A 
Hubcaps & ashtrays  

B 
I was born 

C 
But wasn't raised  

A 
The big wheel  
The black space  

B 
Tried my best  

C 
But wasn't praised 

B 
Hell is so close to heaven  
Hell is so close to heaven  

A 
Hold on don't look back                          _ 
You know we're better, we're better than that     | 
Lost and thrown away                              |> A 
You know we're better, we're better than that    _| 

B        C           B 
  We are  the strays  

B        C           A 
  We are  the strays  


A 
The train tracks  
To the stage  

B 
Played that role  

C 
The one you made  

A 
The long nights  
To the worst days  

B 
Lived it all  

C 
But I didn't break  


A 
Hell is so close to heaven  
Hell is so close to heaven  


A 
Hold on don't look back  

B            C 
     You know we're better, we're better than that 

A 
Lost and thrown away 

B            C 
     You know we're better, we're better than that  

B        C          B 
  We are the strays  
   
B        C          A 
  We are the strays  


                                     A 
My whole life they said I'd be nothing 

                A  
But I'm something 

                          A 
I would rather be the stray 

        B  
Than be nothing to no one at all  


INTERLUDE: A   B   C 

 A 
   Hubcaps and ashtrays  

B                          C 
I was born but wasn't raised  


A 
Hold on don't look back  

B            C 
     You know we're better, we're better than that 

A 
Lost and thrown away 

B            C 
     You know we're better, we're better than that  

B        C          B 
  We are the strays  
   
B        C          A 
  We are the strays