The Stanger Song

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  • Chords:
     
    Intro: Em
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    C Bb C G
    It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
  • D
    Who said they were through with dealing
    Em
  • Every time you gave them shelter
    D
    I know that kind of man
  • Em
    It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
    D Em
  • Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
    D Em
    Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
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    C Bb C G
  • And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
    D
    You find he did not leave you very much
  • Em
    Not even laughter
    D Em
  • Like any dealer he was watching for the card
    D
    That is so high and wild
  • Em
    He'll never need to deal another
    D Em
  • He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
    D Em
    He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
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    C Bb C
  • And then leaning on your window sill
    G
    He'll say one day you caused his will
  • D Em
    To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
    D
  • And then taking from his wallet
    Em
    An old schedule of trains, he'll say
  • D Em
    I told you when I came I was a stranger
    D Em
  • I told you when I came I was a stranger
     
     
  • C Bb C
    But now another stranger seems
    G
  • To want you to ignore his dreams
    D Em
    As though they were the burden of some other
  • D
    O you've seen that man before
    Em
  • His golden arm dispatching cards
    D Em
    But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
  • D Em
    And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
    D Em
  • Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter
     
     
  • C Bb C G
    Ah you hate to watch another tired man
    G
  • Lay down his hand
    D Em
    Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
  • D
    And while he talks his dreams to sleep
    Em
  • You notice there's a highway
    D Em
    That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
  • D Em
    It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder
     
  •  
    C Bb C
    You tell him to come in sit down
  • G
    But something makes you turn around
    D Em
  • The door is open you can't close your shelter
    D
    You try the handle of the road
  • Em
    It opens do not be afraid
    D Em
  • It's you my love, you who are the stranger
    D Em
    It's you my love, you who are the stranger
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    C Bb C
  • Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
    G D
    We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
  • Em
    I think it's time to board another
    D Em
  • Please understand, I never had a secret chart
    D
    To get me to the heart of this
  • Em
    Or any other matter
    D Em
  • When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
    D Em
    When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after
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    C Bb C
  • Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
    G
    Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
  • D Em
    That they are building on some endless river
    D
  • Then he leaves the platform
    Em
    For the sleeping car that's warm
  • D Em
    You realize, he's only advertising on more shelter
    D Em
  • And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
    D Em
    And you say okay the bridge or someplace later
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    C Bb C G
  • And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
    D
    You find he did not leave you very much
  • Em
    Not even laughter
    D Em
  • Like any dealer he was watching for the card
    D
    That is so high and wild
  • Em
    He'll never need to deal another
    D Em
  • He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
    D Em
    He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
  •  
     
    C Bb C
  • And leaning on your window sill
    G
    He'll say one day you caused his will
  • D Em
    To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
    D
  • And then taking from his wallet
    Em
    An old schedule of trains
  • D Em
    He'll say, I told you when I came I was a stranger
    D Em
  • I told you when I came I was a stranger
    D Em
    I told you when I came I was a stranger
  • D Em
    I told you when I came I was a stranger...
     
  • Tab:
     
    Intro:
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    F#m
    D:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--:
  • A:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--:
    F:----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2----:
    C:--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4------:
  • G:--------------4-----------------------4------------:
    D:--2-----------------------2------------------------:
     
  • F#m
    D:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
    A:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
  • F:----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0----:
    C:--------4-----------4-----------0------:
    G:--------------4------------------------:
  • D:--2-----------------------2------------:
     
    Verse:
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    D C D
    D:------2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2--:
  • A:------3-----3-----3-----3-----1-----1-----3-----3--:
    F:----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2----:
    C:--------0-----------0-----------2-----------0------:
  • G:--0-----------0-----------3-----------0------------:
    D:---------------------------------------------------:
     
  • A
    D:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
    A:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
  • F:----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0----:
    C:--------2-----------2-----------2-----------0------:
    G:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
  • D:---------------------------------------------------:
     
    E
  • D:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
    A:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
    F:----1-----1-----1-----1-----2-----1-----1-----0----:
  • C:--------2-----------2-----------2-----------0------:
    G:--------------2-----------------------2------------:
    D:--0-----------------------0------------------------:
  •  
    F#m
    D:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
  • A:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
    F:----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0----:
    C:--------4-----------4-----------4-----------0------:
  • G:--------------------------4------------------------:
    D:--2-----------2-----------------------2------------:
     
  • E
    D:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
    A:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
  • F:----1-----1-----1-----1-----2-----1-----1-----0----:
    C:--------2-----------2-----------2-----------0------:
    G:--------------2-----------------------2------------:
  • D:--0-----------------------0------------------------:
     
    F#m
  • D:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
    A:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
    F:----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0----:
  • C:--------4-----------4-----------4-----------0------:
    G:--------------------------4------------------------:
    D:--2-----------2-----------------------2------------:
  •  
    E
    D:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
  • A:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
    F:----1-----1-----1-----1-----2-----1-----1-----0----:
    C:--------2-----------2-----------2-----------0------:
  • G:--------------2-----------------------2------------:
    D:--0-----------------------0------------------------:
     
  • F#m
    D:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
    A:------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--:
  • F:----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0----:
    C:--------4-----------4-----------4-----------0------:
    G:--------------------------4------------------------:
  • D:--2-----------2-----------------------2------------:
     
     
  • E
    D:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
    A:------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--:
  • F:----1-----1-----1-----1-----2-----1-----1-----0----:
    C:--------2-----------2-----------2-----------0------:
    G:--------------2-----------------------2------------:
  • D:--0-----------------------0------------------------:
     
    F#m
  • D:-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-:
    A:-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-:
    F:---2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2-----2-----0---:
  • C:-------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------0-----:
    G:-------------------------4-----------------------4-----------------------:
    D:-2-----------2-----------------------2-----------------------2-----------:
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