The Stranger Song chords by
Dave Cousins
Leonard Cohen
The Strawbs

N/A

Key: E minor•

Verse 1

Em

Em

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C

C

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It's true that all the men you

G

G

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knew were dealers

Who said they were

D

D

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through with dealing

Em

Em

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Every time you gave them shelter

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D

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I know that kind of man,

Em

Em

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it's hard to hold the hand of anyone

D

D

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Who is reaching for the sky

just to surrender

Em

Em

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D

D

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Who is reaching for the

Em

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sky just to surrender

Verse 2

C

C

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D

D

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And then sweeping up the joker

C

C

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G

G

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s that he left behind

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D

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You find he did not leave you very much,

Em

Em

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not even laughter

D

D

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Em

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Like any dealer, he was watching for the

D

D

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card that is so high and wild

Em

Em

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He'll never need to deal another

D

D

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He was just some Joseph

Em

Em

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looking for a manger

D

D

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He was just some Joseph

Em

Em

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looking for a manger

C

C

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And then leaning on your window sill He'll

Verse 3

G

G

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say one day you caused

his will

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D

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To weaken with your love

Em

Em

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and warmth and shelter

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D

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And then taking from his wallet

Em

Em

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An old schedule of trains, he'll say

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D

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Em

Em

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

D

D

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Em

Em

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

Verse 4

C

C

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Bb

Bb

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D

D

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But now another stranger seems

G

G

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To want you to ignore his dreams

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D

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As though they were the burden

Em

Em

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of some other

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D

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Oh, you've seen that man before

Em

Em

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His golden arm, dispatching cards

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D

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But now it's rusted from

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Em

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the elbows to the finger

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D

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And he wants to trade the

Em

Em

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game he plays for shelter

D

D

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Yes, he wants to trade the

Em

Em

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game he knows for shelter

Verse 5

C

C

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Ah, you hate to watch

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another tired man

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D

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Lay down his hand like he was giving

Em

Em

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up the holy game of poker

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And while he talks his dreams to sleep, you

Em

Em

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notice there's a highway

D

D

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That is curling up like smoke

Em

Em

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above his shoulder

D

D

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It's curling just like smoke

Em

Em

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above his shoulder

Verse 6

C

C

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Cm

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You tell him to come in, sit down

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But something makes you turn around

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The door is open,

Em

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you can't close your shelter

D

D

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You try the handle of the road,

Em

Em

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it opens, do not be afraid

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D

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Em

Em

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It's you, my love, you who are the stranger

D

D

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It is you, my love, you who

Em

Em

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are the stranger

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Well, I've been waiting,

Verse 7

I was sure

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We'd meet between the trains

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we're waiting for

Em

Em

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I think it's time to board an

other

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D

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Please understand,

Em

Em

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I never had a secret chart

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D

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To get me to the heart of this

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or any other matter

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D

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Well, he talks like this, you

Em

Em

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don't know what he's after

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When he speaks like this,

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Em

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you don't know what he's af ter

C

C

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D

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C

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Let's meet tomorrow, if you choose

Verse 8

G

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Upon the shore, beneath the bridge

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That they are building

Em

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on some endless river

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Then he leaves the platform for

Em

Em

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the sleeping car that's warm

You realize,

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he's only advertising one more shelter

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And it comes to you,

Em

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he never was a stranger

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And you say, "Okay,

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the bridge or someplace later"

C

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And then sweeping up the

Verse 9

Bb

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joker

C

C

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G

G

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s that he left behind

D

D

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You find he did not leave you very much,

Em

Em

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not even laughter

D

D

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Em

Em

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Like any dealer, he was watching for the

D

D

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card that is so high and wild

Em

Em

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He'll never need to deal another

D

D

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He was just some Joseph looking

Em

Em

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for a manger

D

D

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He was just some Joseph

Em

Em

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looking for a manger

C

C

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And leaning on your

Verse 10

Bb

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C

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window sill

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He'll say one day you caused his will

D

D

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To weaken with your love and

Em

Em

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warmth and shelter

D

D

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And then taking from his wallet

Em

Em

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An old schedule of trains, he'll say

D

D

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Em

Em

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

D

D

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Em

Em

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

D

D

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Em

Em

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

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D

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

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