Chords for I Was A Stranger
Tempo:
75 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] If you go [B] to Pima County, [E] in the Sonoran [A] desert lands,
[E] You'll [G#m] find the town of Ajo [E] among the cactus [B] stands.
The [E] only town you'll see, the only [A] water too.
[E] When someone is [D#] thirsty, there's no question [B] what you do.
For well over a [E] century, it was [A] a normal thing,
[E] To have an extra jug of water that you [B] might bring.
[E] In the harsh Sonoran, Arizona [A] summer heat,
[E] We'd rather give the vultures something [B] else to eat.
You [A] didn't ask where [E] I was going, [B] nor [C#m] where I've been.
[A] I was hungry, you [E] gave me food.
[A] I was thirsty, you [E] gave me drink.
[A] I was naked, you [E] gave me clothes.
[A] I was a stranger, [C#m] [B] you [E] let me in.
[B] [E] I have this book here, a story I [A] learned well.
[E] I always thought I understood the tale [B] that it tells.
[E] It's spelled out very clearly in Matthew [A] 25.
[E] What a good Christian does when a [B] stranger arrives.
You [A] didn't ask where [C#] I was going, [B] nor [C#] where I've been.
I was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I [A] was naked, you [C#] gave me clothes.
I was a stranger.
[C#m] [B]
[E] Now there's a crackdown with life and death [A] on trial.
[E] The only place with water for [B] a hundred miles,
facing [G#m] twenty years in prison, [E] is a very [A] mighty rod.
[G#m] Now all of us [E] are forced to choose between Caesar [B] and God.
You [A] didn't ask where I [B] was going, nor where [C#] I've been.
I [A] was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I was naked, you gave me clothes.
I [A] was a stranger, [C#m]
[B] you let [A] me in.
You let [C#] me in.
[B] You [E] let me in.
[C#]
[E] You'll [G#m] find the town of Ajo [E] among the cactus [B] stands.
The [E] only town you'll see, the only [A] water too.
[E] When someone is [D#] thirsty, there's no question [B] what you do.
For well over a [E] century, it was [A] a normal thing,
[E] To have an extra jug of water that you [B] might bring.
[E] In the harsh Sonoran, Arizona [A] summer heat,
[E] We'd rather give the vultures something [B] else to eat.
You [A] didn't ask where [E] I was going, [B] nor [C#m] where I've been.
[A] I was hungry, you [E] gave me food.
[A] I was thirsty, you [E] gave me drink.
[A] I was naked, you [E] gave me clothes.
[A] I was a stranger, [C#m] [B] you [E] let me in.
[B] [E] I have this book here, a story I [A] learned well.
[E] I always thought I understood the tale [B] that it tells.
[E] It's spelled out very clearly in Matthew [A] 25.
[E] What a good Christian does when a [B] stranger arrives.
You [A] didn't ask where [C#] I was going, [B] nor [C#] where I've been.
I was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I [A] was naked, you [C#] gave me clothes.
I was a stranger.
[C#m] [B]
[E] Now there's a crackdown with life and death [A] on trial.
[E] The only place with water for [B] a hundred miles,
facing [G#m] twenty years in prison, [E] is a very [A] mighty rod.
[G#m] Now all of us [E] are forced to choose between Caesar [B] and God.
You [A] didn't ask where I [B] was going, nor where [C#] I've been.
I [A] was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I was naked, you gave me clothes.
I [A] was a stranger, [C#m]
[B] you let [A] me in.
You let [C#] me in.
[B] You [E] let me in.
[C#]
Key:
E
A
B
C#
C#m
E
A
B
_ [E] _ _ _ If you go [B] to Pima County, [E] in the Sonoran [A] desert lands,
_ [E] You'll [G#m] find the town of Ajo [E] among the cactus [B] stands.
_ The [E] only town you'll see, the only [A] water too. _ _
[E] When someone is [D#] thirsty, there's no question [B] what you do.
_ _ For well over a [E] century, it was [A] a normal thing,
[E] To have an extra jug of water that you [B] might bring.
_ _ [E] In the harsh Sonoran, Arizona [A] summer heat, _
[E] We'd rather give the vultures something [B] else to eat.
You [A] didn't ask where [E] I was going, [B] nor [C#m] where I've been.
_ [A] I was hungry, you [E] gave me food.
[A] I was thirsty, you [E] gave me drink.
[A] I was naked, you [E] gave me clothes.
[A] I was a stranger, [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ you [E] let me in.
[B] _ _ [E] I have this book here, a story I [A] learned well.
_ _ [E] I always thought I understood the tale [B] that it tells. _ _
[E] It's spelled out very clearly in Matthew [A] 25. _
_ _ [E] What a good Christian does when a [B] stranger arrives.
You [A] didn't ask where [C#] I was going, [B] nor [C#] where I've been.
I was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I [A] was naked, you [C#] gave me clothes.
I was a stranger.
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Now there's a crackdown with life and death [A] on trial. _
[E] The only place with water for [B] a hundred miles, _
_ facing [G#m] twenty years in prison, [E] is a very [A] mighty rod.
_ _ [G#m] Now all of us [E] are forced to choose between Caesar [B] and God.
You [A] didn't ask where I [B] was going, nor where [C#] I've been.
_ I [A] was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I was naked, you gave me clothes.
I [A] was a stranger, [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ you let [A] me in.
You let [C#] me in.
_ [B] You [E] let me in.
_ [C#] _ _
_ [E] You'll [G#m] find the town of Ajo [E] among the cactus [B] stands.
_ The [E] only town you'll see, the only [A] water too. _ _
[E] When someone is [D#] thirsty, there's no question [B] what you do.
_ _ For well over a [E] century, it was [A] a normal thing,
[E] To have an extra jug of water that you [B] might bring.
_ _ [E] In the harsh Sonoran, Arizona [A] summer heat, _
[E] We'd rather give the vultures something [B] else to eat.
You [A] didn't ask where [E] I was going, [B] nor [C#m] where I've been.
_ [A] I was hungry, you [E] gave me food.
[A] I was thirsty, you [E] gave me drink.
[A] I was naked, you [E] gave me clothes.
[A] I was a stranger, [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ you [E] let me in.
[B] _ _ [E] I have this book here, a story I [A] learned well.
_ _ [E] I always thought I understood the tale [B] that it tells. _ _
[E] It's spelled out very clearly in Matthew [A] 25. _
_ _ [E] What a good Christian does when a [B] stranger arrives.
You [A] didn't ask where [C#] I was going, [B] nor [C#] where I've been.
I was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I [A] was naked, you [C#] gave me clothes.
I was a stranger.
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Now there's a crackdown with life and death [A] on trial. _
[E] The only place with water for [B] a hundred miles, _
_ facing [G#m] twenty years in prison, [E] is a very [A] mighty rod.
_ _ [G#m] Now all of us [E] are forced to choose between Caesar [B] and God.
You [A] didn't ask where I [B] was going, nor where [C#] I've been.
_ I [A] was hungry, you gave me food.
I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
I was naked, you gave me clothes.
I [A] was a stranger, [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ you let [A] me in.
You let [C#] me in.
_ [B] You [E] let me in.
_ [C#] _ _