Is He Strange chords by John Grant

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

Chorus 1:
Bbm
Is he strange
Eb            Ab
Or is it you, who never
Db
Saw the light?
Bbm                  Eb
Decades of everything wrong
Ab
Give way to everything right
Db             C
But that don’t mean that it will stick
Fm            Eb             Ab
He’s not some flower you can pick

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

Chorus 2:
Bbm
Is he strange
Eb            Ab
Or is it you, who never
Db
Saw the light?
Bbm                  Eb
Decades of everything wrong
Ab
Give way to everything right
Db             C
But that don’t mean that it will stick
Fm            Eb             Ab
He’s not some flower you can pick

Solo:

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

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