The Stranger
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Intro: Em
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It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
D
Who said they were through with dealing
Em
Every time you gave them shelter
D
I know that kind of man
Em
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
D Em
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
D Em
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
C BbCG
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
D
You find he did not leave you very much
Em
Not even laughter
D Em
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
D
That is so high and wild
Em
He'll never need to deal another
DEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
DEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
C BbC
And then leaning on your window sill
G
He'll say one day you caused his will
D Em
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
D
And then taking from his wallet
Em
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
DEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
DEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
C BbC
But now another stranger seems
G
To want you to ignore his dreams
D Em
As though they were the burden of some other
D
O you've seen that man before
Em
His golden arm dispatching cards
D Em
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
D Em
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
D Em
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter
C BbCG
Ah you hate to watch another tired man
G
Lay down his hand
D Em
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
D
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
Em
You notice there's a highway
D Em
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
D Em
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder
C BbC
You tell him to come in sit down
G
But something makes you turn around
D Em
The door is open you can't close your shelter
D
You try the handle of the road
Em
It opens do not be afraid
DEm
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
DEm
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
CBbC
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
G D
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
Em
I think it's time to board another
D Em
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
D
To get me to the heart of this
Em
Or any other matter
D Em
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
D Em
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after
CBb C
Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
G
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
D Em
That they are building on some endless river
D
Then he leaves the platform
Em
For the sleeping car that's warm
D Em
You realize, he's only advertising on more shelter
DEm
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
D Em
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later
C BbCG
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
D
You find he did not leave you very much
Em
Not even laughter
D Em
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
D
That is so high and wild
Em
He'll never need to deal another
DEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
DEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
C BbC
And leaning on your window sill
G
He'll say one day you caused his will
D Em
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
D
And then taking from his wallet
Em
An old schedule of trains
DEm
He'll say, I told you when I came I was a stranger
DEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
DEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
DEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger...
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