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