Stranger in paradise (1953)    (video)    (midi)

 

    Em - A - D - Bm - Em - A - D

 

     Em                  - A                              D       

1. Take my hand,       I'm a stranger in paradise,

                       Em               - Gm                        D       

    all lost in a wonderland,           a stranger in paradise.

                    Em             - A                                 D       

    If I stand starry-eyed         that's a danger in paradise,

                               Em                - Gm                        D       

    for mortals who stand beside           an angel like you.

 

                      Bb                D#

    I saw your face and I ascended,

                    Cm                  - D               Gm

    out of the commonplace        into the rare.

                               F#                      B

    Somewhere in space I hang suspended

               Em                                             D       - B7

    until I know there's a chance that you care.

 

                                        Em                  - A                            D       

2. Won't you answer the fervent prayer       of a stranger in paradise ?

                                Em                - A                           D       

    Don't send me in dark despair          from all that I hunger for.

                           Em                 - A                                D       

    But open your angel’s eyes         to the stranger in paradise,

                              Em              - Gm                          D     - Em - Gm - D

    and tell him that he need be          a stranger no more.        

 

(orig. = capo 3rd / 4th; midi = capo 3rd)    (Tony Bennett)