Strangers When We Meet

by David Bowie

280

[Intro]
A       A       A      
Aadd9   Aadd9   G6      G6     
E       E       Dsus2   Dsus2  
 
 
[Verse 1]
Aadd9
All our friends
            G6
Now seem so thin and frail
       E
Slinky secrets
                Dsus2/F#
Hotter than the sun
          Aadd9
No peachy prayers
          G6
No trendy rechauffé
         E
I'm with you
              Dsus2/F#
So I can't go on
 
 
[Chorus]
       E
All my violence
        F#m            Aadd9
Raining tears upon the sheets
      E
I'm bewildered
          Dsus2                 Aadd9
For we're strangers when we meet
 
 
[Link]
Asus2    A    F#m    Dsus2
 
 
[Verse 2]
(Dsus2)      Aadd9
Blank screen TV
            G6
Preening ourselves in the snow
          E
Forget my name
        Dsus2/F#
But I'm over you
        Aadd9
Blended sunrise
           G6
And it's a dying world
        E
Humming Rheingold
               Dsus2/F#
We scavenge up our clothes
 
 
[Chorus]
       E
All my violence
        F#m            Aadd9
Raining tears upon the sheets
      E
I'm resentful
          Dsus2                 Aadd9
For we're strangers when we meet
 
 
[Instrumental]
Asus2           A    A
F#m      D      E    F#m/C#
F#m      D      E    F#m/C#
 
 
[Verse 3]
           E
Cold tired fingers
F#m         D
Tapping out your memories
        E
Halfway sadness
F#m        D
Dazzled by the new
      A
Your embrace
       F#m
It was all that I feared
              E
That whirling room
            F#m7
We trade by vendu
 
 
[Chorus]
       E
Steely resolve
   F#m          Asus2
Is falling from me
        E
My poor soul
    D               Asus2
All bruised passivity
         E
All your regrets
      D              Asus2
Ride rough-shod over me
       E
I'm so glad
           D                 Asus2
That we're strangers when we meet
       E
I'm so thankful
           F#m               Asus2
That we're strangers when we meet
       E
I'm in clover
          D                 Asus2
For we're strangers when we meet
          E
Heel head over
          F#m               D   E    F#m7
But we're strangers when we meet
 
 
[Outro]
D                 E
Strangers when we meet
F#m7              D
Strangers when we meet
E                 F#m7
Strangers when we meet
D                 E
Strangers when we meet
 
F#m7              D
Strangers when we meet
E                 F#m7
Strangers when we meet
D                 E
Strangers when we meet
 
F#m7              D
Strangers when we meet
E                 F#m7
Strangers when we meet
 
 
D    E    F#m7    E   Esus4
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                  You
You
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You
You

All our friends
Now seem so thin and frail
Slinky secrets
Hotter than the sun
No peachy prayers
No trendy réchauffé
I'm with you
So I can't go on

All my violence raining tears upon the sheets
I'm bewildered, for we're strangers when we meet

Blank screen TV
Preening ourselves in the snow
Forget my name
But I'm over you
Blended sunrise
And it's a dying world
Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes

All my violence raging tears upon the sheets
I'm resentful, for we're strangers when we meet

Cold tired fingers
Tapping out your memories
Halfway sadness
Dazzled by the new
Your embrace
It was all that I feared
That whirling room
We trade by vendu

Steely resolve is falling from me
My poor soul, poor bruised passivity
All your regrets ran rough-shod over me
I'm so glad that we're strangers when we meet
I'm so thankful, that we're strangers when we meet
I'm in clover, for we're strangers when we meet
Heel head over, but we're strangers when we meet

Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet                
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