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Is anybody out there?
|    Em       D|    Em     D|
There's no Emknock on my Ddoor
No one Emcomes any Dmore
To this EmislandD  Em  D  
Trapped on Emmemory Dlane
Caught in Emyesterdays Drain
In the Bm7si   Cmaj7lenceBm7  Cmaj7  
I have Am11looked in your eye
Calling your Cmaj7name outloud
But you Am11look right through me
Like a Fmaj7ghost in a crowd
Chorus
    CJust like a Dtotal Emstranger
    CBehind those Dwalls of Emstone
/F#              G       D/G     D/C  C  
      I've been a missing per   son
Am11Location un C/Dknown
   CLiving like a Dtotal Emstranger
     CA Dnowhere Emman
      /F#                    G     D/G     D/C  C  
You see I couldn't get a lis  ted   num   ber
F/BbLiving in a C/Fnow man's EmlandD  Em  D  
Well did you Emtake me for Ddead
Did you Emknow I still Dbled
With de EmsireD  Em  D  
I keep on Emtalking to Dyou
But the Emwords don't come Dthrough
On this Bm7wireCmaj7  Bm7  Cmaj7  
I'm a Am11voice in the dark
Crying Cmaj7out to the ghost
So I Am11reach out my hand
Like a Fmaj7man overboard
   CJust like a Dtotal Emstranger
CBehind those Dwalls of Emstone
/F#              G       D/G     D/C  C  
      I've been a missing per   son
        Am11Location unknownC/D  
CLiving like a Dtotal Emstranger
     CA Dnowhere Emman
       /F#               G       D/G    D/C  C  
You see I  couldn't get a listed  num  ber
F/BbLiving in a no C/Fman's
|    G/F       F|   G/F        F|  D/E     E/F#|   D/E    E/F#|
land
|     G/F      F| Fmaj7    G/F   F|  D/E     E/F#|   D/G     E/A|
|    Em| % |   Bm7    Cmaj7|  Bm7    Cmaj7|
|    Em| % |   Bm7    Cmaj7|  Bm7    Cmaj7|
I'm a Am11voice in the dark
Crying Cmaj7out to the D/Cstars
So I Am11reach out my hand
Like a Fmaj7man overboard
      CJust like a Dtotal Emstranger
     CBehind those Dwalls of Emstone
/F#               G       D/G     D/C  C  
       I've been a missing per   son
         Am11Location unknownC/D  
CLiving like a Dtotal Emstranger
      CDoes Danybody under Emstand
       /F#                G        D/G    D/C  C  
You see I   couldn't get a listed   num  ber
F/BbLiving in a C/Fno man's
EmlandD/E  Em  D/E  
D/Coh oh   Cmaj7oh        D/Coh oh   Cmaj7oh
Is Emanybody D/Eout there?Em  D/E  
D/Coh oh Cmaj7oh        D/Coh oh Cmaj7oh

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Total Stranger

by Gino Vannelli

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Cmaj7

Am11

Fmaj7

D/G

D/C

C/D

F/Bb

C/F

G/F

D/E

E/F#

E/A

Is anybody out there?

Em D Em D

| | |

Em D

There's no knock on my door

Em D

No one comes any more

Em D Em D

To this island

Em D

Trapped on memory lane

Em D

Caught in yesterdays rain

Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7

In the si lence

Am11

I have looked in your eye

Cmaj7

Calling your name outloud

Am11

But you look right through me

Fmaj7

Like a ghost in a crowd

Chorus

C D Em

Just like a total stranger

C D Em

Behind those walls of stone

G D/G D/C C

/F#

I've been a missing per son

Am11 C/D

Location un known

C D Em

Living like a total stranger

C D Em

A nowhere man

G D/G D/C C

/F#

You see I couldn't get a lis ted num ber

F/Bb C/F Em D Em D

Living in a now man's land

Em D

Well did you take me for dead

Em D

Did you know I still bled

Em D Em D

With de sire

Em D

I keep on talking to you

Em D

But the words don't come through

Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7

On this wire

Am11

I'm a voice in the dark

Cmaj7

Crying out to the ghost

Am11

So I reach out my hand

Fmaj7

Like a man overboard

C D Em

Just like a total stranger

C D Em

Behind those walls of stone

G D/G D/C C

/F#

I've been a missing per son

Am11 C/D

Location unknown

C D Em

Living like a total stranger

C D Em

A nowhere man

G D/G D/C C

/F#

You see I couldn't get a listed num ber

F/Bb C/F

Living in a no man's

G/F F G/F F D/E E/F# D/E E/F#

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land

G/F F Fmaj7 G/F F D/E E/F# D/G E/A

| | | | |

Em Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7

| | % | | |

Em Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7

| | % | | |

Am11

I'm a voice in the dark

Cmaj7 D/C

Crying out to the stars

Am11

So I reach out my hand

Fmaj7

Like a man overboard

C D Em

Just like a total stranger

C D Em

Behind those walls of stone

G D/G D/C C

/F#

I've been a missing per son

Am11 C/D

Location unknown

C D Em

Living like a total stranger

C D Em

Does anybody under stand

G D/G D/C C

/F#

You see I couldn't get a listed num ber

F/Bb C/F

Living in a no man's

Em D/E Em D/E

land

D/C Cmaj7 D/C Cmaj7

oh oh oh oh oh oh

Em D/E Em D/E

Is anybody out there?

D/C Cmaj7 D/C Cmaj7

oh oh oh oh oh oh

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