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