Passing Strangers Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Passing Strangers by Sarah Vaughn & Billy Eckstein 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