G                        C           G
We went out one evenin', my darlin' and I
C             G             A7         D
She seemed so different and I wondered why
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We stopped at a tavern and there I could see
     C          G          D           G    D
That she loved another one better than me

    G                   C             G
The band was playin' an old fashioned waltz
    C               G           A7       D
The dance floor was crowded and I wasn't long
     G                        C         G
When up stepped a stranger, I never had seen
C           G              D              G
He asked my darlin': "Will you dance with me?

[Bridge]
Em              G        C     G
While they were dancin', I sat alone
  Em         G             C     G
I knew I had lost her, the one I loved
G                    C         G
Lost to a stranger I never had seen
    C               G           D        G
The waltz they were playin' had ended my dream