[ Street Corner Stranger von Larry Rice ]




Cm                                                     Bb
Street corner stranger can I talk with you awhile
  F                                 Cm
I see that you are standing in this rain
Cm
You see it's not that easy
    Bb
For me to explain to you
        F                              Cm^¿
But I've been back into the poison once again
Cm                           Bb
Street corner stranger can I have a talk with you
  F                                  Cm
I know I've passed you by many times before
Cm
And I know that your not Moses
        Bb
But I'm standing at the waters edge
        F                                Cm
Can you tell me  how to get to the other side
    Eb              F
You see I traded my family
        Cm             Bb
For the bottom of some glass
F                             Cm
And now I need to speak  with again
      Eb                 F           Cm                 Bb
And I know that your not Moses but I need to speak with you
           F                              Cm
Cause I've been back into the poison once again


**Solo


Cm
Do these folks  round here look down on you
         Bb
When you bow your head in shame
  F                                       Cm
I know the way you feel when you shake and cry
Cm                          Bb^¿
What advice can you give me so I don't end up  like you
F                                      Cm
Wringing wet and cold as they pass you by
    Eb              F
You see I traded my family
        Cm             Bb
For the bottom of some glass
F                             Cm
And now I need to speak  with again
      Eb                 F           Cm                 Bb
And I know that your not Moses but I need to speak with you
           F                              Cm
Cause I've been back into the poison once again