| D | A | D |
| D | |
| Well I was out a drinkin' |
| With a couple a'buddies of mine |
| When the bartender handed me the telephone |
| A | |
| Said "there's a | wife on the line" |
| D | |
| I told her I was a'drinkin' |
| With a coupl'a buddies I knew |
| Well she told me in a few short words |
| A | D | |
| Just | what she wanted me to | do |
| She said won't you come home and talk to a stranger |
| A | |
| And you might even make yourself a | friend |
| D | |
| She said won't you come | home and talk to a stranger |
| A | D | |
| It's the only place in | days you haven't | been |
| D | A | D |
| D | |
| Well I set there about an hour |
| Talkin' with the rest'a the guys |
| When she walked through that front door |
| A | |
| She had | get home, in her eyes |
| D | |
| She | said you've danced and talked |
| With every woman in town but me |
| And if you'd just come around the house |
| A | D | |
| You might | like my compan- | -y |
| She said won't you come home and talk to a stranger |
| A | |
| And you might even make yourself a | friend |
| D | |
| She said won't you come | home and talk to a stranger |
| A | D | |
| It's the only place in | days you haven't | been |
| She said won't you come home and talk to a stranger |
| A | |
| And you might even make yourself a | friend |
| D | |
| She said won't you come | home and talk to a stranger |
| A | D | |
| It's the only place in | days you haven't | been |
| D | A | D |