F#m E Esus F#m
It D 's true that all the me G n you kn D ew were dea A lers
Who Asus said they were A through with E dealing
Every time you gave them s F#m helter
I E know that kind of man
It's hard to F#m hold the hand of anyone
Who is E reaching for the sky just to F#m surrender,
Who is E reaching for the sky just to F#m surren E de Esus r. F#m
D And sweeping up the G jokers D that he A left behind
You Asus find he A did not E leave you very much
Not even F#m laughter
E Like any dealer he was watching F#m for the card
That is so high and E wild
He'll never need to deal F#m another
E He was just some Joseph looking for a F#m manger
He was E just some Joseph looking for a F#m manger E Esus F#m
And then D leaning on your G window D sill
A He'll say one day you Asus caused his A will
E To weaken with your love and warmth and F#m shelter
E And taking from his wallet
An old F#m schedule of trains, he'll say
E I told you when I came I was a s F#m tranger
I E told you when I came I was a F#m strange E r Esus F#m
But D now another s G tranger s D eems
To A want you to Asus ignore his A dreams
As E though they were the burden of some F#m other
E O you've seen that man before
His golden F#m arm dispatching cards
But now it's E rusted from the elbows to the F#m finger
And he E wants to trade the game he plays for F#m shelter
Yes he E wants to trade the game he knows for F#m shelt E er Esus . F#m
I D hate to watch a G nother D tired A man
Lay Asus down his A hand
Like he was E giving up the holy game of F#n poker
And E while he talks his dreams to sleep
You F#m notice there's a highway
That is E curling up like smoke above his F#m shoulder.
It is E curling just like smoke above his s F#m houlder.
You D tell him to G come in D sit down
A But something Asus makes A you turn a E round
The E door is open you can't close your F#m shelter
You try the E handle of the road
It F#m opens do not be afraid
It's E you my love, you who are the F#m stranger
It's E you my love, you who are the F#m strange E r. Esus F#m
D Well, I've been waiting, G I was D sure
We'd A meet between the Asus trains we're A waiting for
E I think it's time to board F#m another
Please E understand, I never had a F#m secret chart
To get me to the E heart of this
Or any other F#m matter
When he E talks like this
You don't know what he's F#m after
When he E speaks like this,
You don't care what he's F#m afte E r. Esus F#m
D Let's meet tomorrow i G f you D choose
A Upon the shore, Asus beneath A the bridge
E that they are building on some endless r F#m iver
Then he E leaves the platform
For the sleeping F#m car that's warm
You realize, he's E only advertising one more F#m shelter
And it E comes to you, he never was a F#m stranger
And you E say ok the bridge or someplace l F#m ater. E Esus F#m
And then D sweeping up the G jokers D that he A left behind
You Asus find A he did not l E eave you very much
Not even F#m laughter
E Like any dealer he was watching F#m for the card
That is so high and E wild
He'll never need to deal F#m another
E He was just some Joseph looking for a F#m manger
He was E just some Joseph looking for a F#m manger E Esus F#m
From http://www.liveconcerts.com/
KCRW 4/9/97
Emmylou Harris
