A Stranger chords by Songs Of Praise

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
  Am               G      Am
A stranger I lived in the world
  Am                E7     Am
A foreigner like my forefathers
  Am            G   Am
A pilgrim in my attitude
   Am                 Em  Am
In my thoughts and my desires
  Am               G
A Stranger, I have no one to
  Dm7             E7
Unload on him, my thoughts so true

Verse 2:
    Am            G       Am
The people do not like my roots
    Am           E7       Am
Nor do they understand my end
   Am              G    Em
In craze arise the multitude
   E7                  Am     Em
In maddening noise without an end
    Am          G   Em
And I remain in solitude
  Em        E7       Am
Serenity in my heart felt
  Am              G
A stranger, I can find no home
    Dm7         E7
Nor a corner to rest alone

Verse 3:
  Am            G          Am
I cast away the world's pleasures
  Am           E7        Am
Ignoring her callings to me
  Am               G      Em
I went, I dragged away my things
 E7             Am      G
Away from their merry-makings
   Am              G    Em
My heart silent, indifferent
   Em                E7    Am
To all they think is important
   Am             G
My listening will never yield
   Dm7              E7
To loud and worldly conversing

Verse 4:
  Am         G         Am
I wander off all on my own
   Am          E7     Am
So happy to be in the vast
     Am             G     Em
With my timbrel and my cymbal
    E7          Am       Em
And melodies of praise I sing
    Am            G      Em
And now comes the holy moment
   Em              E7      Am
In which I Retreat with my King
  Am         Em
I roam about as a spirit
  Dm7        Em
Invisible to on-lookers
    Am            G
The world alien I am to it
  Dm7               E7
A foreigner like my forefathers

Verse 5:
   Am           G    Am
My existence is a triumph
   Am               E7      Am
No wealth, power to disturb me
   Am               G     Em
No house is here to delay me
    E7            Am  Em
Nor any friend or family
    Am          G        Em
And with me are sweet verses
    Em                E7      Am
And great proverbs to console me
    Am            G
The Bible here my only lamp
    Dm7             E7
And nothing else to concern me

Verse 6:
  Am             G   Am
I do not know of any fear
    Am             E7     Am
Nor any bonds that hinder me
   Am              G          Em
No longer does the world rule me
 E7               Am        Em
Against me and at times for me
   Am              G          Em
No longer does the world rule me
 Em               E7        Am
Against me and at times for me
  Am           G
I say to every enemy
    Dm7           Em
Who only wants to seduce me
  Am              G
Beware that now I am alive
  Dm7              E7
A stranger as were my fathers