Chords for Bob Bennett - 9 - Hope Like A Stranger - Songs From Bright Avenue (1991)
Tempo:
86.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [A]
[Bm] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [E] Hope like a stranger
[D] Came [D] to my door.
I was [F#m] afraid I was rude.
What are you coming here [A] for?
[D] [A] [E] Have you come to stay [B] or are you just [D] passing through
[F#m] I've [D] seen your face, but I do not know you
[Bm] And you [G] said you know me, [D] but I've had to [A] remain
[B] Hidden in [D] the shadows of your sorrow [A] and pain
[E] For you have lived [Em] your life [G] as a slave so [D] it seems
[F#] Believing [G] your nightmares instead of your dreams
[D] [A]
[D] [E] Hope like a stranger [G] posed a question [D] like a dare
[F#m] Can you mask the mysteries [G] of your heart?
Pretending not to [D] care
[A] [F#m] Well [Em] the thing that you [F#] dismissed with your cynical [D] facade
[F#m] Was the hope [G] you'd been given
very [D] hard of God
[B] And it drove [G] you in secret
[D] But you held it close at bay [Bm] and you tried [G] to disown me.
They [D] were not made to be [A] that way
[Em] And so I stand here longing [G] for no matter where [D] you run
I [F#m] will wait like [G] the father of the prodigal [A] son
Oh
[Bm]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [E]
[G] [D] [F#m] You [G] [D] [E]
said hope by itself it can [G] never [D] be an end
It's like [F#m] holding paper [D] money, that's [G] impossible to [D] spend
[E] Unless the value is a given
[D] The bargains incomplete [F#m] then he showed me [G] the scars on his hands and [D] his feet
[A]
[B] [G] Touched his wounds as [D] I steady [A] my nerve
[Bm] He said I'd only bear [G] the marks [D] of the master [A] I served
[Em] And he sends me here to tell you I [G] am bound up with [D] him you [F#m] do well when [G] he comes
Also, let him [A] in
[Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [E] Oh
Hope like a stranger
[E] Came to my [D] door
But he's [F#m] risen [D] and he stays a [G] stranger no [E] more
[Bm] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [E] Hope like a stranger
[D] Came [D] to my door.
I was [F#m] afraid I was rude.
What are you coming here [A] for?
[D] [A] [E] Have you come to stay [B] or are you just [D] passing through
[F#m] I've [D] seen your face, but I do not know you
[Bm] And you [G] said you know me, [D] but I've had to [A] remain
[B] Hidden in [D] the shadows of your sorrow [A] and pain
[E] For you have lived [Em] your life [G] as a slave so [D] it seems
[F#] Believing [G] your nightmares instead of your dreams
[D] [A]
[D] [E] Hope like a stranger [G] posed a question [D] like a dare
[F#m] Can you mask the mysteries [G] of your heart?
Pretending not to [D] care
[A] [F#m] Well [Em] the thing that you [F#] dismissed with your cynical [D] facade
[F#m] Was the hope [G] you'd been given
very [D] hard of God
[B] And it drove [G] you in secret
[D] But you held it close at bay [Bm] and you tried [G] to disown me.
They [D] were not made to be [A] that way
[Em] And so I stand here longing [G] for no matter where [D] you run
I [F#m] will wait like [G] the father of the prodigal [A] son
Oh
[Bm]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [E]
[G] [D] [F#m] You [G] [D] [E]
said hope by itself it can [G] never [D] be an end
It's like [F#m] holding paper [D] money, that's [G] impossible to [D] spend
[E] Unless the value is a given
[D] The bargains incomplete [F#m] then he showed me [G] the scars on his hands and [D] his feet
[A]
[B] [G] Touched his wounds as [D] I steady [A] my nerve
[Bm] He said I'd only bear [G] the marks [D] of the master [A] I served
[Em] And he sends me here to tell you I [G] am bound up with [D] him you [F#m] do well when [G] he comes
Also, let him [A] in
[Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [E] Oh
Hope like a stranger
[E] Came to my [D] door
But he's [F#m] risen [D] and he stays a [G] stranger no [E] more
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
D
G
A
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ Hope like a stranger
[D] Came [D] to my door.
I was [F#m] afraid I was rude.
What are you coming here [A] for?
_ [D] _ _ [A] [E] Have you come to stay [B] or are you just [D] passing through
[F#m] I've [D] seen your face, but I do not know you
_ _ [Bm] And you [G] said you know me, [D] but I've had to [A] remain
[B] Hidden in [D] the shadows of your sorrow [A] and pain
[E] For you have lived [Em] your life [G] as a slave so [D] it seems
_ [F#] Believing [G] your nightmares instead of your dreams
[D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] Hope like a stranger [G] posed a question [D] like a dare
[F#m] Can you mask the mysteries [G] of your heart?
Pretending not to [D] care
[A] _ _ [F#m] Well [Em] the thing that you [F#] dismissed with your cynical [D] facade
[F#m] Was the hope [G] you'd been given
very [D] hard of God _
[B] And it drove [G] you in secret
[D] But you held it close at bay [Bm] and you tried [G] to disown me.
They [D] were not made to be [A] that way
[Em] And so I stand here longing [G] for no matter where [D] you run
I [F#m] will wait like [G] the father of the prodigal [A] son _
_ _ _ _ Oh
[Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] You [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ said hope by itself it can [G] never [D] be an end
It's like [F#m] holding paper [D] money, that's [G] impossible to [D] spend
_ _ [E] Unless the value is a given
[D] The bargains incomplete [F#m] then he showed me [G] the scars on his hands and [D] his feet
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ [G] Touched his wounds as [D] I steady [A] my nerve
[Bm] He said I'd only bear [G] the marks [D] of the master [A] I served
[Em] And he sends me here to tell you I [G] am bound up with [D] him you [F#m] do well when [G] he comes
Also, let him [A] in
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Oh
Hope like a stranger
[E] Came to my [D] door
_ But he's [F#m] risen [D] and he stays a [G] stranger no [E] more _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ Hope like a stranger
[D] Came [D] to my door.
I was [F#m] afraid I was rude.
What are you coming here [A] for?
_ [D] _ _ [A] [E] Have you come to stay [B] or are you just [D] passing through
[F#m] I've [D] seen your face, but I do not know you
_ _ [Bm] And you [G] said you know me, [D] but I've had to [A] remain
[B] Hidden in [D] the shadows of your sorrow [A] and pain
[E] For you have lived [Em] your life [G] as a slave so [D] it seems
_ [F#] Believing [G] your nightmares instead of your dreams
[D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] Hope like a stranger [G] posed a question [D] like a dare
[F#m] Can you mask the mysteries [G] of your heart?
Pretending not to [D] care
[A] _ _ [F#m] Well [Em] the thing that you [F#] dismissed with your cynical [D] facade
[F#m] Was the hope [G] you'd been given
very [D] hard of God _
[B] And it drove [G] you in secret
[D] But you held it close at bay [Bm] and you tried [G] to disown me.
They [D] were not made to be [A] that way
[Em] And so I stand here longing [G] for no matter where [D] you run
I [F#m] will wait like [G] the father of the prodigal [A] son _
_ _ _ _ Oh
[Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] You [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ said hope by itself it can [G] never [D] be an end
It's like [F#m] holding paper [D] money, that's [G] impossible to [D] spend
_ _ [E] Unless the value is a given
[D] The bargains incomplete [F#m] then he showed me [G] the scars on his hands and [D] his feet
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ [G] Touched his wounds as [D] I steady [A] my nerve
[Bm] He said I'd only bear [G] the marks [D] of the master [A] I served
[Em] And he sends me here to tell you I [G] am bound up with [D] him you [F#m] do well when [G] he comes
Also, let him [A] in
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Oh
Hope like a stranger
[E] Came to my [D] door
_ But he's [F#m] risen [D] and he stays a [G] stranger no [E] more _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _