Elvis Costello – Stranger In The House (Guitar)

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Chords

This version is in the key of A. I think the version on the record is in A-flat so if you’d like to stay true to the record either tune down 1/2 step or just write a flat symbol next to each of these chords and play the corresponding barre chords. I think A is easier. [Intro] A E A D A E [Verse]
E    A     D   A                A7 D
This never was one of the great romances

      E                                            A     E
But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes

    A        D       A         A7     D
But now they look in tired and bitter glances

       A                       E                A      D A E
At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise

  A       D       A            A7 D
I get the feeling that I don't belong here

               E                        A   E
But there's no welcome in the window anyway

      A         D     A      A7    D
And I look down for a number on my keychain

          A                   E        A   D
'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday
[Chorus]
A E         A                               D
  There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face

    E                            A       E
But everybody says he's taken my place

          A                                 D
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see

E                            A  D  A  E
Everybody says he looks like me
[Verse]
    A       D          A        A7  D
And now you say you've got no expectations

      E                                 A     E
But I know you also miss those carefree days

        A       D     A          A7       D
And for all the angry words that passed between us

    A                      E         A    D
You still don't understand me when I say
[Chorus]
A E         A                               D
  There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face

    E                            A       E
But everybody says he's taken my place

          A                                 D
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see

E                            A  D  A  E
Everybody says he looks like me

E                            A  D  A
Everybody says he looks like me