You Were A Stranger chords by Rhett Miller

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:

FF     DmDm
Wind blew hard

FF        DmDm
Rain pelted the car

FF       DmDm     Bb majorBb     C majorC
I squeezed the wheel and I held it together

FF      DmDm
You rode along

FF      DmDm
Whistlin' a song

FF         DmDm    Bb majorBb      C majorC
Knowing you were next to me made me feel better, like

Chorus:

Bb majorBb   FF
Here we are

Bb majorBb    FF
For the one-hundredth time

Bb majorBb        DmDm    C majorC
Laughin'?? in the face of danger

Bb majorBb     FF
There you are

Bb majorBb           FF
Thank God that you're mine

Bb majorBb        DmDm       C majorC     FF
I don't know what I'??d do if you were a stranger


Verse 2:

FF     DmDm
Wind blew hard

FF        DmDm
Rain flooded the yard

FF     DmDm     Bb majorBb      C majorC
I was in exile, my next move was crucial

FF     DmDm
You were a friend

FF        DmDm
Of a friend of a friend

FF      DmDm        Bb majorBb         C majorC
Thank God a strange twist of fate introduced us, then

Chorus 2:

Bb majorBb    FF
There we were

Bb majorBb         FF
For the very first time

Bb majorBb    DmDm     C majorC
Lookin' for adventure

Bb majorBb       FF
You would wind up

  Bb majorBb     FF
My partner in crime

Bb majorBb     DmDm    c       FF
I did not know that yet, you were a stranger


Chorus 3:

Bb majorBb     FF
Here we are

Bb majorBb          FF
For the one-millionth time

Bb majorBb        DmDm   C majorC
Laughin' in the face of danger

Bb majorBb      FF
There you are

Bb majorBb          FF
Thank God that you're mine

Bb majorBb        DmDm    C majorC      FF
I don't know what I'd do if you were a stranger

Bb majorBb        DmDm    C majorC      FF
I don't know what I'd do if you were a stranger