The Stranger Song chords by Leonard Cohen
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Intro 1
(E minor) (E minor)
Verse 1
It's (C major) true that all the (B flat major) men you knew (C major)
were (G major) dealers
Who said they were through with (D major) dealing
Every time you gave them (E minor) shelter
I (D major) know that kind of man, it's hard
(E minor) to hold the hand of anyone
Who is (D major) reaching for the sky just to sur (E minor) render
Who is (D major) reaching for the sky just to sur (E minor) render
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Verse 2
And then (C major) sweeping up the (B flat major) jokers
(C major) that he (G major) left behind
You find he did not (D major) leave you very much,
not even laughter (E minor)
Like (D major) any dealer he was watching
(E minor) for the card that is so high and wild (D major)
He'll never need to deal anoth (E minor) er
He was just (D major) some Joseph looking
for a manger (E minor)
He was (D major) just some Joseph looking
for a (E minor) manger
Verse 3
And then (C major) leaning on your (B flat major) window (C major) sill
He'll (G major) say one day you caused his will
To (D major) weaken with your love
and warmth and (E minor) shelter
And then (D major) taking from his wallet
An old (E minor) schedule of trains, he'll say
I (D major) told you when I came I was a (E minor) stranger
I (D major) told you when I came I was a (E minor) stranger
Verse 4
But now (C major) another (B flat major) stranger (C major) seems
To want (G major) you to ignore his dreams
As (D major) though they were the burden of
some oth (E minor) er
Oh, you've (D major) seen that man before
His golden arm (E minor) dispatching cards
But now it's (D major) rusted
from the elbows to the (E minor) finger
And he (D major) wants to trade the game
he plays for (E minor) shelter
Yes, he (D major) wants to trade the game
he knows for (E minor) shelter
Verse 5
Ah, you (C major) hate to watch a (B flat major) nother (C major) tired (G major) man
Lay down his hand
like he was (D major) giving up the holy game of (E minor) poker
And while (D major) he talks his dreams
to sleep you notice (E minor) there's a highway
That is (D major) curling up like smoke
above his (E minor) shoulder
It's (D major) curling just like smoke
above his (E minor) shoulder
Verse 6
You (C major) tell him to come in (B flat major) sit (C major) down
But (G major) something makes you turn around
The (D major) door is open you can't close your (E minor) shelter
You (D major) try the handle of the road,
it o (E minor) pens, do not be afraid
It's (D major) you my love, you who are the (E minor) stranger
It is (D major) you my love, you who are the (E minor) stranger
Verse 7
Well, I've (C major) been waiting, I (B flat major) was (C major) sure
We'd (G major) meet between
the trains we're waiting (D major) for
I think it's time to board a (E minor) nother
Please (D major) understand,
I never had a (E minor) secret chart
To get me to the heart (D major) of this
or any other matter (E minor)
Well, he (D major) talks like this
you don't know what he's after (E minor)
When he (D major) speaks like this
you don't know what he's after (E minor)
Verse 8
Let's (C major) meet tomorrow (B flat major) if you (C major) choose
Up (G major) on the shore, beneath the bridge
That (D major) they are building on some endless (E minor) river
Then he leaves (D major) the platform
for the sleeping (E minor) car that's warm
You realize, he's (D major) only advertising
one more (E minor) shelter
And it (D major) comes to you, he never was a stranger (E minor)
And you say (D major) okay,
the bridge or someplace (E minor) later
Verse 9
And then (C major) sweeping up the (B flat major) jokers (C major)
that he (G major) left behind
You find he did not (D major) leave you very much,
not even laughter (E minor)
Like (D major) any dealer he was watching
(E minor) for the card that is so high and wild (D major)
He'll never need to deal anoth (E minor) er
He was (D major) just some Joseph looking
for a (E minor) manger
He was (D major) just some Joseph looking
for a manger (E minor)
Verse 10
And leaning (C major) on your (B flat major) window (C major) sill
He'll (G major) say one day you caused his will
To (D major) weaken with your love
and warmth and (E minor) shelter
And then (D major) taking from his wallet
An old (E minor) schedule of trains, he'll say
I (D major) told you when I came I was a stran (E minor) ger
I (D major) told you when I came I was a stran (E minor) ger
I (D major) told you when I came I was a stran (E minor) ger
I (D major) told you when I came I was a stran (E minor) ger
[Fade out]
The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen
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