The Stranger Song chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Intro: E minorEm

    C majorC        Bb majorBb    C majorC    G+G
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
                 D MajorD
Who said they were through with dealing
              E minorEm
Every time you gave them shelter
  D MajorD
I know that kind of man
       E minorEm
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
    D MajorD                E minorEm
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
    D MajorD                E minorEm
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender

      C majorC       Bb majorBb   C majorC   G+G
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
           D MajorD
You find he did not leave you very much
     E minorEm
Not even laughter
   D MajorD              E minorEm
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
           D MajorD
That is so high and wild
              E minorEm
He'll never need to deal another
    D MajorD               E minorEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
    D MajorD               E minorEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

     C majorC        Bb majorBb   C majorC
And then leaning on your window sill
    G+G
He'll say one day you caused his will
  D MajorD                   E minorEm
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
     D MajorD
And then taking from his wallet
     E minorEm
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
  D MajorD               E minorEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
  D MajorD               E minorEm
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
   D MajorD                 E minorEm
As though they were the burden of some other
     D MajorD
O you've seen that man before
      E minorEm
His golden arm dispatching cards
       D MajorD              E minorEm
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
    D MajorD                   E minorEm
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
    D MajorD                   E minorEm
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter

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Ah you hate to watch another tired man
       G+G
Lay down his hand
       D MajorD             E minorEm
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
   D MajorD
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
   E minorEm
You notice there's a highway
     D MajorD                E minorEm
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
   D MajorD                 E minorEm
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder

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You tell him to come in sit down
   G+G
But something makes you turn around
   D MajorD                 E minorEm
The door is open you can't close your shelter
   D MajorD
You try the handle of the road
  E minorEm
It opens do not be afraid
    D MajorD               E minorEm
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
    D MajorD               E minorEm
It's you my love, you who are the stranger

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Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
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We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
               E minorEm
I think it's time to board another
    D MajorD             E minorEm
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
         D MajorD
To get me to the heart of this
       E minorEm
Or any other matter
     D MajorD                    E minorEm
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
     D MajorD                    E minorEm
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after

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Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
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Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
    D MajorD                E minorEm
That they are building on some endless river
     D MajorD
Then he leaves the platform
         E minorEm
For the sleeping car that's warm
         D MajorD             E minorEm
You realize, he's only advertising on more shelter
    D MajorD               E minorEm
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
     D MajorD                E minorEm
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later

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And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
           D MajorD
You find he did not leave you very much
     E minorEm
Not even laughter
   D MajorD              E minorEm
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
           D MajorD
That is so high and wild
              E minorEm
He'll never need to deal another
    D MajorD               E minorEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
    D MajorD               E minorEm
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

   C majorC        Bb majorBb   C majorC
And leaning on your window sill
    G+G
He'll say one day you caused his will
  D MajorD                   E minorEm
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
     D MajorD
And then taking from his wallet
     E minorEm
An old schedule of trains
       D MajorD               E minorEm
He'll say, I told you when I came I was a stranger
  D MajorD               E minorEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
  D MajorD               E minorEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger
  D MajorD               E minorEm
I told you when I came I was a stranger...