  C/ B  Am  
Never trust a stranger
NCever tC/Brust a strAmanger

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Never Trust A Stranger

by The Marshall Tucker Band

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C/B

Song: Never Trust A Stranger

Chords:

Am G C C/B Dm E

e|----------3----------------------1------------|

B|----1-----0------1-------1-------3--------0---|

G|----2-----0------0-------0-------2--------1---|

D|----2-----0------2-------2-------0--------2---|

A|----0-----2------3-------2----------------2---|

E|----------3-----------------------------------|

(Verse 1)

G Am C C/B Am

We were ridin' through the flatlands

G Am C

We were searchin' for two prisoners

C/B Am G

Who just broke jail

Tall one and a lean one

C C/B Am

Rode a chestnut stallion

G Am

And the word was from the main man

G Am

He was mean as hell

(Chorus)

An outlaw is a man who never understands

A word called danger

He learns to shoot and ride as a child

And never trust a stranger

(Verse 2)

C E Am

And he's always called a better man

We chased him to the border

C C/B Am

All the way to El Paso

The ride was long the ride was hard

C C/B Am

But the sheriff said "we can't let him go"

G Am

He said "let me tell you somethin'"

C C/B Am

"I been trackin' for a long time"

They never trust a stranger

G Am

And they take care of their own

(Chorus)

An outlaw is a man who never understands

A word called danger

He learns to shoot and ride as a child

And never trust a stranger

(Verse 3)

C E Am

And he's always called a better man

G Am

Today's man is an outlaw

C C/B Am

On that long road to freedom

You work him hard you take his pride

C C/B Am

And then you try to cheat him

Am C C/B Am

Then one day you figure out it's a long,long story

G Am G Am

An outlaw is a man that takes care of his own

(Chorus)

An outlaw is a man who never understands

A word called danger

He learns to shoot and ride as a child

And never trust a stranger

C E Am

And he's always called a better man

C C/B Am C C B Am

Never trust a stranger

C C/B Am C C B Am

Never trust a stranger

C C/B Am

Never trust a stranger

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