{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1768452,"song":"The Stranger Song","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1768452-the-stranger-song-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1768452?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":93,"content":"Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song\r\nLive at the Paris Theatre, London - 1968\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]F#sus4[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------2-----2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-|\r\nG|----2-----2-----2-----2------4-----2-----2-----2---|\r\nD|--------4-----------4------------4-----------4-----|\r\nA|--------------4------------------------4-----------|\r\nE|--2------------------------2-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D/A[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D/A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|------2-----2----2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-|\r\nB|----3-----3----3-----3-----1-----1-----3-----3-----2-----2-----2-----2---|\r\nG|--------2----------2-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|\r\nD|-------------0-----------------------0-----------------------2-----------|\r\nA|--0----------------------3-----------------------0-----------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's true that all the men you knew were dealers[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho said they were through with dealing[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nEvery time you gave them shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI know that kind of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to hold the hand of anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWho's reaching for the sky   just to surrender[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nWho is reaching for the sky just to surrender[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]D/A[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou'll find he did not leave you very much[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNot even laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLike any dealer he was watching for the card[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat is so high and wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe'll never need to deal another[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe was just some Joseph looking for a manger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nHe was just some Joseph looking for a manger[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nAnd then leaning on your window sill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'll say one day you caused his will[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo weaken with your love and warmth and shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then taking from his wallet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAn old schedule of trains, he'll say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI told you when I came I was a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI told you when I came I was a stranger[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]D/A[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nOh but now another stranger seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo want you to ignore his dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs though they were the burden of some other[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou've seen that man before[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]F#sus4[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHis golden arm dispatching cards[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAh you hate to watch another tired man[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLay down his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLike he was giving up the holy game of poker[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd while he talks his dreams to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou notice there's a highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat is curling up like smoke above his shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's curling just like smoke above his shoulder[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nWell, you tell him to come in sit down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut something makes you turn around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe door is open you can't close your shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou try the handle of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt opens do not be afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's you my love, you, who are the stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's you my love, you, who are the stranger[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]D/A[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nWell, I have been waiting, I was sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe'd meet between the trains we're waiting for[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI think it's time to board another[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPlease understand, I never had a secret chart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo get me to the heart of this[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOr any other matter[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen he talks like this you don't know what he's after[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nLet's meet tomorrow if you choose[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUpon the shore, beneath the bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat they are building on some endless river[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen he leaves the platform[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor the sleeping car that's warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou realize, he's only advertising one more shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd it comes to you, he never was a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you say okay the bridge or someplace later[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]D/A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou find he did not leave you very much[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNot even laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLike any dealer he was watching for the card[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat is so high and wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Esus4[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe'll never need to deal another[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe was just some Joseph looking for a manger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nHe was just some Joseph looking for a manger[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nAnd then leaning on your window sill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'll say one day you caused his will[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo weaken with your love and warmth and shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd taking from his wallet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAn old schedule of trains, he'll say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nI told you when I came I was a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nI told you when I came I was a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nI told you when I came I was a stranger[/tab]","plain_text":"Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song\nLive at the Paris Theatre, London - 1968\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]","chords":["F#m","F#sus4","B","G","D","A","E","D/A","C","Esus4","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}