Is He Strange chords by John Grant

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Instrumental:
F-C-Eb-Db-C-Db-Ab

Verse 1:
FF      C majorC
Licorice and nuts
Eb MajorEb
There are no ifs and
DbDb      C majorC
There aren’t any buts
DbDb     AbAb
He was just there
DbDb         AbAb
He was just standing there
FF      C majorC
He was on an island
Eb MajorEb      DbDb    C majorC
In the North Atlantic Ocean
DbDb     AbAb
Just minding his own
DbDb         AbAb
He was just doing his thing
F#F#
And in that moment
DbDb    AbAb
Everything changed

Chorus 1:
BbmBbm
Is he strange
Eb MajorEb      AbAb
Or is it you, who never
DbDb
Saw the light?
BbmBbm         Eb MajorEb
Decades of everything wrong
AbAb
Give way to everything right
DbDb       C majorC
But that don’t mean that it will stick
F minorFm      Eb MajorEb       AbAb
He’s not some flower you can pick

Verse 2:
FF      C majorC
Purples, reds and blues
Eb MajorEb
You act like you have
DbDb      C majorC
Never read the news
DbDb     AbAb
Now you must choose
DbDb         AbAb
What are you going to do?
FF      C majorC
It’s just good to know that
Eb MajorEb         DbDb
You can love while you are
C majorC     DbDb        AbAb
Letting go, look at the snow
DbDb         AbAb
Look at it swirl and blow
F#F#
And you never thought
DbDb       AbAb
That tree would grow

Chorus 2:
BbmBbm
Is he strange
Eb MajorEb      AbAb
Or is it you, who never
DbDb
Saw the light?
BbmBbm         Eb MajorEb
Decades of everything wrong
AbAb
Give way to everything right
DbDb       C majorC
But that don’t mean that it will stick
F minorFm      Eb MajorEb       AbAb
He’s not some flower you can pick

Solo:

Verse 3:
FF      C majorC
Brown Norwegian cheese
Eb MajorEb         DbDb
Don’t worry who you do
C majorC     DbDb
And do not please
      AbAb
At the very least
DbDb               AbAb
You’ve got other dead horses to beat
FF      C majorC
You can’t win or lose
Eb MajorEb         DbDb
You simply are and that’s how
C majorC     DbDb
He is too, and you’re never
AbAb    DbDb
Through, nobody said that
      AbAb
It would be smooth
F#F#
Now close your eyes
  DbDb         AbAb
And concentrate on this groove

Chorus 3:
BbmBbm
Is he strange
Eb MajorEb      AbAb
Or is it you, who never
DbDb
Saw the light?
BbmBbm         Eb MajorEb
Decades of everything wrong
AbAb          DbDb
Give way to everything right
BbmBbm       Eb MajorEb
Baby you’re not strange
      AbAb
You are the only one
      DbDb
Who’s ever been right
BbmBbm          Eb MajorEb
I’m just sorry that I let you down
      AbAb
And that’s what keeps me up at night
(not just the Common Snipe)
DbDb     C majorC
And I only hope that you can see
F minorFm         Eb MajorEb
That you’ve transformed
        AbAb
This heart inside of me