Tonart: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
C
It's true that all the men you
Who said they were
Em
Every time you gave them shelter
D
I know that kind of man,
Em
it's hard to hold the hand of anyone
D
Who is reaching for the sky
just to surrender
Em
D
Who is reaching for the
Em
sky just to surrender
Verse 2
C
D
And then sweeping up the joker
C
G
s that he left behind
D
You find he did not leave you very much,
D
Em
Like any dealer, he was watching for the
D
card that is so high and wild
Em
He'll never need to deal another
D
He was just some Joseph
Em
looking for a manger
D
He was just some Joseph
Em
looking for a manger
C
And then leaning on your window sill He'll
Verse 3
G
say one day you caused
his will
D
To weaken with your love
Em
and warmth and shelter
D
And then taking from his wallet
Em
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
Verse 4
C
Bb
D
But now another stranger seems
G
To want you to ignore his dreams
D
As though they were the burden
D
Oh, you've seen that man before
Em
His golden arm, dispatching cards
D
But now it's rusted from
Em
the elbows to the finger
D
And he wants to trade the
Em
game he plays for shelter
D
Yes, he wants to trade the
Em
game he knows for shelter
Verse 5
D
Lay down his hand like he was giving
Em
up the holy game of poker
D
And while he talks his dreams to sleep, you
Em
notice there's a highway
D
That is curling up like smoke
D
It's curling just like smoke
Verse 6
C
Cm
You tell him to come in, sit down
G
But something makes you turn around
Em
you can't close your shelter
D
You try the handle of the road,
Em
it opens, do not be afraid
D
Em
It's you, my love, you who are the stranger
D
It is you, my love, you who
C
Well, I've been waiting,
Verse 7
I was sure
G
We'd meet between the trains
Em
I think it's time to board an
other
D
Please understand,
Em
I never had a secret chart
D
To get me to the heart of this
D
Well, he talks like this, you
Em
don't know what he's after
D
When he speaks like this,
Em
you don't know what he's af ter
C
D
C
Let's meet tomorrow, if you choose
Verse 8
G
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
Em
on some endless river
D
Then he leaves the platform for
Em
the sleeping car that's warm
You realize,
D
Em
he's only advertising one more shelter
Em
he never was a stranger
Em
the bridge or someplace later"
C
And then sweeping up the
Verse 9
Bb
joker
C
G
s that he left behind
D
You find he did not leave you very much,
D
Em
Like any dealer, he was watching for the
D
card that is so high and wild
Em
He'll never need to deal another
D
He was just some Joseph looking
Em
for a manger
D
He was just some Joseph
Em
looking for a manger
Verse 10
Bb
C
window sill
G
He'll say one day you caused his will
D
To weaken with your love and
D
And then taking from his wallet
Em
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
D
Em
I told you when I came I was a stranger
D
I told you when I came I was a stranger
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