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Intro: Dm7
Verse:
N.C.
Take the road to Tonganoxie, just before Sun Catcher Lake
Go past the cemetery oh child please donā??t make me wait
C G
Cause thereā??s something wrong with what Iā??ve done
D
I havenā??t got much time
C G D
I canā??t stay here in Kansas Iā??ve gotta cross the line
D C G Bb
So, take me down to the Missouri on the way to Arkansas
C D
The devilā??s in a hurry to see what my mamma saw
D C G Bb
Now Iā??m on the run Iā??ve got no other place to go
C D Dm7
Except down the stranger road
Verse:
N.C.
I walked straight out the back door I covered up my tracks
Dm7
My poppa thinks itā??s criminal so I ainā??t coming back
C G
Cause thereā??s something wrong with what Iā??ve done
D
I havenā??t got much time
C
And what I want and what I need
G D
Is all I have in mind
D C G Bb
So, take me down to the Missouri on the way to Arkansas
C D
The devilā??s in a hurry to see what my mamma saw
D C G Bb
Now Iā??m on the run Iā??ve got no other place to go
C D
Except down the stranger road
BREAK:
D
Come on, come on, come on,
Dm7
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Dm7 C
The blood runs hot but the eyes are cold
Bb G
Driving down on stranger road
D C
Ohhhh The blood runs hot oh but the eyes are cold
Bb Gm Dm D
Driving down to hell on stranger roooooooad
D C G Bb
Take me down to the Missouri on the way to Arkansas
C D
The devilā??s in a hurry to see what my mamma saw
D C G Bb
Now Iā??m on the run Iā??ve got no other place to go
C D
Except down the stranger road
OUTRO:
C D
Except down to stranger road
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Dm
Come on, come on, come on
Written by Melissa Etheridge/Jon Levine