Strange Girl
Al StewartVersion1
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You're a strange girl, you come from a strange family
You're a strange girl, I don't understand your vanity
Your mother's taking pills although she's looking to escape
Your uncle's in the County Jail for statutory rape
Just another runner never made it to the tape
Your cousin gets his kicks setting everything on fire
Your little brother always lets the air out of my tyres
Your sister wants to prove that she's an object of desire
You're a strange girl, you come from a strange family
You're a strange girl, I don't understand your fantasy
Your father's a collector and his things are a delight
He likes cameras and binoculars and everything in sight,
He collects them in a wagon in the middle of the night
Every holiday's a nightmare and it's giving me the chills
Everybody ends up fighting, I remember it still
The only thing that they agree on is it's me they want to kill
You're a strange girl, you come from a strange family
You're a strange girl, I don't understand your vanity
I think we ought to break up, I could really use the rest
Everything I like to say is something you detest
But every time I try to leave you say you love me best
I was looking for some mystery, I thought you'd be the girl
I really must admit you were like nothing in this world
I finally got the oyster but I never found the pearl
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Readable chord sheet for Strange Girl by Al Stewart
[Am] [G7] [Em7] [F7] You're a st[Am]range g[G]ir[F]l, you c[Em]ome from a strange fam[F]ily You're a st[Am]range g[G]ir[F]l, I d[Em]on't understand your va[F]nity Your [Am]mother's taking pills although she's lo[G7]oking to escape Your u[F7]ncle's in the County Jail for st[Em7]atutory rape [Am]Just another runner never m[G7]ade it to the t[F7]ape Your c[Am]ousin gets his kicks setting eve[G7]rything on fire Your l[F7]ittle brother always lets the [Em7]air out of my tyres Your s[Am]ister wants to prove that she's an o[G7]bject of des[F7]ire You're a st[Am]range g[G]ir[F]l, you c[Em]ome from a strange fam[F]ily You're a st[Am]range g[G]ir[F]l, I d[Em]on't understand your fa[F]ntasy Your father's a collector and his things are a delight He likes cameras and binoculars and everything in sight, He collects them in a wagon in the middle of the night Every holiday's a nightmare and it's giving me the chills Everybody ends up fighting, I remember it still The only thing that they agree on is it's me they want to kill You're a strange girl, you come from a strange family You're a strange girl, I don't understand your vanity I think we ought to break up, I could really use the rest Everything I like to say is something you detest But every time I try to leave you say you love me best I was looking for some mystery, I thought you'd be the girl I really must admit you were like nothing in this world I finally got the oyster but I never found the pearl