Lightfoot Gordon - Sit Down Young Stranger guitar chord

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 13:18:13 -0800 (PST)

From: "M. Schweisthal"

Subject: Chords/Lyrics to "Sit Down Young Stranger" by Gordon Lightfoot

"Sit Down Young Stranger" by Gordon Lightfoot

Brought to you by Mike Schweisthal [mschweis@u.washington.edu]

Chords used:  G:320003  C:X32010  D:XX0232

      A:X02220            E:022100

INTRO:  | G |

      G                          C               G

I'm standin' at the doorway, my head down in my hands

      C               G                         D

Not knowin' where to sit, not knowin' where I stand

    G                          C               G

My father looms above me, for him there is no rest

    C               G                           D

My mother's arms enfold me and hold me to her breast

       G                                   C                   G

"They say you've been out wanderin', they say you've traveled far

     C             G                         D

Sit down, young stranger and tell us who you are"

     G                            C                   G

The room has all gone misty, my thoughts are all in spin

      C             G          D                 G

"Sit down, young stranger and tell us where you been"

                                           C                  G

"Well, I've been up to the mountain, I've walked down by the sea

   C                G                            D

I never questioned no one and no one questioned me

    G                        C                G

My love was given freely and oft-times was returned

   C             G                      D

I never came to borrow, I only came to learn

     G                               C                 G

Sometimes it did get lonely, but it taught me how to cry

     C                G                        D

And laughter came to easy for life to pass me by

   G                          C                G

I never had a dollar that I didn't earn with pride

          C             G                    D

'Cause I had a million daydreams to keep me satisfied"

INTERLUDE:  | G | G | C | G | C | G | D | G |

      A                             D                A

"And will you gather daydreams, or will you gather wealth?

     D                 A                           E

How can you find your fortune if you cannot find yourself?"

    A                                    D               A

My mother's eyes grow misty, there's a tremblin' in her hand

      D             A                      E

"Sit down, young stranger, I do not understand

     A                                    D                   A

And will you try and tell us that you've been too long at school?

       D                A                          E

That knowledge is not needed, that power does not rule?

      A                           D                    A

That war is not the answer, that young men should not die?

     D            A                        E

Sit down young stranger, I wait for your reply"

     A                       D               A

"The answer is not easy for souls are not reborn

    D                  A                                 E

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the Crown of Thorns

     A                      D                 A

If Jesus had a reason, I'm sure he would not tell

        D            A                             E

They treated him so badly, how could he wish them well?"

     A                            D               A

The parlor now is empty, there's nothin' left to say

    D            A                            E

My father has departed, my mother's gone to pray

         A                           D               A

There's rockets in the meadows and ships out on the sea

    D                A                      E

The answer's in the forest, carved upon a tree:

  D          A             E           A

"John loves Mary,"...does anyone love me?