Foreigner Chords
Foreigner by the wild reeds is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F5/C, C, G# and C5/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F5/C C G# C5/G
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------0---------0-------------------------|
D|-----3---3-----2---2-------0---------0-----|
A|---3---------3-----------3---3-----3---3---|
E|-----------------------4---------3---------|
Intro: F5/C C (X2)
verse 1
F5/C C
You looked down at your cup and you won't look back up
F5/C C
It's the last time I saw your eyes
F5/C C
I'd forgotten their color, their shape, and their flutter
F5/C C
It's been that long since you'd looked in mine
G# C
And there's a lover in my head
G# C
And there's a stranger in my bed
G# C G# C
And I won't know until the morning comes
Pre-verse 1
F5/C C F5/C
verse 2
F5/C C
You started to lose all your color and all your proof
F5/C C
And I've wondered if you've moved on
F5/C C
Those brown eyes in the morn', that tee shirt that I adore
F5/C C
That terrible haircut
G# C
And there's a lover in my head
G# C
And there's a stranger in my bed
G# C
I thought I knew those eyes
G# C
But there's a foreigner inside
Pre-verse 2
F5/C C F5/C
verse 3
F5/C C
See I had this thought that we'd pick up where we left off
F5/C C
But it turns out I was a fool
F5/C C
When I came to visit you I barely recognized you
F5/C C
Under your new neighborhood
G# C
And there's a lover in my head
G# C
And there's a stranger in my bed
G# C
I thought I knew those eyes
G# C
But there's a foreigner inside
Pre-verse 4
F5/C C F5/C
Bridge
G# C (X4) G# C5/G F5/C C G# C5/G C
G# C
And there's a lover in my head
G# C
And there's a stranger in my bed
G# C
I thought I knew his eyes
G# C
But there's a foreigner inside