Strange Is My Middle Name
Recorded by Raechel Whitchurch
Alum: Single (2024)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
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(Verse 1)
(C)Papa left me a (F)pan of (C)steel
But (C)I can't play a (G)lick
One (Am)day, I'm gonna learn to (F)slide those notes
(C)Play the (G)blues on (C)it
He'd (C)take me to the (F)local (C)jail
Play (C)country gospel (G)songs
�g(Am)I Saw the Light" and �gA-(F)mazing Grace"
And the (C)inmates were (G)singing a-(C)long

(Chorus)
(F)Some things (C)seem so (G)strange
When you look (Am)back on your family's (F)ways
But no one (C)ever batted an eye (G)
(F)Some (C)things (F)seem (C)so weird
(G)When the big old (Am)world starts looking on (F)in
At the (C)way you lived your (G)life
(F)Some (C/E)things (F)seem (C/E)so (G)strange
But I guess (C)strange is my middle name (C) / / / |(F) / (C) / |(C) / (G) / |(C) / / / |

(Verse 2)
I (C)told you I lived in a (F)cara-(C)van
So (C)I won't tell you again (G)
But do you (A,)know that I played in a (F)family band
When (C)I was (G)barely (C)ten?
We'd (C)finish our schooling on (F)Thursday
'Cause (C)Friday, there's work to do (G)
We'd (Am)play our songs until (F)midnight
And (G/D)we'd get (G)home around (C)2

(Chorus)
(F)Some things (C)seem so (G)strange
When you look (Am)back on your family's (F)ways
But no one (C)ever batted an eye (G)
(F)Some (C)things (F)seem (C/E)so (G)weird
When the big old (Am)world starts looking on (F)in
At the (C)way you lived your (G)life
(F)Some (C)things (G/D)seem (C)so (G)strange
But I guess (G)strange is my middle name

(Solo)
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(Bridge)
Well, we've (F)all been there, you (C)tell a story
(Am)Something funny (G)from your life
But (C)it's just silent, (G/B)no one's laughing
'Til (C)someone says, "Are (G)you al-(C)right?"
Now (C)I'm not sure if (G)I�fm al-(C)right

(Chorus)
(F)Some (C)things (F)seem (C/E)so (G)strange
When you look (Am)back on your family's (F)ways
But no one (C)ever batted an eye (G)
(F)Some (C)things (F)seem (C/E)so (G)weird
When the big old (Am)world starts looking on (F)in
At the (C)way you lived your (G)life
(Am)Some (C)things (Am)seem so (G)strange
But I guess (C)strange is my middle name

\Solo)
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|(C) / / / |(F) / (C) / |(C) / (G) / |(C) / / / |

(Outro.)
So I (C)tried to live a (F)normal life
I (C)got me a 9 to (G)5
And I (Am)think that was the (F)strangest (C)thing
I've (C)done in (G)all my (C)life - - - - -