Face Of A Stranger chords by Stephen Schwartz
Intro 1
Em
G
C
Dsus4
D
Em
G
C
Dsus4
D
Em
G
C
Am
Bm
G
Eb
Dsus4
D
I sailed
Verse 1
Em
G
Am
away from an island
Em
G
Am
to an island across the earth
D
C
And I worked at adopting their style
G
C
Am
and their customs for all
Asus4
D
Dsus4
I was worth
D
Em
G
Bm
Am
And I rose to my present position,
Em
G
and I gained some celebrity
Am
D
C
Now I bask in their praise
G
C
and conditional love,
Am
D
but who do they see?
B
Em
G
The face of a stranger,
Em
Am
who can't even say
B
who he is anymore
Em
G
The face of a stranger,
C#dim
a mask made for covering
C
G
passions and pain
Am
G
But lately I'm wondering what did I gain
C
G
C
when I see in my mirror
G
F
Eb
Dsus4
the face of a stranger
Em
G
C
D
Dsus4
Em
G
C
Dsus4
Em
G
C
Am
G
Bm
G
Eb
Dsus4
Asus4
D
Em
Bm
Am
Come home and visit your dad, boy,
Em
G
Am
Calls my mom from across the sea.
D
C
D
He's not young anymore and he's sad,
G
boy,
C
Am
Dsus4
D
Though he won't admit it to me.
Em
G
Am
So I fly myself back to their island
Em
Bm
Am
To the weed and the tractor weeds
D
C
And I show them my sunny boy smile
G
C
Am
D
And I know they contend it conceals
Em
The face of a stranger
G
Am
No longer at home
G
B
in that house on the hill
Em
The face of a stranger
D
Em
C#dim
The boy that they raised
A
C
there's gone without trace
G
Am
G
And even the families built in their place
C
G
Bm
G
Regard him with love
C
G
Bm
But they're loving the
G
F
Eb
face of a stranger
Dsus4
C
G
I would be off on my own
Am
D
G
Exploring the Earth's empty ends
C
G
Then why am I lonely,
Bb
Eb
surrounded by family and friends?
D
Em
G
Am
They tell you no man is an island,
Em
G
but to me that's not how it seems
Am
D
G
I think every man is an island
C
Am
of secrets and longings
Dsus4
and dreams
D
Em
An invisible ocean
G
Asus4
Am
surrounds us.
Em
Those who love us reach
G
Em
Asus4
Am
just the shores.
D
Is it any surprise?
C
G
It astounds us
C
Am
D
how well we keep playing our roles.
Em
With the face of a stranger,
G
Am
who peers in bright windows
G
B
from out in the dark.
Em
G
The face of a stranger,
Em
C#dim
C
and even the woman I most truly love.
G
Am
G
She tells me I wear an emotional glove
C
G
C
And I laugh it off
G
F
with the smiling face of a
Eb
D
Dsus4
D
Em
stranger
Em
C
Dsus4
D
Em
G
Ginger
Em
C
D
Em
C
Am
G
Eb
Em
G
Darling, have you
seen the children?
Am
Yes, they're out
playing pirates at sea
C
Am
Ah well, let me just
pay this last bill then
D
Dsus4
And we can sit down and have tea
Face Of A Stranger
Stephen Schwartz
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