Lost to a stranger    (video)    (intro)

 

    G ~ ~

 

             G                 G7                C            G

1. We went out one evenin', my darlin' and I,

      C                      G                A                    D

    she seemed so different and I wondered why.

             G                G7                C                 G

    We stopped at a tavern and there I could see

             C                G                D               G      - D

    that she loved another, one better than me.

 

             G             G7           C                     G

2. The band was playin' an old fashioned waltz,

            C                        G                A            D

    the dance floor was crowded and I wasn't long.

               G                     G7            C               G

    When up stepped a stranger, I never had seen,

     C                    G                D                      G

    he asked my darlin', “Will you dance with me?”

 

   Em                    G        C         G

While they were dancin', I sat alone,

    Em            D                 C      G

I knew I had lost her, the one I loved.

  G             G7          C               G

Lost to a stranger I never had seen,

         C                       G              D                G

the waltz they were playin' had ended my dream.

 

+ D  +  instrumental = verse 2

 

+ CHORUS    + C - G - D - G

 

(orig. = capo 1st)   (Ricky Skaggs)