Stranger - Johnny Duncan (and Janie Fricke)
Composer: Kristofferson
#4 in the country chart 1976
In the intro J.D plays a simple Fsus2 F motif with a hammer on the third string.
This is heard elsewhere in the song.
Original Key: F
Fsus2 F
EADGBe EADGBe
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Intro:
Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus2
#1:
F F7 Bb
Maybe she was smiling in the mirror
C7 F
Maybe I was too 'cause I was stoned
F F7 Bb G
Singing every sad song on the jukebox one more time
C7 F
Honey they were hittin' close to home
#2:
F F7 Bb
And I said maybe this will make you think I'm crazy
C7 F
Honey don't feel lonesome if you do
F F7 Bb G
If you wanna make a young man happy one more time
C7 F
I'd sure like to spend the night with you
Chorus:
F Bb Gm7
And she said stranger "Shut out the light and lead me
C7 F
Somewhere shut out the shadows too"
F F7 Bb Gm7
And while we lay there making believe you love me
C7 F
Stranger could I believe in you
#3:
F F7 Bb
Maybe you got all you got together
C7 F
And maybe you keep rolling like a stone
F F7 Bb G
Maybe some old lonesome song'll take you by surprise
C7 F
and leaving you a little more alone
Chorus:
F Bb Gm7
And she said stranger "Shut out the light and lead me
C7 F
Somewhere shut out the shadows too"
F F7 Bb Gm7
And while we lay there making believe you love me
C7 F
Stranger could I believe in you
Outro:
F Bb Gm7
And she said stranger "Shut out the light and lead me
C7 F
Somewhere shut out the shadows too"
F
And while we (fade)