The Steel Woods - Straw In The Wind

      https://youtu.be/vpbD_c5TXuA
Drop-D tuning - No Capo

How to play the Intro:
Using the D5 shape [XX023X],
Slide D5 Shape to 5th fret (F) then,
Slide to 4th Fret (E),
change to C, then end on the D5
using all strings in Drop-D
Repeat 2 times

[Intro]
F E C D

[Verse]
     D           F
Rode in from the west
        C
With an eye towards
  G         D   C G
A dollar to make
   D            F
He pitched us a sale
      C
About healin' and
G          D   C G
Oil from a snake
    D          F
The barkeep he warned him
        C
But the man he
    G         D   C G
Did not comprehend

[Chorus]
    F                        G
How strangers round here disappear
                  D
Like straw in the wind

[Instrumental lick same as Intro]
F E C D

[Verse]
    D            F
Too young but in love
         C
When she met him
   G             D   C G
In some northern town
   D
He treated her good
          C
'Till the sun and
    G            D   C G
The whiskey went down
        D             F
Did the bruise on her face
         C
Test the patience
   G          D  C G
Of all of her kin

[Chorus]
      F                        G
Or do strangers round here disappear
                  D
Like straw in the wind

[Instrumental Fill same as Intro]
F E C D

[Verse]
   D             F
Oh Clem runs his mouth
        C
When he drinks since
    G            D  C G
His wife passed away
         D           F
But he's good to the kids
        G
And his crops that
   F              D    F C G
He sells for fair trade
      D          F
But a travelling man
     C
Had enough took a
G           D   C G
Pipe to his chin

[Chorus]
     F                  G
That travelling man disappeared
                  D
Like straw in the wind

[Solo]
D F G F D
D F G F D
F E C D

[Verse]
          D             F
Oh.. if the mouth of this river
      C
Could talk here's
G             D  F C G
What it would say
       D              F
If you come here with Good
        G
In your heart
       F          D  F C G
You'll be on your way
       D           F
Oh but I'm not the one
         C
Here who judged
 G            D  F C G
Another man's sin

[Chorus]
      F                        G
Or do strangers round here disappear
                  D
Like straw in the wind

[Outro]
         F                        G
Oh... do strangers round here disappear
                     D
Like straw... in the wind

[Solo]
D F G F D
D F G F D
F G F G D

[Outro lick - same as Intro]
F E C D