I Never Talk To Strangers chords by Tom Waits

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Ebmaj7  C9  Fm7  Bb9  Ebmaj7  C9  Fm7  Bb9
Bartender, I'd like a Manhattan please

Verse:
Ebmaj7      C9
Stop me if you've heard this one
Fm7      Bb9
but I feel as though we've met before
Ebmaj7 C9
   Perhaps I am mistaken
Fm7          Bb9    G7
But it's just that I remind you of
  Cm7       Fm7
Someone you used to care about
           Bb9
Oh, but that was long ago
Ebmaj7                    C9
Now tell me, do you really think I'd fall for that old line
 Fm7        Bb9
I was not born just yesterday

Chorus:
     Ebmaj7    Db9     Gb7  Bb9
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway

Verse:
 Ebmaj7       C9
Hell, I ain't a bad guy when you get to know me
Fm7        Bb9
I just thought there ain't no harm
Ebmaj7      C9
Hey, yeah, just try minding your own business, bud
Fm7            Bb9 G7
Who asked you to annoy me
     Cm7      Db7
With your sad, sad repartee

Chorus:
     Ebmaj7    Db9     Gb7  Fm7
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway

Bridge:
   Ab         Db7
Your life's a dimestore novel
Eb
This town is full of guys like you
      Ab       Db7   Eb
And you're looking for someone to take the place of her
      G7     Cm
You must be reading my mail
              G
And you're bitter cause he left you
         Cm        Cm7
That's why you're drinkin' in this bar
      Ab       C7        Fm7 Bb7
Well, only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers

Verse:
Ebmaj7      C9
It always takes one to know one stranger
Fm7        Bb9
Maybe we're just wiser now
Ebmaj7      C9
Yeah, and been around that block so many times
Fm7       Bb9  G7
That we don't notice

close:
      Cm              Cmmaj7
That we're all just perfect strangers as long as we ignore
    Cm7
That we all begin as strangers
Am7
Just before we find
  Eb      Bsus4    Ebadd9
We really aren't strangers anymore

Outro:
Db9  Gb9  Ebmaj7  Ebmaj7
Aw, you don't look like such a chump
Aw, hey baby