Leonard Cohen – The Stranger Song (Guitar)

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It's true that all the men you knew were dealers

         A                      E
Who said they were through with dealing

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Every time you gave them shelter

  E                 Esus4  E
I know that kind of man

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It's hard to hold the hand of anyone

      E                Esus4 E          F#m  F#sus4 F#m
Who's reaching for the sky   just to surrender

       E                Esus4 E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender

F#m      D/A             C       D/A    A
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind

       A               E
You'll find he did not leave you very much

         F#m F#sus4 F#m
Not even laughter

     E            Esus4  E              F#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card

     F#sus4 F#m       E
That is so high and wild

                    E Esus4    F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He'll never need to deal another

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He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

        E               Esus4 E           F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

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And then leaning on your window sill

      A               A
He'll say one day you caused his will

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To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter

          E                Esus4  E
And then taking from his wallet

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An old schedule of trains, he'll say

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I told you when I came I was a stranger

  E               Esus4  E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger

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Oh but now another stranger seems

   A             A
To want you to ignore his dreams

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As though they were the burden of some other

       E               Esus4 E
You've seen that man before

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His golden arm dispatching cards

             E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger

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And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter

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Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter

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Ah you hate to watch another tired man

             A
Lay down his hand

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Like he was giving up the holy game of poker

    E                  E
And while he talks his dreams to sleep

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You notice there's a highway

        E               Esus4  E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder

     E                 Esus4  E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder

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Well, you tell him to come in sit down

     A                  A
But something makes you turn around

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The door is open you can't close your shelter

    E              Esus4  E
You try the handle of the road

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It opens do not be afraid

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It's you my love, you, who are the stranger

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It's you my love, you, who are the stranger

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Well, I have been waiting, I was sure

     A                A                    E
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for

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I think it's time to board another

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Please understand, I never had a secret chart

F#sus4 F#m       E
To get me to the heart of this

   Esus4 E    F#m  F#sus4 F#m
Or any other matter

        E                   Esus4  E             F#m  F#sus4 F#m
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after

        E                     Esus4  E             F#m  F#sus4 F#m
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after

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Let's meet tomorrow if you choose

  A             A
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge

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That they are building on some endless river

        E
Then he leaves the platform

Esus4 E          F#m
For the sleeping car that's warm

     F#sus4 F#m   E          Esus4 E        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter

       E                Esus4 E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger

        E            Esus4  E            F#m  F#sus4 F#m
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later

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And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind

    A               E
You find he did not leave you very much

         F#m F#sus4 F#m
Not even laughter

     E          Esus4  E        F#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card

     F#sus4 F#m     E
That is so high and wild

      E     Esus4        F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He'll never need to deal another

        E               Esus4   E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

        E               Esus4   E     F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

F#m   D/A               C       D/A
And then leaning on your window sill

      A               A
He'll say one day you caused his will

   E                E                   F#m  F#sus4 F#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter

    E               Esus4  E
And taking from his wallet

       F#m  F#sus4 F#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say

  E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger

  E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger

  E               Esus4 E      F#m  F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger