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Stranger - Johnny Duncan (and Janie Fricke)
Composer: Kristofferson
#4 in the country chart 1976
In the intro J.D plays a simple Fsus2 F motif with a hammer on the third string.
This is heard elsewhere in the song. 
Original Key: F
Fsus2EADGBe  EFADGBe
133011  133211
Intro:
Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus2
#1:
FMaybe she was F7smiling in the Bbmirror
  C7Maybe I was too 'cause I was Fstoned
FSinging every F7sad song on the Bbjukebox one more Gtime
C7Honey they were hittin' close to Fhome
#2:
FAnd I said maybe this will F7make you think I'm Bbcrazy
 C7Honey don't feel lonesome if you Fdo
FIf you wanna F7make a young man Bbhappy one more Gtime
C7I'd sure like to spend the night with Fyou
Chorus:
FAnd she said stranger "Shut out the light and Bblead meGm7  
C7Somewhere shut out the shadows Ftoo"
FAnd while we lay there F7making believe you Bblove meGm7  
C7Stranger could I believe in Fyou
#3:
FMaybe you got F7all you got toBbgether
C7And maybe you keep rolling like a Fstone
FMaybe some old F7lonesome song'll Bbtake you by surGprise
C7and leaving you a little more aFlone
Chorus:
FAnd she said stranger "Shut out the light and Bblead meGm7  
C7Somewhere shut out the shadows Ftoo"
FAnd while we lay there F7making believe you Bblove meGm7  
C7Stranger could I believe in Fyou
Outro:
FAnd she said stranger "Shut out the light and Bblead meGm7  
C7Somewhere shut out the shadows Ftoo"
FAnd while we (fade)

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Stranger

by Johnny Duncan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fsus2

Gm7

Stranger - Johnny Duncan (and Janie Fricke)

Composer: Kristofferson

#4 in the country chart 1976

In the intro J.D plays a simple Fsus2 F motif with a hammer on the third string.

This is heard elsewhere in the song.

Original Key: F

Fsus2 F

EADGBe EADGBe

133011 133211

Intro:

Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus2

#1:

F F7 Bb

Maybe she was smiling in the mirror

C7 F

Maybe I was too 'cause I was stoned

F F7 Bb G

Singing every sad song on the jukebox one more time

C7 F

Honey they were hittin' close to home

#2:

F F7 Bb

And I said maybe this will make you think I'm crazy

C7 F

Honey don't feel lonesome if you do

F F7 Bb G

If you wanna make a young man happy one more time

C7 F

I'd sure like to spend the night with you

Chorus:

F Bb Gm7

And she said stranger "Shut out the light and lead me

C7 F

Somewhere shut out the shadows too"

F F7 Bb Gm7

And while we lay there making believe you love me

C7 F

Stranger could I believe in you

#3:

F F7 Bb

Maybe you got all you got together

C7 F

And maybe you keep rolling like a stone

F F7 Bb G

Maybe some old lonesome song'll take you by surprise

C7 F

and leaving you a little more alone

Chorus:

F Bb Gm7

And she said stranger "Shut out the light and lead me

C7 F

Somewhere shut out the shadows too"

F F7 Bb Gm7

And while we lay there making believe you love me

C7 F

Stranger could I believe in you

Outro:

F Bb Gm7

And she said stranger "Shut out the light and lead me

C7 F

Somewhere shut out the shadows too"

And while we (fade)

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