The Stranger Chords by Billy Joel

[Start]

[Intro]
Em Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm C Em Gbm Am
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G Gbm Em D B7 Em7 D Cmaj7
■ ■   ■  ■ ■  ■   ■ ■    
B7 Cmaj7 C E7 Am C D Em7
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B7 A B7 Em7 C7 Em7 C7
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[Verse]
Em                     
Well we all have a face
Am                Em     
That we hide away forever
    Am               C                 
And we take them out and show ourselves
D                     
When everyone has gone
E7                           
Some are satin some are steel
A                      E7         
Some are silk and some are leather
Am                   D           
They're the faces of the stranger
Bm                        
But we love to try them on
Em C7 Em C7
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Em                      
Well we all fall in love
                 Em        
But we disregard the danger
Am                 C           
Though we share so many secrets
D                 Bm        
There are some we never tell
B7              Em       
Why were you so surprised
A                  E7          
That you never saw the stranger
Em  Am           D             
Did you ever let your lover see
Bm              Em      
The stranger in yourself


[Chorus]
Gmaj7                    D        
■     Don't be afraid to try again
Gmaj7              
Everyone goes south
          D   D7  
Every now and then
    Gmaj7
Ooh ooh  
                         D           
You've done it why can't someone else
                Bm    
You should know by now
            A     B7      
You've been there yourself


[Verse]
E7                    
Once I used to believe
  A                        
I was such a great romancer
Em          Am      C      
Then I came home to a woman
D                         
That I could not recognize
Em                             
When I pressed her for a reason
A              Em         
She refused to even answer
   A               D           
It was then I felt the stranger
Bm                    Em      
Kick me right between the eyes
Em7 C7 Em C7
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Em7                     
Well we all fall in love
                 Em        
But we disregard the danger
                   C           
Though we share so many secrets
D                 Bm        
There are some we never tell
Em                       
Why were you so surprised
                   Em          
That you never saw the stranger
Am               D             
Did you ever let your lover see
Bm              Em      
The stranger in yourself


[Chorus]
Gmaj7                    D         D7
■     Don't be afraid to try again ■ 
Gmaj7              
Everyone goes south
Gmaj7             
Every now and then
       
Ooh ooh
D      Gmaj7             D           
You've done it why can't someone else
D7              Bm    
You should know by now
                  A       
You've been there yourself
B7  Em                  
You may never understand


[Verse]
A7      Am          Em      
How the stranger is inspired
Am           C          
But he isn't always evil
    D                     
And he is not always wrong
Em                                 
Though you drown in good intentions
Am                    Em      
You will never quench the fire
Am                     D     
You'll give in to your desire
Bm                Em         
When the stranger comes along


[Solo]
C Em        
■ ■  Ooh ooh
    Em 
Ooh ooh
C7 Em7 Em C D Em G C
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[Outro]
B7 Cmaj7 C E7 Em Gbm7 Am G
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D Em7 Ebm Dbm7 A B7 A Em
■ ■   ■   ■    ■ ■  ■ ■ 
G C Bm C
■ ■ ■  ■


[End]