"Don't Go To Strangers"
(Ron Elliot - Robert Durand)
                          

Intro:

rhythm guitar [6X; first 2X alone]:

D8 [xx07xx]
/ / / / / / / /

electric 12-string (quintessential 1965 folk-rock riff borrowed
from the Byrds' "The Bells Of Rhymney)

[2X; continues w/variations into verses]

v v v v v v v v
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---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
(0)--0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
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Verse 1:

D F Am D
Follow your lone beaten path
D F Am D
Wander where you can't be grabbed
A Bm
Be aware of hidden dangers
A Bm E A
And don't you go talkin' to strangers
D [w/12-string riff, 2X]
	    
Babe...

Verse 2:

Travel on the midnight road
Ramble where the winds don't blow
Be aware of hidden dangers
And don't you dare go unto strangers
Babe...
	

Bridge:

D A D
In these raging days and nights
G F# G F#
Look upon what's black and white
A G A
And don't you go talkin' to strangers
D
Babe...
	

Verse 3:

Take leave of what's behind you
Go where no-one will find you
Be aware of hidden dangers
And don't you go runnin' to strangers
Babe...
	

Coda:

D [w/12-string riff, 2X]
Babe...

D [w/12-string riff, 1X; end cold on D]
Babe...
       
 
 
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