Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
E E E E
[Verse 1]
E
Hubcaps and ashtrays
Eb E C#m E Eb E B
I was born but I wasn't raised
E
The big wheel the black space
Eb E C#m E Eb E B
Tried my best but wasn't praised
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Hell is so close to Heaven
A
Hell is so close to Heaven
[Chorus]
E B
Hold on, don't look back
C#m A
You know we're better we're better than that
E B
Lost and thrown away
Eb A
You know we're better we're better than that
C#m B A
We are the strays (woah oh oh)
C#m B A
We are the strays
[Verse 2]
E
Train tracks to the stage
Eb E C#m E Eb E B
Play that role, the one you made
E B
Long nights and the worst days
Eb E C#m E Eb E B
Lived it all, but I didn't break
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Hell is so close to Heaven
A
Hell is so close to Heaven
[Chorus]
E B
Hold on, don't look back
C#m A
You know we're better we're better than that
E B
Lost and thrown away
C#m A
You know we're better we're better than that
C#m B A
We are the strays (woah oh oh)
C#m B A
We are the strays
[Bridge]
F# G
My whole life they said I'd be nothing
A
Well I'm something
F#
And I would rather be the stray
A
Than be nothing to no one at all
[Solo]
(played just like the
E Eb E C#m E Eb E B
[Verse 3]
E
Hubcaps and ashtrays
Eb E C#m E Eb E B
I was born but wasn't raised
[Chorus]
E B
Hold on, don't look back
C#m A
You know we're better we're better than that
E B
Lost and thrown away
C#m A
You know we're better we're better than that
C#m B A
Cause we are the strays (woah oh oh)
C#m B A E (Let it ring)
We are the strays
