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Stranger With the Melodies chords by 
Harry Chapin
N/A•
Intro 1
Em
D
G
Em
A
D
G
Em
A
Verse 1
D
It was my first
night in that rooming house
G
In the last room down the hall
Em
I heard a hoarse voice
and an old guitar
A
Coming through the paper thin walls
Verse 2
D
A crazy nonsense nursery rhyme
G
That did not mean a thing
Em
But for the first of what was
to be a thousand times
A
This is what I hear him sing
Verse 3
D
G
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
'Til I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E minor
A
'Til the A chord rolls
D
back home around to D
Verse 4
D
I had to lay there listening
F#m
It seemed he was in the room
Em
This stranger with his melody
A
Singing there in the gloom
Verse 5
Bb
And he repeated it over and over again
F
Such a soft and sinkin' sound
Am
It was kind of like a music box
Em
G
C
That was slowly winding down
Verse 6
F
You see, he sang it, he hummed it
Em
Whistled it, and he strummed it
G
Em
He laughed it and he cried it
Asus4
A
He did everything but hide it
Asus4
And he sang
Verse 7
A
D
G
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
A
'Til I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E minor
A
'Til the A chord rolls back home
C
around for me
G
Em
A
Asus4
A
Verse 8
D
A
D
So I lay there in that lumpy bed
A
G
Countin' choruses instead of sheep
Em
A
'Til I banged on the wall
Em
and out I called
A
"Hey bub, I need some sleep"
Verse 9
D
A
D
The sudden void of silence
G
Em
Then I heard that hoarse voice say
D
"It weren't so long ago, boy
A
G
A
Asus4
D
A
They paid me to play "
Verse 10
D
I said, "It's kind of late for music, sir
F#m
Two hours 'til it's daylight"
Em
He answered, "I need my music most
A
In these dark hours of the night
Verse 11
Bb
You see I've tried gettin'
high on something son
F
But it only brings me down
Am
Staying dry don't work out better,
boy
Em
'Cause my eyes get wet
C
and I drown
Verse 12
F
Won't you please let me continue
Em
And I'll be in your debt?
G
You see I'm not singing
Em
to remember, son
A
Asus4
A
I'm just singing to forget"
Verse 13
D
A
And he sang
D
G
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
Em
'Til I found the G
Drop it down to old E minor
A
'Til the A chord rolls back home around
C
for me
G
Em
A
Asus4
A
Verse 14
C
That's when I said
Bm
Em
"If I'm supposed to listen to you sir
A
G
Just one quick question then
F
Em
Why in the hell do you sing one song
A
Over and over again?"
Verse 15
A
D
And this is what he said
He said, "I gave her the music, son
G
Em
G
Em
She gave me the words
Together we'd write the kind of songs
A
Asus4
A
The angels must have heard
Verse 16
D
A
Of course we'd fight like cats and dogs
G
Bm
But life ain't no rosebud dream
Em
Bm
Still whatever we'd do everybody knew
A
D
A
We truly were a team
Verse 17
D
I can't remember now if I done her wrong
F#m
Or if she done wrong to me
Em
But all I know that when I let her go
A
That it did not set me free''
Verse 18
Bb
That's when I said,
"You sound like what's-his-name"
F
He He He said, "That's who I am
Am
But you can't wrap a name around you,
boy
Em
'Cause it really don't
C
mean a damn"
Verse 19
F
"You see, a song don't
have much meaning
Em
When it don't have nothing to say
G
Em
What she could do was magic, son
Asus4
A
All I could do was play"
Verse 20
A
D
He started singing again
That's when I drifted off
F#m
A
Maybe I dreamed what I heard
Em
'Bout this stranger with his melody
A
Who'd gone and lost the words
Verse 21
D
G
Hold that D chord on the old guitar
A
'Til I found the G
Em
Drop it down to old E minor
A
'Til the A chord rolls back
D
D
home around to D
Outro 1
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