Face Of A Stranger chords by 
Stephen Schwartz 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
F#m
A
D
Esus4
E
F#m
A
D
Esus4
E
F#m
A
D
Bm
C#m
A
F
Esus4
E
I sailed
Verse 1
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Bm
away from an island
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Bm
to an island across the earth
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D
And I worked at adopt ing their style
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D
Bm
and their cus toms for all
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E
Esus4
I was worth
E
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C#m
Bm
And I rose to my present posi tion,
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A
and I gained some celebrity
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E
D
Now I bask in their praise
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D
and condi tional love,
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but who do they see?
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A
The face of a stranger,
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Bm
who can 't even say
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who he is anymore
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The face of a stranger,
Ebdim
a mask made for covering
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A
pas sions and pain
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A
But lately I'm wondering what did I gain
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when I see in my mir ror
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the face of a stranger
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D
E
Esus4
F#m
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D
Esus4
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D
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C#m
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F
Esus4
Bsus4
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F#m
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Bm
Come home and visit your dad, boy,
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Bm
Calls my mom from across the sea.
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D
E
He's not young any more and he's sad,
A
boy,
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Esus4
E
Though he won't ad mit it to me.
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Bm
So I fly myself back to their island
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C#m
Bm
To the weed and the tractor weeds
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D
And I show them my sunny boy smile
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D
Bm
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And I know they contend it con ceals
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The face of a stranger
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Bm
No longer at home
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C#
in that house on the hill
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The face of a stranger
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Ebdim
The boy that they raised
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D
there's gone without trace
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Bm
A
And even the families built in their place
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A
C#m
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Regard him with love
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A
C#m
But they're loving the
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F
face of a stranger
Esus4
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A
I would be off on my own
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E
A
Ex ploring the Earth's empty ends
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Then why am I lonely,
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F
surrounded by family and friends?
E
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Bm
They tell you no man is an island,
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A
but to me that's not how it seems
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E
A
I think every man is an is land
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Bm
of secret s and long ings
Esus4
an d dreams
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An invis ible ocean
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Bsus4
Bm
surround s us.
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Those who love us reach
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Bm
just the shores.
E
Is it any surprise?
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It astound s us
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E
how well we keep play ing our roles.
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With the face of a stranger,
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Bm
who peers in bright windows
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C#
from out in the dark.
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A
The face of a stranger ,
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Ebdim
D
and even the woman I most truly love.
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Bm
A
She tell s me I wear an emo tional glove
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A
D
And I laugh it off
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G
with the smiling face of a
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Esus4
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F#m
stranger
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Esus4
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Ginger
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Darling, have you
seen the children?
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Yes, they're out
playing pirates at sea
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Bm
Ah well, let me just
pay this last bill then
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Esus4
And we can sit down and have tea
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ChordsF#m A D Esus4 E...
F#m
A
D
Esus4
E
Bm
C#m
F
Bsus4
C#
Ebdim
G
B
C
Capo: 2
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