Stranger On The Shore:The Drifters.
#19 on A.C. and #73 on BB Hot 100 on
ATLANTIC Records in 1962.

INTRO: E B E

#1.
E    Gbm B      E                    Am
Here I   stand, watching the tide go out..
C  Db        C   Gb         Gbm7
so all alone and blue..just dreaming dreams 
   B
of you.

#2.
E              B       Abm7             Am
I watched your ship as it sailed out to sea..
E      Dbm    Abm  E       A      B      E
taking all my dre..ams and taking all of me.

BRIDGE:
    A              Abm E        A
The sighing of the wa..ves..the wailing of the 
E
wind.
    A                Abm7  Gb
The tears in my eyes burn..pleading, my love, 
  B
return.

#3.
Abm   B        Gbm  B        E            Am
Whyyyyyyy, oh, whyyyyy, must I go on like this?
      E      Dbm  Abm7   A        B      E
Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?


INTERLUDE: E Gbm B E A..E Abm7 E A B E


BRIDGE:
    A              Abm E        A
The sighing of the wa..ves..the wailing of the 
E
wind.
    A                Abm7  Gb
The tears in my eyes burn..pleading, my love, 
  B
return.

#4.
Abm   B        Gbm  B        E            Am
Whyyyyyyy, oh, whyyyyy, must I go on like this?
      E      Dbm  Abm7   A        B      E     A E
Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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