Intro (there's no real "verse"):
LAm SOL
Me and my baby been on the run
LAm
So very long
(Am) SOL
Her folks sent a man to get us
LAm
They say we've done wrong
E7 [N.C.]
So we run, yeah we run, yeah we run
LAm
From the stranger in town
Chorus 1
LA
Stranger in town, he's out to get me
RE
Stranger in town, wants me and my baby
LA
He follows me
From town to town
And if he gets me
He'll bring me down
E7 [N.C.]
So we run, yeah we run, yeah we run
LAm
From the stranger in town
LAm RE LAm RE
Woo-oo-oo woo-oo-oo
Bridge:
DO FA DO LAm
I'm not afraid of what they'll do to me
DO FA DO
I'm just afraid they'll hurt my baby
FA REm DO LAm
We don't care if we run forever
RE7 SOL
Just as long as we're together
Break (tenor and baritone saxes):
MI7
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Chorus 2
Stranger in town, I think we've lost him
Stranger in town, can't let him bring us in
Another town
One more mile
And we'll be free
For a while
And we'll run, yeah we'll run, yeah we'll run
From the stranger in town
Woo-oo-oo woo-oo-oo
Coda (repeat to fade):
LAm RE
Stranger in town
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