Chords for stranger - by Pope Shenouda - غريبا عشت في الدنيا

[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
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[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ A stranger I [Db] loved in the [Fm] world, a foreigner like my [Eb] forefathers,
[Fm] A pilgrim in [Db] my [Fm] attitude, in my thoughts and [Ab] my [D] [Fm] desires.
A stranger I [Eb] have no one to unload [Db] on him [C] my thoughts so true.
_ _ The [Fm]
people do not [Db] like my [Fm] roots, nor do they [Db] understand my [Fm] end.
In craze arise [Eb] the multitude, [Cm] in my _ noise [Fm] without [Bbm] a blend,
[Fm] And I remain [Cm] [Eb] in solitude, _ [Cm] _
[C] serenity [F] in my heart [Fm] _ felt.
_ A stranger I [Ab] can find [Eb] no one, [Ab] nor a [Db] corner [Ab] to rest [C] alone.
_ _ _ I [F]
[Fm] cast away [Db] the world's [Fm] pleasures, ignoring _ her [Db] callings to [Fm] me.
I wept, I dragged [Eb] away my fears, [Cm] away from their [Fm] merry _ beacons.
My heart, silent [Ab] [Eb] and different, [Bbm] [Ab] to [C] all they think [Fm] is important. _ _
_ My listening _ [Eb] will never yield [Db] to loud and [Fm] worldly [C] _
_ conversing.
_ _ _ [Fm] I wonder of [Db] all of [Fm] my own, so happy to [Db] be in [Fm] the vast,
With my thimble [Eb] and my _ cymbal, and [Cm] melodies [Fm] of praise I sing.
And now comes the [Eb] holy _ moment, [Cm] in which I retreat [Fm] with my _ _ King.
I roam about [Bbm]
a [Eb] spirit, _ [Db] invisible _ [C] to unlock loose.
[Fm] The world in the end [Eb] I am to win, a [Db] foreigner like [C] my forefather.
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_ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [Fm] _
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My existence [Db] is a triumph, [Fm] no wealth power [Eb] to [Bbm] disturb [Fm] me.
No house is here [Eb] to delay [Cm] me, nor any friend [F] or [Eb] family.
[Ab] [Fm] And with me are the [Eb] sweet verses, [Cm] and great proverbs to console _ _ [Fm]
me.
_ [F] The Bible here, [Eb] my only love, [Db] and nothing else [C] to concern me.
The Bible [Fm] here, [Eb] my only love, [Db] and nothing else to [C] concern me.
_ _ _ [Fm] I do not know [Db] of any [Fm] fear, nor any bonds [Db] that hinder [Fm] me. _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm]
No longer does [Eb] the world rule me, [Cm] against me and [Fm] at times for _ _ me.
I say to every [Eb] _
enemy, who [Db] only wants [C] to seduce me,
[Fm] Beware that now [Eb] I am alive, [Db] a stranger as [Bbm] were my [Db] fathers.
I [Fm] say to _ [Eb] every [Fm] enemy, [Db] who [Ab] only wants to [C] seduce me,
[Fm] Beware that now [Ab] I am [Db] _ [Eb] alive, [Ab] a stranger [Fm] as [C] were my fathers. _ _ _ _ _ _
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