Stranger In The House chords by Elvis Costello

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

This version is in the key of A. I think the version on the record is in A-flat
so if you’d like to stay true to the record either tune down 1/2 step or just
write a flat symbol next to each of these chords and play the corresponding barre chords.
I think A is easier.


Intro:
A E  A D  A E

Verse:
E    A     D   A                A7 D
This never was one of the great romances
      E                                            A     E
But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes
    A        D       A         A7     D
But now they look in tired and bitter glances
       A                       E                A      D A E
At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise

  A       D       A            A7 D
I get the feeling that I don't belong here
               E                        A   E
But there's no welcome in the window anyway
      A         D     A      A7    D
And I look down for a number on my keychain
          A                   E        A   D
'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday

Chorus:
A E         A                               D
  There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face
    E                            A       E
But everybody says he's taken my place
          A                                 D
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
E                            A  D  A  E
Everybody says he looks like me

Verse:
    A       D          A        A7  D
And now you say you've got no expectations
      E                                 A     E
But I know you also miss those carefree days
        A       D     A          A7       D
And for all the angry words that passed between us
    A                      E         A    D
You still don't understand me when I say

Chorus:
A E         A                               D
  There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face
    E                            A       E
But everybody says he's taken my place
          A                                 D
There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
E                            A  D  A  E
Everybody says he looks like me
E                            A  D  A
Everybody says he looks like me