• Song:

    The Stranger

  • Artist:

    Billy Joel

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PRELUDE: Em  Em/D  C7M  B   C7M  E  D/F# G#?7  Am  Em/G 
         D/F# C/E  Bm/D  B/D#  (whistling begins...)
         Em7  G/D  C7M  B7  C7M  E7  F#m7(b5) E7/G#  Am  Am9/G 
         D/F# C/E  B/D#  A/C#  B B/A  Em7 

INTRO  : Em7  C7  Em7  C7  (played under guitar riff)

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VERSE I  
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        Em7           
Well we all have a face
        Am           Em7
That we hide away forever
       Am                C
And we take them out and show ourselves
     D                B7#5(#9)
When everyone has gone
         Em7 
Some are satin some are steel
         Am                Em7
Some are silk and some are leather
            Am7             D
They're the faces of the stranger
       Bm7            Em7  C9  Em7  C9 
But we love to try them on 

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VERSE II 
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         Em7
Well, we all fall in love
       Am               Em7
But we disregard the danger
          Am7             C
Though we share so many secrets
          D                 B7#5(#9)
There are some we never tell
         Em7
Why were you so surprised
         Am            Em7
That you never saw the stranger
        Am7           D
Did you ever let your lover see
       Bm7               Em7
The stranger in yourself?

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BRIDGE
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G7M    Gm(7M)      D/F#
Don't be afraid to try again
D7            G7M
Everyone goes south
              D/F#  Am7 D9
Every now and then, oo  hoo
G7M           Gm(7M)          D/F#
You've done it, why can't someone else?
D7/C               Bm
You should know by now
Bb+                   A6  B7#9 
You've been there yourself

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VERSE III
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       Em7 
Once I used to believe
       Am             Em7
I was  such a great romancer
       Am             C
Then I came home to a woman
       D                  B7#5(#9)
That I could not recognize
       Em7
When I pressed her for a reason
      Am            Em7
She refused to even answer
       Am7             D
It was then I felt the stranger
        Bm7             Em7  C9  Em7  C9 
Kick me right between the eyes

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VERSE IV
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         Em7
Well, we all fall in love
       Am               Em7
But we disregard the danger
          Am7             C
Though we share so many secrets
          D                 B7#5(#9)
There are some we never tell
         Em7
Why were you so surprised
         Am            Em7
That you never saw the stranger
        Am7           D
Did you ever let your lover see
       Bm7               Em7
The stranger in yourself?

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BRIDGE
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G7M    Gm(7M)      D/F#
Don't be afraid to try again
D7            G7M
Everyone goes south
              D/F#  Am7 D9
Every now and then, oo  hoo
G7M           Gm(7M)          D/F#
You've done it, why can't someone else?
D7/C               Bm
You should know by now
Bb+                   A6  B7#9 
You've been there yourself

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VERSE IV
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        Em7 
You may never understand
        Am             Em7
How the stranger is inspired
       Am7          C
But he isn't always evil
       D                  B7#5(#9)
And he is not always wrong
           Em7
Though you drown in good intentions
         Am               Em7 
You will never quench the fire
            Am7          D
You'll give in to your desire
         Bm7           Em7  C9  Em7  C9  (fade out...)
When the stranger comes along.
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POSTLUDE: (fade in on C/E...)
   C/E  Bm/D  B/D#  Em7  G/D  C7M  B7  C7M  E7  F#m7(b5) E7/G# 
        Am   Am9/G  D/F# C/E  B/D#  A/C#  B  B/A (whistling ends...)
        Em  Em7/D  C7M  B  (begin fade...)  C7M  E  D/F# G#?7  
        Am   Em/G  D/F#
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