Sit Down Stranger

Chords used:  G:320003  C:X32010  
D:XX0232
              A:X02220            

E:022100

INTRO:  | G |
      G                          C
I'm standin' at the doorway, my 
               G
head down in my hands
      C               G     
Not knowin' where to sit, not 
                    D
knowin' where I stand
    G                          C  
My father looms above me, for him 
             G
there is no rest
    C               G             
My mother's arms enfold me and 
              D
hold me to her breast
       G                           
"They say you've been out 
        C                   G
wanderin', they say you've traveled 
far
     C             G              
Sit down, young stranger and tell 
           D
us who you are"
     G                         
The room has all gone misty, my 
   C                   G
thoughts are all in spin
      C             G          D 
"Sit down, young stranger and 
                G
tell us where you been"

"Well, I've been up to the mountain,
       C                  G
 I've walked down by the sea
   C                G             
I never questioned no one and no 
               D
one questioned me
    G                       
My love was given freely and 
 C                G
oft-times was returned
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   C             G                
I never came to borrow, I only 
      D
came to learn
     G                             
Sometimes it did get lonely, but it
  C                 G
 taught me how to cry
     C                G           
And laughter came to easy for life
             D
 to pass me by
   G                          C   
I never had a dollar that I didn't
             G
 earn with pride
          C             G         
'Cause I had a million daydreams 
           D
to keep me satisfied"

        INTERLUDE:  | G | G | C | G 
| C | G | D | G |

      A                            
"And will you gather daydreams, or 
 D                A
will you gather wealth?
     D                 A          
How can you find your fortune if 
                 E
you cannot find yourself?"
    A                              
My mother's eyes grow misty, 
      D               A
there's a tremblin' in her hand
      D             A             
"Sit down, young stranger, I do 
         E
not understand
     A                           
And will you try and tell us that 
         D                   A
you've been too long at school?
       D                A         
That knowledge is not needed, that
                 E
 power does not rule?
      A                         
That war is not the answer, that 
  D                    A
young men should not die?
     D            A               
Sit down young stranger, I wait 
         E
for your reply"

     A                       D    
"The answer is not easy for souls 
           A
are not reborn
    D                  A          
To wear the crown of peace, you 
                       E
must wear the Crown of Thorns
     A                      D     
If Jesus had a reason, I'm sure he
            A
 would not tell
        D            A            
They treated him so badly, how 
                 E
could he wish them well?"

     A                          
The parlor now is empty, there's 
  D               A
nothin' left to say
    D            A                
My father has departed, my 
            E
mother's gone to pray
         A                         
There's rockets in the meadows and 
  D               A
ships out on the sea
    D                A            
The answer's in the forest, carved
          E
 upon a tree:
  D          A             E     
"John loves Mary,"...does anyone 
      A
love me?