The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen

The Stranger

Leonard Cohen

Chords:

Intro: Em

It's tr[C]ue that all the m[Bb]en you kn[C]ew were d[G]ealers

Who said they were through with d[D]ealing

Every time you gave them sh[Em]elter

I kn[D]ow that kind of man

It's hard to h[Em]old the hand of anyone

Who is r[D]eaching for the sky just to surr[Em]ender

And then sw[C]eeping up the j[Bb]okers th[C]at he l[G]eft behind

You find he did not le[D]ave you very much

Not even l[Em]aughter

Like [D]any dealer he was watching f[Em]or the card

That is so high and w[D]ild

He'll never need to deal an[Em]other

He was j[D]ust some Joseph looking for a m[Em]anger

And then l[C]eaning on your w[Bb]indow s[C]ill

He'll s[G]ay one day you caused his will

To w[D]eaken with your love and warmth and sh[Em]elter

And then t[D]aking from his wallet

An old sch[Em]edule of trains, he'll say

I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger

But n[C]ow another str[Bb]anger s[C]eems

To w[G]ant you to ignore his dreams

As th[D]ough they were the burden of some [Em]other

O you've s[D]een that man before

His golden [Em]arm dispatching cards

But now it's r[D]usted from the elbow to the f[Em]inger

And he w[D]ants to trade the game he plays for sh[Em]elter

Yes he w[D]ants to trade the game he knows for sh[Em]elter

Ah you h[C]ate to watch an[Bb]other t[C]ired m[G]an

Lay down his h[G]and

Like he was g[D]iving up the holy game of p[Em]oker

And wh[D]ile he talks his dreams to sleep

You n[Em]otice there's a highway

That is c[D]urling up like smoke above his sh[Em]oulder

It's c[D]urling just like smoke above his sh[Em]oulder

You t[C]ell him to come [Bb]in sit d[C]own

But s[G]omething makes you turn around

The d[D]oor is open you can't close your sh[Em]elter

You tr[D]y the handle of the road

It [Em]opens do not be afraid

It's yo[D]u my love, you who are the str[Em]anger

Well, [C]I've been waiting, [Bb]I was s[C]ure

We'd m[G]eet between the trains we're waiting f[D]or

I think it's time to board an[Em]other

Please [D]understand, I never had a s[Em]ecret chart

To get me to the h[D]eart of this

Or any other m[Em]atter

When he t[D]alks like this you don't know what he's [Em]after

When he sp[D]eaks like this, you don't know what he's [Em]after

Let's m[C]eet tomorrow [Bb]if you ch[C]oose

Up[G]on the shore, beneath the bridge

That th[D]ey are building on some endless r[Em]iver

Then he l[D]eaves the platform

For the sleeping c[Em]ar that's warm

You realize, he's [D]only advertising on more sh[Em]elter

And it c[D]omes to you, he never was a str[Em]anger

And you s[D]ay okay the bridge or someplace l[Em]ater

And then sw[C]eeping up the j[Bb]okers th[C]at he l[G]eft behind

You find he did not l[D]eave you very much

Not even l[Em]aughter

Like [D]any dealer he was watching f[Em]or the card

That is so high and w[D]ild

He'll never need to deal an[Em]other

He was j[D]ust some Joseph looking for a m[Em]anger

And l[C]eaning on your w[Bb]indow s[C]ill

He'll s[G]ay one day you caused his will

To w[D]eaken with your love and warmth and sh[Em]elter

And then t[D]aking from his wallet

An old sch[Em]edule of trains

He'll say, I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger

I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger

I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger...

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{t:The Stranger Song}
 {st:Leonard Cohen}
 
 The Stranger
 Leonard Cohen
 
 Chords:
 
 Intro: Em
 
 It's tr[C]ue that all the m[Bb]en you kn[C]ew were d[G]ealers
 Who said they were through with d[D]ealing
 Every time you gave them sh[Em]elter
 I kn[D]ow that kind of man
 It's hard to h[Em]old the hand of anyone
 Who is r[D]eaching for the sky just to surr[Em]ender
 Who is r[D]eaching for the sky just to surr[Em]ender
 
 And then sw[C]eeping up the j[Bb]okers th[C]at he l[G]eft behind
 You find he did not le[D]ave you very much
 Not even l[Em]aughter
 Like [D]any dealer he was watching f[Em]or the card
 That is so high and w[D]ild
 He'll never need to deal an[Em]other
 He was j[D]ust some Joseph looking for a m[Em]anger
 He was j[D]ust some Joseph looking for a m[Em]anger
 
 And then l[C]eaning on your w[Bb]indow s[C]ill
 He'll s[G]ay one day you caused his will
 To w[D]eaken with your love and warmth and sh[Em]elter
 And then t[D]aking from his wallet
 An old sch[Em]edule of trains, he'll say
 I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger
 I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger
 
 But n[C]ow another str[Bb]anger s[C]eems
 To w[G]ant you to ignore his dreams
 As th[D]ough they were the burden of some [Em]other
 O you've s[D]een that man before
 His golden [Em]arm dispatching cards
 But now it's r[D]usted from the elbow to the f[Em]inger
 And he w[D]ants to trade the game he plays for sh[Em]elter
 Yes he w[D]ants to trade the game he knows for sh[Em]elter
 
 Ah you h[C]ate to watch an[Bb]other t[C]ired m[G]an
 Lay down his h[G]and
 Like he was g[D]iving up the holy game of p[Em]oker
 And wh[D]ile he talks his dreams to sleep
 You n[Em]otice there's a highway
 That is c[D]urling up like smoke above his sh[Em]oulder
 It's c[D]urling just like smoke above his sh[Em]oulder
 
 You t[C]ell him to come [Bb]in sit d[C]own
 But s[G]omething makes you turn around
 The d[D]oor is open you can't close your sh[Em]elter
 You tr[D]y the handle of the road
 It [Em]opens do not be afraid
 It's yo[D]u my love, you who are the str[Em]anger
 It's yo[D]u my love, you who are the str[Em]anger
 
 Well, [C]I've been waiting, [Bb]I was s[C]ure
 We'd m[G]eet between the trains we're waiting f[D]or
 I think it's time to board an[Em]other
 Please [D]understand, I never had a s[Em]ecret chart
 To get me to the h[D]eart of this
 Or any other m[Em]atter
 When he t[D]alks like this you don't know what he's [Em]after
 When he sp[D]eaks like this, you don't know what he's [Em]after
 
 Let's m[C]eet tomorrow [Bb]if you ch[C]oose
 Up[G]on the shore, beneath the bridge
 That th[D]ey are building on some endless r[Em]iver
 Then he l[D]eaves the platform
 For the sleeping c[Em]ar that's warm
 You realize, he's [D]only advertising on more sh[Em]elter
 And it c[D]omes to you, he never was a str[Em]anger
 And you s[D]ay okay the bridge or someplace l[Em]ater
 
 And then sw[C]eeping up the j[Bb]okers th[C]at he l[G]eft behind
 You find he did not l[D]eave you very much
 Not even l[Em]aughter
 Like [D]any dealer he was watching f[Em]or the card
 That is so high and w[D]ild
 He'll never need to deal an[Em]other
 He was j[D]ust some Joseph looking for a m[Em]anger
 He was j[D]ust some Joseph looking for a m[Em]anger
 
 And l[C]eaning on your w[Bb]indow s[C]ill
 He'll s[G]ay one day you caused his will
 To w[D]eaken with your love and warmth and sh[Em]elter
 And then t[D]aking from his wallet
 An old sch[Em]edule of trains
 He'll say, I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger
 I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger
 I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger
 I t[D]old you when I came I was a str[Em]anger...
 
 
 Tab:
 
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The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen

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