Hello Stranger

Emmylou Harris

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Hello stranger

Verse 2

Put your loving hand in mine
      F
Hello stranger
                        C
Put your loving hand in mine
          G7
You are a stranger
                       C
And you're a friend of mine

Verse 3

Get up rounder

Verse 4

Let a working girl lay down
       F
Get up rounder
                       C
Let a working girl lay down
          G7
You are a rounder
                       C
And you're all out and down

Verse 5

Every time

Verse 6

I ride the four and six street cars
      F
Every time
                               C
I ride the four and six street cars
             G7
I can see my baby
                 C
Peeping thru the bars

Verse 7

He bowed his head

Verse 8

And he waved both hands at me
             F
He bowed his head
                           C
And he waved both hands at me
            G7
He's prison bound
                  C
And longing to be free

Verse 9

I'll see you

Verse 10

When your troubles are like mine
         F
I'll see you
                            C
When your troubles are like mine
             G7
Yes I'll see you
                       C
When you haven't got a dime

Verse 11

Weeping like a willow and moaning like a dove
               F                         C
Weeping like a willow and moaning like a dove
          G7                C
There's a man that I really love

Verse 12

Hello stranger

Verse 13

Put your loving hand in mine
      F
Hello stranger
                        C
Put your loving hand in mine
          G7
You are a stranger
                       C
And you're a friend of mine