Passing Strangers Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays381

Passing Strangers by Sarah Vaughan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F#m7, B7, Fdim, C#7, C#m, Bbm7, Eb7, Abm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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16
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  			E                                  F#m7       B7    E                   Fdim  F#m7   
We seem like passing strangers now, how can you hurry   by.  
E                         Fdim                F#m7                 B7  
There were never two who loved, half as much as you and I.  
         
        E                           F#m7      B7    E                Fdim         F#m7  
We seem like passing strangers now, funny how, things can change.  
E                       Fdim       F#m7                   C#7  
We were so inseparable, now you?re acting very strange.  
  
       F#m7                B7                      E       C#m  
The hands I used to touch don?t even wave hello.  
Bbm7                 Eb7                    Abm        B7   
How I miss your kiss, you?ll never know.   
  
E                         F#m7 B7   E                         Fdim       F#m7  
If you would only turn to me, speak my name just once more.  
E                             C#7                   A                         B7         E  
You might find right there and then. Strangers can be lovers again 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante