Chords with lyrics
Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song
tune down one tone (
D MajorD 
G+G 
C majorC 
FF 
A augmentedA D MajorD)
F#sus4F#sus4 244422
Esus4Esus4 022200
D/AD/A x00232
Intro: F#sus4F#sus4 
F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A A augmentedA
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
E MajorE
Who said they were through with dealing
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Every time you gave them shelter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I know that kind of man
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It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A A augmentedA
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
E MajorE
You find he did not leave you very much
F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Not even laughter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m E MajorE
That is so high and wild
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He'll never need to deal another
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A
And then leaning on your window sill
A augmentedA
He'll say one day you caused his will
E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And then taking from his wallet
F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
I told you when I came I was a stranger
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But now another stranger seems
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To want you to ignore his dreams
E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
As though they were the burden of some other
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
O you've seen that man before
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His golden arm dispatching cards
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A A augmentedA
Ah you hate to watch another tired man
Lay down his hand
E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Like he was giving up the holy game of
E MajorE
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
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You notice there's a highway
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A
You tell him to come in sit down
A augmentedA
But something makes you turn around
E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 
F#F#
The door is open you can't close your shelter
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE
You try the handle of the road
F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It opens do not be afraid
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
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Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
A augmentedA E MajorE
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
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I think it's time to board another
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m E MajorE
To get me to the heart of this
Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Or any other matter
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
E MajorE Esuse E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#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 augmentedA
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
That they are building on some endless river
E MajorE
Then he leaves the platform
Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m
For the sleeping car that's warm
F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A A augmentedA
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
E MajorE
You find he did not leave you very much
F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
Not even laughter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m E MajorE
That is so high and wild
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He'll never need to deal another
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
F# minorF#m D/AD/A C majorC D/AD/A
And then leaning on your window sill
A augmentedA
He'll say one day you caused his will
E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And then taking from his wallet
F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
I told you when I came I was a stranger
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4 F# minorF#m F#sus4F#sus4
