The Stranger I Love
K. Kristofferson
Album: Surreal Thing


INTRO: C  G 

            C                              C7
I've been a simple man, and I've been insane
                F                         D7
And I've been a vagabond, and I've been a king, yeah
                C                       G
But I've been a better man just tryin' to please
               C     G
The stranger I love
 
          C                          C7
Lost in a wilderness, darker than pain
                 F                         D7
And drawn to her loneliness, and just like a flame
          C                   G               
Closer we come, the more that I need
               C    C7
The stranger I love


BRIDGE:
         F                C
Bad as I love her, I ain't afraid
         G                   C  C7
We'll be together, some lovin' way
            F                      C
I'll be her lover, just as long as I can
               D7                  G    G7
Then when it's over, she'll need a friend

                 C                               C7
So I'll take her hand-me-downs, I'll take the blame
          F                    D7
I'll be a hang-around, I ain't ashamed
                    C                    G
'Cause the longer I love her, the more I believe
               C   C7
The stranger I love


OUTRO:  F  C  G  C