Lonely Stranger Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays521

Lonely Stranger by Eric Clapton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A/E, Am/E, C#m, F#, G#m, B, B/A, D, A, C#m/G#, G#7, E7, F#/A#, E/B, F#m and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:  E     A/E   Am/E  E  (2x)  
E       A/E C#m     F#  
 I must be   invisible ;  
G#m     F#    B  B/A  
 No one knows me.  
E       A/E     C#m             F#  
 I have crawled  down dead-end streets  
D      A         E     A/E   Am/E  E   E   A/E   Am/E   E  
 On my hands and knees.  
E      A/E  C#m            F#  
 I was born  with a ragin' thirst,  
G#m       F#    B  B/A  
 A hunger to be free,  
E         A/E     C#m          F#  
 But I've learned  through the years.  
D      A         E   A/E   Am/E  E     
 Don't encourage me.  

Chorus :  
       E   F#         B     B/A C#m/G#  
'Cause I ' m a lonely  stranger here,  
A        G#7    C#m  E7  
 Well beyond my day.  
A            F#/A#       E/B   C#m  
 And I don't know what's goin' on,  
F#m         B7    E   A/E   Am/E  E          E           A/E   Am/E E  
 So I'll be on my way.             Yes I will.. (I´ll be on my w a y . .)  
E          E           A/E   Am/E  E  
 Yes I will.. (I´ll be on my w a y . .) 

E       A/E   C#m     F#  
 When I walk,  stay behind ;  
G#m        F#       B  B/A  
 Don't get close to me,  
E           A/E  C#m        F#  
'Cause it's sure  to end in tears,  
D        A      E   A/E   Am/E  E   E   A/E   Am/E   E  
 So just let me be.  
E          A/E      C#m     F#  
 Some will say that  I'm no good ;  
G#m    F# B   B/A  
 Maybe I agree.  
E       A/E  C#m        F#  
 Take a look  then walk away.  
D       A              E   A/E   Am/E  E    
 That's all right with me.  

Chorus :  
       E   F#         B     B/A C#m/G#  
'Cause I ' m a lonely  stranger here,  
A        G#7    C#m  E7  
 Well beyond my day.  
A            F#/A#       E/B   C#m  
 And I don't know what's goin' on,  
F#m         B7    E   A/E   Am/E  E          E           A/E   Am/E E  
 So I'll be on my way.             Yes I will.. (I´ll be on my w a y . .)  
E          E           A/E   Am/E  E  
 Yes I will.. (I´ll be on my w a y . .) 
E          E           A/E   Am/E  E             A/E   Am/E  E  
 Yes I will.. (I´ll be on my w a y . .) (I´ll be on my w a y . .) 


    	

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