The Stranger Song original guitar chords by
Leonard Cohen

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Key: E minor•

Intro 1

Em

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Verse 1
C/G C/G 
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Bb Bb 
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C/G C/G 
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It's true  that all the men you knew
Gadd9 Gadd9 
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were dealers
D D 
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Who said they were through with dealing
Em Em 
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Every time you gave them shelter
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I know that kind of man, it's hard
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to  hold the hand of anyone
D D 
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Em Em 
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Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
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Em Em 
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Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender

Verse 2
C/G C/G 
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Bb Bb 
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And then sweeping up the jokers
C/G C/G 
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Gadd9 Gadd9 
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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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Like any dealer he was watching
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D D 
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for the card that is so high and wild
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He'll never need to deal another
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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 looking
Em Em 
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for a manger

Verse 3
C/G C/G 
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Bb Bb 
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C/G C/G 
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And then leaning on your 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
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and warmth and shelter
D D 
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And then taking from his wallet
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An old schedule of trains, he'll say
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I told you when I came I was a stranger
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Em Em 
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I told you when I came I was a stranger

Verse 4
C/G C/G 
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Bb Bb 
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C/G C/G 
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But now   another stranger seems
Gadd9 Gadd9 
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To want     you to ignore his dreams
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As though they were the burden of
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some other
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Oh, you've seen that man before
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His golden arm dispatching cards
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But now it's rusted
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from the elbows to the finger
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And he wants to trade the game
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he plays for shelter
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Yes, he wants to trade the game
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he knows for shelter

Verse 5
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Bb Bb 
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Gadd9 Gadd9 
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Ah, you hate  to watch another tired man
Lay down his hand
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like he was giving up the holy game of poker
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And while he talks his dreams
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to sleep you notice there's a highway
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That is curling up like smoke
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above his shoulder
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It's curling just like smoke
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above his shoulder

Verse 6
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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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Em Em 
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The door is open you can't close your shelter
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You try the handle of the road,
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it opens, do not be afraid
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It's you my love, you who are the stranger
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Em Em 
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It is you my love, you who are the stranger

Verse 7
C/G C/G 
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Bb Bb 
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Well, I've  been waiting, I   was sure
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We'd meet     between
D D 
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the trains we're waiting for
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I think it's time to board another
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Please understand,
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I never had a secret chart
D D 
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To get me to the heart of this
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or any other matter
D D 
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Well, he talks like this
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you don't know what he's after
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When he speaks like this
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you don't know what he's after

Verse 8
C/G C/G 
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C/G C/G 
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Let's meet  tomorrow if  you choose
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Upon       the shore, beneath the bridge
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Em Em 
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That they are building on some endless river
D D 
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Then he leaves the platform
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for the sleeping car that's warm
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You realize, he's only advertising
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one more shelter
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And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
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And you say okay,
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the bridge or someplace later

Verse 9
C/G C/G 
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C/G C/G 
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And then sweeping up the jokers
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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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Like any dealer he was watching
Em Em 
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D D 
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for the 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 looking
Em Em 
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for a manger

Verse 10
C/G C/G 
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C/G C/G 
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And leaning on your 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
Em Em 
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and 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
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Em Em 
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I told you when I came I was a stranger
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Em Em 
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I told you when I came I was a stranger
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Em Em 
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I told you when I came I was a stranger
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