Chords for Leonard Cohen - Stranger Song

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] It's true that all [Gm] the men [G] you knew were dealers
Who said they were through [D] with dealing every time you gave [Em] them shelter
_ [C] [D] I know that kind of man, it's [Em] hard to hold the hand of anyone
[Am] [D] Who's reaching for the sky just [Em] to surrender
_ [D] Who's reaching for the sky just [Em] to surrender
_ _ [C] And then sweeping up [Gm] the [C] jokers that [G] he left behind
And you find [D] he did not leave you very much, [Em] not even laughter
_ [D] Like any dealer, he was [Em] watching for the card that is so high [D] and wild
He'll never need [Em] to deal another
_ [D] He was just some Joseph looking [Em] for a manger
[C] He [D] was just some Joseph looking [Em] for a manger
_ _ [C] And then leaning on [Gm] your [C] windowsill, he'll say [G] one day
You caused [D] his will to weaken with your love and [Em] warmth and shelter
_ [D] And then taking from his wallet [Em] an old schedule of trains
[F] He'll say I [D] told you when I came, [Em] I was a stranger
I [D] told you when I came, I [Em] was a stranger
But _ _ [C]
now another [Bb] stranger [C] seems [G] to want you to ignore [D] his dreams
As though they were the burden [Em] of some other
_ [D] Oh you've seen that man before, his [Em] golden arm dispatching [F] cards
But now [D] it's rusted from the [Am] elbow [Em] to the finger
And [F] [D] he wants to trade the game he [Em] plays for shelter
_ [D] Yes he wants to trade the game he knows [Em] for shelter
_ _ [C] Oh you hate to watch [Gm] another [G] tired man lay down his hand
Like he [D] was giving up the holy [Em] game of poker
_ [D] And while he talks his dreams to [Em] sleep you notice there's a highway
[C] [D] That is curling up like smoke [Dm] above his [Em] shoulder
_ [D] It's curling just like smoke [Em] above his shoulder
You _ _ [C]
tell him to [Bb] come in, [G] sit down, but something makes you turn around
The [D] door is open, you can't [Em] close your shelter
You [D]
try the handle of the road, [Em] it opens
Do not be [F] afraid, it's [D] you my love, you [Em] who are the stranger
_ [D] It is you my love, you [Dm] who are [Em] the stranger
While _ [C]
I've been [Bb] waiting [C] I was [G] sure we'd meet between the trains [D] we're waiting for
I think it's time to [Em] board another
Please [D] _
understand I [Dm] never [Em] had a secret chart
To get me to [D] the heart of this or [Em] any other matter
_ [D] While he talks like this you don't know [Em] what he's after
When [D] he speaks like this you don't [Am] know what [Em] he's after
_ _ _ [C]
Let's meet [Bb] tomorrow if you [G] choose upon the shore
Beneath [D] the bridge that they are building on some [Em] endless river
Then [D] he leaves the platform or the [Em] sleeping car that's warm
You [F] realize [D] he's only advertising one [Em] more shelter
And [F] [D] it comes to you he [Em] never was a stranger
And [D] you say okay the bridge or [Em] some place later
_ And [C]
then sweeping up [Bb] the [G] jokers that he left behind
You find he did [D] not leave you very much, [Dm] not [Em] even laughter
_ _ [D]
Like any dealer he was [Em] watching for the card that is so [D] high and wild
He'll never need to [Em] deal another
_ [F] He [D] was just some Joseph looking [Em] for a manger
He [D] was just some Joseph looking [Em] for a manger
_ _ _ [C]
And leaning on [Bb] your [G] window sill he'll say one day you caused his [D] will to weaken
With your [A] love [D] and warmth [Em] and shelter
And [D]
then taking from his wallet [Em] an old schedule of trains
He'll [D] say I told you when I came I was [Em] a stranger
I [F] [D] told you when I came [Em] I was a stranger
I [D] told you when I [Ab] came I was [Em] a stranger
_ _ [F] _ [D] _ _