[Intro] Dm  C  G  Dm

[Primeira Parte]

     Dm           F
Rode in from the west
        C
With an eye Fowards
  G         Dm   C  G
A dollar to make
   Dm            F
He pitched us a sale
      C
About healin' and
G          Dm    C  G
Oil from a snake
    Dm          F
The barkeep he warned him
        C
But the man he
    G         Dm   C  G
Did not comprehend

[Refrão]

    F                        G
How strangers round here disappear
                  Dm
Like straw in the wind

( Dm  C  G )
( F  Dm )

[Segunda Parte]

    Dm            F
Too young but in love
         C
When she met him
   G             Dm   C  G
In some northern town
   Dm
He treated her good
          C
'Till the sun and
    G            Dm   C  G
The whiskey went down
        Dm             F
Did the bruise on her face
         C
Test the patience
   G          Dm  C  G
Of all of her kin

[Refrão]

      F                        G
Or do strangers round here disappear
                  Dm
Like straw in the wind

( Dm  C  G  Dm )

[Terceira Parte]

   Dm             F
Oh Clem runs his mouth
        C
When he drinks since
    G            Dm  C  G
His wife passed away
         Dm           F
But he's good to the kids
        G
And his crops that
   F              Dm    F  C  G
He sells for fair trade
      Dm          F
But a travelling man
     C
Had enough took a
G           Dm   C  G
Pipe to his chin

[Refrão]

     F                  G
That travelling man disappeared
                  Dm
Like straw in the wind

[Solo] D  F  G  F  D
       D  F  G  F  D
       F  E  C  D

[Quarta Parte]

         Dm             F
Oh, if the mouth of this river
      C
Could talk here's
G             Dm  F  C  G
What it would say
       Dm              F
If you come here with Good
        G
In your heart
       F          Dm  F  C  G
You'll be on your way
       Dm           F
Oh but I'm not the one
         C
Here who judged
 G            Dm  F  C  G
Another man's sin

[Refrão]

      F                        G
Or do strangers round here disappear
                  Dm
Like straw in the wind

       F                        G
Oh, do strangers round here disappear
                  Dm
Like straw in the wind

[Solo Final] D  F  G  F  D
             D  F  G  F  D
             F  G  F  G  D
             F  E  C  D