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