Stranger on the Shore

Stranger on the Shore
By Acker Bilk
(F Bb D G Tuning)


VERSE 1
[C] Here I [Dm7] stand [G7] [C] watching the tide go [F] out [Fm] —so [C] all al[Am]one and [D7] blue, just [Dm] dreaming [Dm7] dreams of [G7] you.


VERSE 2
I [C] watched your [Dm7] ship [G7] [C] as it sailed out to [F] sea [Fm] — [C] taking [Am] all my [Em] dreams, and [Dm7] taking [G7] all of [C] me. [C7]


BRIDGE
[F] The sighing of the [C] waves, the [Dm7] wailing [G7] of the [C] wind; [C7] the [F] tears in my eyes [Em] burn—plea[D7]ding, "My love, return!" [G7]


VERSE 3
[C] Why, oh, [Dm7] why [G7] [C] must I go on like [F] this? [Fm] Shall [C] I just [Am] be a [Em] lonely [Dm7] stranger [G7] on the [C] shore?
[Csus4 / CMaj7]