The Drifters – Stranger On The Shore (Guitar)

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#19 on A.C. and #73 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC Records in 1962. INTRO: E B E #1.
E    Gbm B      E                    Am
Here I   stand, watching the tide go out..

C  Db        C   Gb         Gbm7
so all alone and blue..just dreaming dreams 

   B
of you.
#2.
E              B       Abm7             Am
I watched your ship as it sailed out to sea..

E      Dbm    Abm  E       A      B      E
taking all my dre..ams and taking all of me.
BRIDGE:
    A              Abm E        A
The sighing of the wa..ves..the wailing of the 

E
wind.

    A                Abm7  Gb
The tears in my eyes burn..pleading, my love, 

  B
return.
#3.
Abm   B        Gbm  B        E            Am
Whyyyyyyy, oh, whyyyyy, must I go on like this?

      E      Dbm  Abm7   A        B      E
Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?
INTERLUDE: E Gbm B E A..E Abm7 E A B E BRIDGE:
    A              Abm E        A
The sighing of the wa..ves..the wailing of the 

E
wind.

    A                Abm7  Gb
The tears in my eyes burn..pleading, my love, 

  B
return.
#4.
Abm   B        Gbm  B        E            Am
Whyyyyyyy, oh, whyyyyy, must I go on like this?

      E      Dbm  Abm7   A        B      E     A E
Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.