Intro: | | x2 Alone, as I sit and watch the trees Won't you tell me if I scream, will they bend down and listen to me And it makes me wonder if I'll know the words when you come Or will you laugh at me or will I run? Little boy says to me "Where you goin' now, son?" I said "I don't know where I'm goin' boy I only know where I'm from." And it makes me wonder if the stars shine when my eyes close Or does my brother's heart cry, oh I don't know I'm a stranger in my home Now that everybody's gone Someone please talk to me cause I feel you cry And you're sitting with him and I know I'll never see you again Lying down in Charleston underneath the Carolina sky You see I'm tired of feeling this pain I'm tired of livin' my own little lie And it makes me wonder when I see you in my dreams Does it mean anything, are you trying to talk to me? I'm a stranger in my home Tell me, are you feeling alone? Someone tell me what to do, 'Cause I'm feeling strong And I wonder how you feel Does he realize, my pain is for real I see you in my dreams and I wonder if you're looking down at me and smiling right now Oh yeah I wanna know if it's true, when he looks at me Won't ya tell me, does he realize, he came down here, and he took you to soon, oh And now my days are short and my nights are long I lay down out with memories of you, that keep me going on, going on Now I know that it makes me wonder, as I sit and stare, Will I see your face again - tell me, do you care? I'm a stranger in my home Livin' life on my own Right now I just can't see 'Cause I'm feeling weak And my soul begins to bleed And no one's listening to me Not even the trees Intro riff: + + + + + + + + |-----0------0----|-----0------0----| |-------3---3--3--|-------2---2--2--| |---2------2-----2|---2------2-----2| |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| This is played over the first half of the verses, twice before each verse, and four times at the end of the song. The following is played over the second half of the first verse: + + + + + + + + + + |-----2------2----|-----0------0----|-3---- |-------3------3--|-------2------2--|-3---- |---4-------4-----|---2-------2----0|-0---- |----------4------|----------2------|-0---- |-2-------2-------|-0-------0-------|-2---- |-----------------|-----------------|-3---- At the end of the other verses, going into the chorus, rather than holding the + + + + + + + + + + + + |-----3------3----|-------------------------|-3-------3-3-3-3-----3---| |-------3---3--3--|-3-------3-3-3-3---3-----|-3-------3-3-3-3-----3---| |-----------------|-2-------2-2-2-2---2-----|-0-------0-0-0-0-----0---| etc |---0------0------|-0-------0-0-0-0---0-----|-0-------0-0-0-0-----0---| |-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-3-------3-------|---------------------2---|-3-------3-3-3-3-----3---| Note that after the first verse, there are three guitars on the recording doing their own thing - but since there isn't really anything fancy enough to justify wasting a lot of space tabbing them all out, the chord formations shown above make a reasonable arrangement for one guitar. However, do note that over the verse riff, one of the other guitars (an acoustic) uses these chords: