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Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song

Intro:

C Bb C G

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers

Who said they were through with dealing

Every time you gave them shelter

I know that kind of man

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

You find he did not leave you very much

Not even laughter

D Em

Like any dealer he was watching for the card

That is so high and wild

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

He'll say one day you caused his will

D Em

To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter

And then taking from his wallet

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

To want you to ignore his dreams

D Em

As though they were the burden of some other

O you've seen that man before

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

Lay down his hand

D Em

Like he was giving up the holy game of poker

And while he talks his dreams to sleep

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

But something makes you turn around

D Em

The door is open you can't close your shelter

You try the handle of the road

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

I think it's time to board another

D Em

Please understand, I never had a secret chart

To get me to the heart of this

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

Upon the shore, beneath the bridge

D Em

That they are building on some endless river

Then he leaves the platform

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

And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind...

Bridge:

D Em Em C x4

And leaning on your window sill...

Ending:

Em C D Em x4

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