I'm A Stranger Here

Written by Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry,

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

C
I'm traveling down life's sorrowful pathway
          G7             C
Searching for a place to stay
       F             C
Nobody seems to care about me
              G7              C
Since mom and dad have passed away

Verse 2

               F                     C
I'm a stranger here in this world of sorrow
          G7                 C
Traveling through this world alone
          F          C
I have no promise of tomorrow
            G7               C
No place on earth to call my home

Verse 3

Nobody knows the life I'm living
        G7                 C
All the troubles I've gone through
           F                 C
I'm just a poor and helpless stranger
            G7                   C
In this old world my friends are few

Verse 2

               F                     C
I'm a stranger here in this world of sorrow
          G7                 C
Traveling through this world alone
          F          C
I have no promise of tomorrow
            G7               C
No place on earth to call my home

Verse 4

My journey here will soon be ended
           G7             C
No more in sadness will I stray
               F                C
When I meet my dear old dad and mother
               G7          C
In that lovely land so far away

Verse 2

               F                     C
I'm a stranger here in this world of sorrow
          G7                 C
Traveling through this world alone
          F          C
I have no promise of tomorrow
            G7               C
No place on earth to call my home
Recorded by: Mac Wiseman (1979), The Osborne Brothers (1979), The Osborne Brothers & Mac Wiseman (1979), Marty Stuart (1981), Doc Watson (2015)

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