VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by BridgeBreeze
To learn Billy Joel - The Stranger chords with lyrics, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: C, D, Em, C, Em, Am, D, Bm, Em. Start with a comfortable 45 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 92. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: G.
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Em We all have a face that we
Am hide away
Em forever And we
A take them
C out and show ourselves
D when.
everyone has
Bm gone
E Some are satin, some are steel.
A Some are silk and
Em some are leather They're the
C faces
D of the stranger.
But we love to try
Em them on.
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C _ _ _ _
Em _ .
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C _ _ _
Am Em Yeah, we all fall in love But we disregard the danger.
Though we
C share so many secrets
D There are some we never
Bm tell.
Em Why were you so surprised
A That you never
Em saw the stranger?.
Did you
Am ever
D let your lover
Bm see the stranger
Em in your cell?.
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G Don't be afraid to
D try again Everyone
G goes south.
Every
D now and then.
_
Bm You've
Gm done it, why can't
D someone else?.
You should
Bm know by
A# now You've been
A there yourself.
B _ .
Em Once I used to believe
A I was such a
Em great romancer.
That I
C came home to a woman
D that I could not
Em recognize.
When I pressed her for a reason She
A C refused to
Em even answer.
It was then I
D felt the stranger
Bm check me right between
Em the eyes.
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C Yeah, _ _
Em _ .
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C _ _ _
Em we all fall in love But we disregard the danger.
Am Though we share so many
C secrets
D There are some we never tell.
Em Why were you so surprised That you never saw the stranger?.
Am Did you ever let
D your lover see
Bm the stranger in
Em your cell?
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G _ Don't
D be afraid to try again Everyone
G goes south.
Gm Every now
D and then.
Bm You've done
Gm it, why can't
D someone else?.
You
G should know by now
F# You've been there
A _
B yourself.
You
Em may never understand How
Am the stranger is
Em inspired.
But
Am he isn't
C always evil And
D it is not always
Em wrong.
Though you drown in good intentions You
Am will never quench
Em the fire.
Don't
Am give in to your
D desire When
Bm the stranger comes
Em along.
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