The Stranger Song

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[Verse 1]
F#m  D/A               C       D/A       A
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
         A                      E
Who said they were through with dealing
      E                  F#m F#sus4 F#m
Every time you gave them shelter
  E                 Esus4  E
I know that kind of man
             F#m              F#sus4 F#m
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
      E                Esus4 E          F#m  F#sus4 F#m
Who's reaching for the sky   just to surrender
       E                Esus4 E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender


[Verse 2]
F#m      D/A             C       D/A    A
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
       A               E
You'll find he did not leave you very much
         F#m F#sus4 F#m
Not even laughter
     E            Esus4  E              F#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
     F#sus4 F#m       E
That is so high and wild
                    E Esus4    F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He'll never need to deal another
        E               Esus4 E           F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
        E               Esus4 E           F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger


[Verse 3]
F#m   D/A               C       D/A
And then leaning on your window sill
      A               A
He'll say one day you caused his will
    E                                    F#m  F#sus4 F#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
          E                Esus4  E
And then taking from his wallet
       F#m  F#sus4 F#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
  E               Esus4  E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger
  E               Esus4  E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger


[Verse 4]
F#m    D/A          C       D/A
Oh but now another stranger seems
   A             A
To want you to ignore his dreams
   E                    E              F#m  F#sus4 F#m
As though they were the burden of some other
       E               Esus4 E
You've seen that man before
           F#m             F#sus4  F#m
His golden arm dispatching cards
             E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
       E                  Esus4 E           F#m  F#sus4 F#m
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
       E                  Esus4 E           F#m  F#sus4 F#m
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter


[Verse 5]
F#m   D/A            C       D/A   A
Ah you hate to watch another tired man
             A
Lay down his hand
            E             E            F#m  F#sus4 F#m
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
    E                  E
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
    F#m              F#sus4 F#m
You notice there's a highway
        E               Esus4  E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
     E                 Esus4  E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder


[Verse 6]
F#m       D/A              C      D/A
Well, you tell him to come in sit down
     A                  A
But something makes you turn around
    E            F                    F#m  F#sus4 F#
The door is open you can't close your shelter
    E              Esus4  E
You try the handle of the road
   F#m          F#sus4 F#m
It opens do not be afraid
     E            Esus4  E         F#m  F#sus4 F#m
It's you my love, you, who are the stranger
     E            Esus4  E         F#m  F#sus4 F#m
It's you my love, you, who are the stranger


[Verse 6]
F#m    D/A                 C     D/A
Well, I have been waiting, I was sure
     A                A                    E
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
             E               F#m  F#sus4 F#m
I think it's time to board another
       E             Esus4  E    F#m
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
F#sus4 F#m       E
To get me to the heart of this
   Esus4 E    F#m  F#sus4 F#m
Or any other matter
        E                   Esus4  E             F#m  F#sus4 F#m
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
        E                     Esus4  E             F#m  F#sus4 F#m
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after


[Verse 7]
F#m   D/A           C      D/A
Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
  A             A
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
     E                 E               F#m  F#sus4 F#m
That they are building on some endless river
        E
Then he leaves the platform
Esus4 E          F#m
For the sleeping car that's warm
     F#sus4 F#m   E          Esus4 E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
       E                Esus4 E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
        E            Esus4  E            F#m  F#sus4 F#m
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later


[Verse 8]
F#m      D/A              C     D/A      A
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
    A               E
You find he did not leave you very much
         F#m F#sus4 F#m
Not even laughter
     E          Esus4  E        F#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
     F#sus4 F#m     E
That is so high and wild
      E     Esus4        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He'll never need to deal another
        E               Esus4   E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
        E               Esus4   E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger


[Verse 9]
F#m   D/A               C       D/A
And then leaning on your window sill
      A               A
He'll say one day you caused his will
   E                E                   F#m  F#sus4 F#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
    E               Esus4  E
And taking from his wallet
       F#m  F#sus4 F#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
  E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger
  E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger
  E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger