[Intro]
C F C F
[Verse 1]
C
Stranger
F
I'm feeling stranger
C
Than I've ever felt before
F
And so much more
C
Different
F
Like something old has joined
Cmaj7
With something new
F
But still feels true
Am7 Am C F F6
I'm passing through a rite that every parent does
Csus2 G D4 F Fsus2 C
I'm walking on some shared familiar ground
Csus2 Am
Yet every step I take
Am7 F6 F
Is not a step that was
F6 Bb2
And I've found
Bb2
I like the sound of
[Verse 2]
C
Stranger
F
A child I've yet to meet
Cmaj7
Becomes my everything
F
My song to sing
C
Father
F
And suddenly the weight of it is real
Cmaj7 F
What do I feel?
Am7 Am C Fsus2 F6
I feel connected in a way I've never known
Csus2 G D4 F Fsus2 C
A line from Dad to me to new-born son
Am
So from today
C4
I'll never make a choice alone
Bb2
One for all
Bb2
All for one
[Bridge]
Am
And when he's born
Fsus4 Fsus2 C
I'll teach him how to use his common sense
Bb6 F Csus2 G
He'll listen and he'll learn and he'll excel
Am
I'll tell my son
F Fsus2 C
That life is lived in clear and present tense
Bb6 F F6 Csus2 G
Not only in the stories we can tell
D
My father told me stories
F F6
I could never comprehend
D F F6
In every tale he'd claim to be the hero
Bb F
I've tried to understand him
F#sus2 D#sus2
But I wonder if I can
D# C# D# C#
Because after almost thirty years
Dm7 Dsus4 Dm7
I still don't know the man
F Dm Asus4
I wish I knew the man
[Verse 3]
Dm G C
But he's a stranger
F Cmaj7
My father is a stranger I know very well
F
A puzzling shell
C
Hopeful
F Cmaj7
What's on its way may help us both to grow
Fsus2
But I don't know
Am C Fsus2 Dm7
I don't know when I'll understand what made him wild
Csus2 G Csus4 C
I don't know why he has the urge to fly
Am F6
I want to face him like a man and not a child
Bb2
So I'll try
Bb2
I'll really try
[Outro]
C Csus2 G
And in time, my boy is sure to see
Dsus4 C#maj7
Brighter days for dad and me
Dm7 Am C(b5) Am
We can do things better than before
Dm7 Fsus2 Dm7 Bdim F Dm Am F Csus4 F Fsus2
So that strangers we will be
C G#6 F Bb2 C
no more