Cifras
The Stranger Song

Tono: C

Introducción:  Em  

               C                               Bb             C               G 
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
                                                                   D 
Who said they were through with dealing
                                                       Em 
Every time you gave them shelter
         D 
I know that kind of man
                             Em 
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
                 D                                                             Em 
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
                 D                                                             Em 
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
                       C                           Bb           C           G 
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
                                             D 
You find he did not leave you very much
                     Em 
Not even laughter
           D                                                     Em 
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
                                           D 
That is so high and wild
                                                       Em 
He'll never need to deal another
                 D                                                           Em 
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
                 D                                                           Em 
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
                     C                             Bb         C 
And then leaning on your window sill
               G 
He'll say one day you caused his will
         D                                                                         Em 
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
                     D 
And then taking from his wallet
                     Em 
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
       D                                                           Em 
I told you when I came I was a stranger
       D                                                           Em 
I told you when I came I was a stranger
           C                         Bb         C 
But now another stranger seems
         G 
To want you to ignore his dreams
           D                                                                 Em 
As though they were the burden of some other
                     D 
O you've seen that man before
                       Em 
His golden arm dispatching cards
                             D                                                       Em 
But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
                 D                                                                         Em 
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
                 D                                                                         Em 
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter
                 C                           Bb         C         G 
Ah you hate to watch another tired man
                             G 
Lay down his hand
                           D                                                   Em 
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
             D 
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
           Em 
You notice there's a highway
                   D                                                               Em 
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
             D                                                                   Em 
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder
           C                             Bb           C 
You tell him to come in sit down
           G 
But something makes you turn around
           D                                                                   Em 
The door is open you can't close your shelter
             D 
You try the handle of the road
       Em 
It opens do not be afraid
               D                                                         Em 
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
               D                                                         Em 
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
             C                                   Bb         C 
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
             G                                                                         D 
We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
                                                           Em 
I think it's time to board another
               D                                                   Em 
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
                                     D 
To get me to the heart of this
                             Em 
Or any other matter
                   D                                                                             Em 
When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
                     D                                                                               Em 
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after
               C                       Bb             C 
Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
     G 
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
               D                                                               Em 
That they are building on some endless river
                   D 
Then he leaves the platform
                                     Em 
For the sleeping car that's warm
                                     D                                                   Em 
You realize, he's only advertising on more shelter
                 D                                                           Em 
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
                   D                                                               Em 
And you say okay the bridge or someplace later
                       C                           Bb           C           G 
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
                                           D 
You find he did not leave you very much
                     Em 
Not even laughter
           D                                                     Em 
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
                                           D 
That is so high and wild
                                                       Em 
He'll never need to deal another
                 D                                                           Em 
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
                 D                                                           Em 
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
           C                             Bb         C 
And leaning on your window sill
               G 
He'll say one day you caused his will
         D                                                                         Em 
To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
                     D 
And then taking from his wallet
                     Em 
An old schedule of trains
                             D                                                           Em 
He'll say, I told you when I came I was a stranger
       D                                                           Em 
I told you when I came I was a stranger
       D                                                           Em 
I told you when I came I was a stranger
       D                                                           Em 
I told you when I came I was a stranger...