Stranger chords by Electric Light Orchestra

Chords with lyrics

Stranger

By Jeff Lynne
ELO - From the Album 'Secret Messages'

Chords by Ray Costello 'The Gribleys'

Chord Definition:
The G7G7 is best played as a bar chord 3rd fret.
If playng on acoustic guitar play all other chords at the root position.
If playing on electric try playing all chords further up the fret board.

Intro:
(Synth Sounds and reverse Vocals)
Guitar
Bb majorBb  C majorC Bb majorBb  C majorC  Bb majorBb  C majorC  Bb majorBb  C majorC

Verse 1:
   Bb majorBb       C majorC
On a cold and windy morning,
     Bb majorBb      C majorC
Said goodbye to my old friends
     Bb majorBb         C majorC
They were hangin' around the corner,
     DmDm        A minorAm
They were stayin' till the end
     FF
till the end


Verse 2:
    Bb majorBb      C majorC
On the other side of midnight,
   Bb majorBb           C majorC
I was lookin' for a place to stay
  Bb majorBb          C majorC
And one thing's sure for certain,
    DmDm        A minorAm
I ain't never goin' back again
  FF
no no
DmDm  C majorC      FF
   The stranger

Verse 3:
  Bb majorBb           C majorC
The streetlights looked so pretty
    Bb majorBb      C majorC
As they spread into a town
    Bb majorBb         C majorC
I was lookin' for another sundown
    DmDm             A minorAm
And my head was spinning round and round
   FF
All around

Chorus:
FF                  G7G7
Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
          C majorC       FF
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
               G7G7
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
C majorC              Fmaj7Fmaj7
Never takin' all the chances
   G7G7  FF
Of a Stranger


Instrumental:
Bb majorBb  C majorC Bb majorBb  C majorC  Bb majorBb  C majorC  Bb majorBb  C majorC

Verse 4:
   Bb majorBb       C majorC
As I walked into the main street,
   Bb majorBb        C majorC
saw a crowd across the square
   Bb majorBb       C majorC
And I heard a guitar playin'
   DmDm        A minorAm
and I saw you standing there
     FF
standing there


Chorus:
FF                  G7G7
Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
          C majorC       FF
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
               G7G7
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
C majorC              Fmaj7Fmaj7
Never takin' all the chances
   G7G7  FF
Of a Stranger

Verse 5:
  Bb majorBb       C majorC
Distant bells they started ringing,
   Bb majorBb        C majorC
somewhere far off in the night
   Bb majorBb       C majorC
And the place was full of loneliness
   DmDm        A minorAm
that disappeared from sight
  FF
Oh Oh

DmDm  C majorC FF

Chorus:
FF                  G7G7
Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
          C majorC       FF
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
               G7G7
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
C majorC              Fmaj7Fmaj7
Never takin' all the chances
      G7G7
Of a Stranger

Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger

Bb majorBb C majorC
Oh Oh
Bb majorBb C majorC
Oh Oh
Bb majorBb C majorC
Oh Oh

Bb majorBb
I ain't never goin' back
Bb majorBb
I ain't never goin' back
Bb majorBb
I ain't never goin' back

Fade Out


| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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