C   C   G 

[Verse 1]
G    Am   G C         C   C
I've been a simple man 
    C                C   C7
And I've been insane
    C7          F        F7  F7 
And I've been a vagabond 
F           D7   Am   Dm
I've been a king yeah
         D7     C          C   C
But I've been a better man 
C              G      G7  G7  
Just trying to please 
    G          C    C   G7
The stranger I love

[Verse 2]
G7        C          C   C
Lost in a wilderness 
C                C   C7
Darker than pain
C            F         F7  F7
Drawn to her loneliness  
F           D7   Am  Dm 
Just like a flame
              C                    G    G7   G7
The closer we come the more that I lean 
               C    C   C7
The stranger I love

[Bridge]
C        F         F   F
Bad as I loved her 
         C     C   C
I ain't afraid
           G      G7
We'll be together    (together)
            C   C   C7
Some lovin' way
C           F     F   F7
I'll be her lover 
        F         C   C   C
just as long as I can
               D7   D7
Then when it's over    (over)
              G               G7
She'll need a friend, (she’ll need a friend)

[Verse 3]
                 C             C   C
So I'll take her hand-me-downs 
              C7   C7   C7
I'll take the blame
C7        F           F   F7
I'll be a hang around 
F        D7     Am  Dm
I ain't ashamed
                   C        C   
Cause the longer I love her    (I love her) 
             G     G7
The more I believe 
               C 
The stranger I love

[Solo]
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    G          C
The stranger I love