Stranger Song

F#m E Esus F#m

  D                      G       
It's true that all the men you 
D          A
knew were dealers
    Asus           A          
Who said they were through with 
  E
dealing
                          F#m
Every time you gave them shelter
  E
I know that kind of man
             F#m
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
       E                           
Who is reaching for the sky just to
 F#m
 surrender,
       E                           
Who is reaching for the sky just to
 F#m   E Esus  F#m
 surrender.
D                    G      D   
And  sweeping up the jokers that
    A
 he left behind
    Asus    A       E
You find he did not leave you very 
much
         F#m
Not even laughter
E                               
Like any dealer he was watching for 
F#m
the card
                    E
That is so high and wild
                         F#m
He'll never need to deal another
E                                 
He was just some Joseph looking 
    F#m
for a manger
       E                           
He was just some Joseph looking for
   F#m   E  Esus F#m
 a manger
         D               G      D
And then leaning on your window sill
A                     Asus       
He'll say one day you caused his 
A
will
E                                 
To weaken with your love and 
      F#m
warmth and shelter
E
And  taking from his wallet
       F#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
E                            
I told you when I came I was a 
   F#m
stranger
  E                           
I told you when I came I was a 
 F#m    E  Esus F#m
stranger
    D            G        D
But now another stranger seems
Continues after the ad
   A           Asus       A
To want you to ignore his dreams
   E                             
As though they were the burden of 
      F#m
some other
E
O you've seen that man before
           F#m
His golden arm dispatching cards
             E                     
But now it's rusted from the elbows
        F#m
 to the finger
       E                         
And he wants to trade the game he 
           F#m
plays for shelter
       E                         
Yes he wants to trade the game he 
           F#m  E Esus F#m
knows for shelter.
  D              G      D     A
I hate to watch another tired man
   Asus      A
Lay down his hand
            E                       
   F#n
Like he was giving up the holy game 
of poker
    E
And while he talks his dreams to 
sleep
    F#m
You notice there's a highway
        E                          
That is curling up like smoke above
     F#m
 his shoulder.
      E                            
It is curling just like smoke above
      F#m
 his shoulder.
    D           G       D
You tell him to come in sit down
A             Asus  A         E
But something makes you turn around
    E                           
The door is open you can't close 
      F#m
your shelter
            E
You try the handle of the road
   F#m
It opens do not be afraid
     E                            
It's you my love, you who are the 
F#m
stranger
     E                            
It's you my love, you who are the 
F#m    E  Esus  F#m
stranger.
D                        G     D
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
     A                Asus         
We'd meet between the trains we're 
A
waiting for
E                          F#m
I think it's time to board another
       E                         
Please understand, I never had a 
F#m
secret chart
                 E
To get me to the heart of this
             F#m
Or any other matter
        E
When he talks like this
                         F#m
You don't know what he's after
        E
When he speaks like this,
                         F#m E 
You don't care what he's after.
Esus  F#m

D                    G     D
Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
A               Asus    A
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
E                            
that they are building on some 
           F#m
endless river
        E
Then he leaves the platform
                 F#m
For the sleeping car that's warm
                  E                
You realize, he's only advertising 
         F#m
one more shelter
       E                           
And it comes to you, he never was a
 F#m
 stranger
        E                   
And you say ok the bridge or 
            F#m  E  Esus  F#m
someplace later.
         D               G      D
And then sweeping up the jokers 
       A
that he left behind
    Asus A           E
You find he did not leave you very 
much
         F#m
Not even laughter
E                               
Like any dealer he was watching for 
F#m
the card
                    E
That is so high and wild
                         F#m
He'll never need to deal another
E                                 
He was just some Joseph looking 
    F#m
for a manger
       E                           
He was just some Joseph looking for
   F#m   E  Esus F#m
 a manger