Em                 C
Is it a mean streak? You'd swear, you'd swear
D                   Em
  We'd never seen a stranger 'round here
Em                        C
   Is it the way the dust clings to the air?
          D               Em
But you'd swear, you'd swear

[Verse 2]
        Em                 C
Is it a mean streak? A desolation sound
D                      Em
  A copy of desire, oh nothing's that far down
Em                    C
   A mean streak on a western swing
D                  Em           C
  On TV saying the damnedest things

[Chorus]
                    C
A meanstreak, you'd swear, you'd swear
Em
   We'd never seen a stranger round here
C
  It's the way the dust clings to the air
        G          Em         G Em
After a stranger's been there
      G            Em    G Em
You'd swear, you'd swear

[Interlude]
         Em        C D Em
Was that you there?

[Verse 3]
        Em                C
Is it a mean streak? To a certain degree
D                             Em
  You come whistling down the crookedest street
              C
A mean streak in the ghost state
D                             Em    C
  Between the certain and the hesitating

[Chorus]
                    C
A meanstreak, you'd swear, you'd swear
Em
   We never seen a stranger round here
C
  It's the way the dust clings to the air
        G          Em        G Em
After a stranger's been here
      G            Em    G Em
You'd swear, you'd swear

[Bridge 1]
         C
Was that you there?
             Em
That was you there
         C
Was that you there?
             G  Em G Em
That was you there

[Interlude]
G Em G Em

[Bridge 2]
    F#                                    C
The shh-shh sound of the bottoms of their boots
                   Em
On the tops of the grass
                         C Em
As their haywagon rolled past

[Outro]
        G          Em    G Em
And I'd swear, I'd swear
G             Em   G             Em
  The way the dust clings to the air
          G          Em        G Em G Em
After the stranger's been here
    G          Em
I'd swear, I'd swear
C                   Em    G Em
  That that was you there