Kris Kristofferson – The Stranger I Love (Guitar)

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

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

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)

                 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

    G          C
The stranger I love