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Intro 1
Em
Em
Verse 1
C
Bb
C
It's true that all the men you knew
D
Who said they were through with dealing
Em
Every time you gave them shelter
D
I know that kind of man, it's hard
Em
to hold the hand of anyone
D
Em
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
D
Em
Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
Verse 2
C
Bb
And then sweeping up the jokers
C
G
that he left behind
D
You find he did not leave you very much,
Em
not even laughter
D
Like any dealer he was watching
Em
D
for the 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 looking
Em
for a manger
Verse 3
C
Bb
C
And then leaning on your window sill
G
He'll 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
C
But now another stranger seems
G
To want you to ignore his dreams
D
As though they were the burden of
D
Oh, you've seen that man before
Em
His golden arm dispatching cards
D
But now it's rusted
Em
from the elbows to the finger
D
And he wants to trade the game
Em
he plays for shelter
D
Yes, he wants to trade the game
Em
he knows for shelter
Verse 5
C
Bb
C
G
Ah, you hate to watch another tired man
Lay down his hand
D
Em
like he was giving up the holy game of poker
D
And while he talks his dreams
Em
to sleep you notice there's a highway
D
That is curling up like smoke
Em
above his shoulder
D
It's curling just like smoke
Em
above his shoulder
Verse 6
C
Bb
C
You tell him to come in sit down
G
But something makes you turn around
D
Em
The door is open 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
Em
It is you my love, you who are the stranger
Verse 7
C
Bb
C
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
G
We'd meet between
D
the trains we're waiting for
Em
I think it's time to board another
D
Please understand,
Em
I never had a secret chart
D
To get me to the heart of this
Em
or any other matter
D
Well, he talks like this
Em
you don't know what he's after
D
When he speaks like this
Em
you don't know what he's after
Verse 8
C
Bb
C
Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
G
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
D
Em
That they are building on some endless river
D
Then he leaves the platform
Em
for the sleeping car that's warm
D
You realize, he's only advertising
Em
one more shelter
D
Em
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
D
And you say okay,
Em
the bridge or someplace later
Verse 9
C
Bb
C
And then sweeping up the jokers
G
that he left behind
D
You find he did not leave you very much,
Em
not even laughter
D
Like any dealer he was watching
Em
D
for the 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 looking
Em
for a manger
Verse 10
C
Bb
C
And leaning on your window sill
G
He'll 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
D
Em
I told you when I came I was a stranger
D
Em
I told you when I came I was a stranger
[Fade out]
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