STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
BREWING UP WITH BILLY BRAGG- October 12, 1984
and THE PEEL SESSION ALBUM -1991
WORDS and MUSIC:  Billy Bragg - 1984
Notes: A couple of sections I am not too sure on. If you can make corrections please let me know.

Chords:
 

Verse

     D
All winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window and my hair on the floor
C                                G
I was thinking of you
D
AII winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window and my hair on the floor
C                                G
I was thinking of you
C                               G
But the phone rang all night long
      Bm                          C
To tell me I was wrong
 G                    Am          C                       G                            ( followed by notes A B) C
And I watched while the officer wrote all their ages down
 
 

Chorus
C                        G
Strange things happen
Bm                    C
When you're not around
Em                   F
Our love is so strong
                   C     Bm Am7 G
It moves objects  in    my   house
C                        G
Strange things happen
Bm                      C
When you're not around
Em                         F
Those magical moments
                            C              Bm     Am7
Have found their way back home again
 

Verse
D
All winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window and my hair on the floor
C                                G
I was thinking of you
D
All winter long while I was locked in my room
D
Your face at the window and that book of old spells
C                                   G
I was thinking of you
C                                    G
And all the spells we cast
     Bm                          C
Have lately come to pass
G                    Am          C                       G                  ( followed by notes A B) C
And the flowers in the garden have all fallen down

Chorus
C                        G
Strange things happen
Bm                      C
When you're not around
Em                   F
Our love is so strong
                   C     Bm Am7 G
It moves objects  in    my   house
C                        G
Strange things happen
Bm                      C
When you're not around
Em                         F
Those magical moments
                            C              Bm     Am7
Have found their way back home again