(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers.
Merle Haggard.
Album: Strangers.
Intro: F C F
F Bb
Oh, the love you promised would be mine forever,
F C
I would have bet my bottom dollar on,
C F Bb
Well, it sure turned out to be a short forever,
F C7 F
Just once I turned by back and you were gone.
(Chorus)
F Bb
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers,
F C
I'm all through, ever trusting anyone,
F Bb
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers,
F C F
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.
Break: Bb F C F
F Bb
It amazes me not knowing any better,
F C
Than to think I had a love that would be true,
F Bb
Why I should be taken out and tarred and feathered?
F C7 F
To have let myself be taken in by you.
(Chorus)
F Bb
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers,
F C
I'm all through, ever trusting anyone,
F Bb
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers,
F C F
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.
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