Stranger With the Melodies Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D][G][Em]
[A][D][G][Em]
[A]

[Verse 1]
It was my [D]first
night in that rooming house
[G]In the last room down the hall
I [Em]heard a hoarse voice
and an old guitar
[A]Coming through the paper thin walls

[Verse 2]
[D]A crazy nonsense nursery rhyme
[G]That did not mean a thing
But [Em]for the first of what was
to be a thousand times
[A]This is what I hear him sing

[Verse 3]
Hold that [D]D chord on the old g[G]uitar
'Til I found the G
[Em]Drop it down to old E minor
'Til the [A]A chord rolls
back home around to [D]D

[Verse 4]
[D]
I had to lay there listening
It [F#m]seemed he was in the room
[Em]This stranger with his melody
[A]Singing there in the gloom

[Verse 5]
And he re[Bb]peated it over and over again
Such [F]a soft and sinkin' sound
It was [Am]kind of like a music box
That [Em]was slowly wind[G]ing [C]down

[Verse 6]
You see, [F]he sang it, he hummed it
[Em]Whistled it, and he strummed it
He [G]laughed it and [Em]he cried it
He did [Asus4]everything but [A]hide it
[Asus4]And he sang

[Verse 7]
[A]
Hold that [D]D chord on the old g[G]uitar
'Til I found [A]the G
[Em]Drop it down to old E minor
'Til the [A]A chord rolls back home
around for [C]me
[G][Em][A][Asus4][A]

[Verse 8]
So [D]I lay there [A]in that [D]lumpy bed
[A]Countin' [G]choruses instead of sheep
[Em]'Til I banged on [A]the wall
and [Em]out I called
"Hey [A]bub, I need some sleep"

[Verse 9]
[D]The sudden voi[A]d of silen[D]ce
Then I [G]heard that hoarse voice [Em]say
"It weren't so long [D]ago, boy
[A]They paid me [G]to play [A]"[Asus4][D][A]

[Verse 10]
I said, [D]"It's kind of late for music, sir
Two [F#m]hours 'til it's daylight"
He [Em]answered, "I need my music most
In these [A]dark hours of the night

[Verse 11]
You see [Bb]I've tried gettin'
high on something son
But it [F]only brings me down
Staying [Am]dry don't work out better,
boy
'Cause my [Em]eyes get wet
and I [C]drown

[Verse 12]
Won't you [F]please let me continue
And [Em]I'll be in your debt?
You see I'm [G]not singing
to remem[Em]ber, son
I'm [A]just [Asus4]singing to f[A]orget"

[Verse 13]
And [D]he sang[A]
Hold that [D]D chord on the old g[G]uitar
'Til I found [Em]the G
Drop it down to old E minor
'Til the [A]A chord rolls back home around
for [C]me
[G][Em][A][Asus4][A]

[Verse 14]
That's when [C]I said
"If I'm supposed to [Bm]listen to you [Em]sir
Just [A]one quick question [G]then
[F]Why in the hell do you [Em]sing one song
[A]Over and over again?"

[Verse 15]
[A]
And this is what [D]he said
He said, "I gave her the music, son
[G]She gave me the words[Em][G][Em]
Together we'd write the kind of songs
The [A]angels [Asus4]must have hear[A]d

[Verse 16]
Of [D]course we'd fight like cats and dog[A]s
But [G]life ain't no [Bm]rosebud dream
Still whatever we'd [Em]do e[Bm]verybody knew
[A]We truly were a t[D]eam[A]

[Verse 17]
I can't re[D]member now if I done her wrong
Or if [F#m]she done wrong to me
But [Em]all I know that when I let her go
That it [A]did not set me free''

[Verse 18]
That's when I [Bb]said,
"You sound like what's-his-name"
He He He [F]said, "That's who I am
But you [Am]can't wrap a name around you,
boy
'Cause it [Em]really don't
mean a dam[C]n"

[Verse 19]
"You see, [F]a song don't
have much meaning
When it [Em]don't have nothing to say
[G]What she could do was [Em]magic, son
All [Asus4]I could do was play"[A]

[Verse 20]
[A]
He started [D]singing again
That's when I drifted off
[F#m]Maybe I dreamed what I [A]heard
'Bout [Em]this stranger with his melody
Who'd [A]gone and lost the words

[Verse 21]
Hold that [D]D chord on the old g[G]uitar
'Til I found the [A]G
[Em]Drop it down to old E minor
'Til the [A]A chord rolls back
home around to [D]D[D]