Hats Off To The Stranger

INTRO: G

#1.
G            Am7    Bm     C       D       Em7
Walkin' down by the river, hangin' down my head.
  G                     Bm                 C
I chanced to stop for a moment, a stranger beckoned
    D       E                   A             E
and then he said..walk down the road of life, happy
       A   E          Am7          E              A
as can be..but not so happy, yeah, that you can't see.
E       A                E              Am  C
Be very careful, mm-hmm, everywhere you go, take it
D    E
very slow.

CHORUS:
E               A            E                  A
Hats off to the stranger for tellin' me what he knows.
        E       A                Am7      E
I said, Lord, I hear ya, and I'm walkin' slow.
E                    A      E    Am     E
Just a singin', Hallelujah, Hallelujah..let a little sunshine
A           D                 E
down on me..make this feelin' grow-ow-ow-ow.

#2.
G       Am7         B          C             D     Em7
Walkin' down by the river, his words warmin' up my soul.
   G                     B                   C        D
He called to me from the other side..there's one more thing
         E
ya gotta know, yeah.
         A             E         A    E          A
Nobody's perfect, boy, not me or you..it doesn't matter what
    E      D   E                A        E              A
you say or do..but you could be singin', yeah, a better tune.
        C    D  E
Singin' whoa-oh-oh..


INTERLUDE: G Em Am Bm..C D Em G..Am B D C..D Em A E..

#3.
E             A      E           A            E        A
Yeah, all the things that I have said, you've probably heard
           E   D E
them all before.
E       A               Em7            A              C     D
But the way that you'll hear them from me is like you never heard
       E
them before.

CHORUS:
E               A            E                  A
Hats off to the stranger for tellin' me what he knows.
        E       A                Am7     E
I said, Lord, I hear ya, and I'm walkin' slow.
E               A            E                  A
Hats off to the stranger for tellin' me what he knows.
        E       A                Am7     E
I said, Lord, I hear ya, and I'm walkin' slow.

CHORUS:
E                             A             E                  A
Yeah, I said..hats off to the stranger, for tellin' me what he knows.
        E       A                Am7     E
I said, Lord, I hear ya, and I'm walkin' slow.

OUTRO:
E                    A      E    Am     E
Just a singin', Hallelujah, Hallelujah..let a little sunshine
A           D                 E
down on me..make this feelin' grow-ow-ow-ow.
E    Am7
Hallelujah..(Fade.)