Strangers When We Meet Chords & Tabs

by David Bowie

[Version Description]
Complete version including links and instrumentals.
Strumming Patterns:
Whole song:
BPM: 122
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
| A     | A     | A     |
| Aadd9 | Aadd9 | G6    | G6    |
| E     | E     | Dsus2 | Dsus2 |

[Verse 1]
Aadd9          
All our friends
            G6            
Now seem so thin and frail
       E      
Slinky secrets
                Dsus2/F#
Hotter than the sun
          Aadd9  
No peachy prayers
          G6       
No trendy rechauffé
         E  
I'm with you
              Dsus2/F#
So I can't go on

[Chorus]
       E       
All my violence
        F#m            Aadd9 
Raining tears upon the sheets
      E       
I'm bewildered
          Dsus2                 Aadd9
For we're strangers when we meet

[Link]
Asus2    A    F#m    Dsus2

[Verse 2]
 Dsus2       Aadd9
Blank screen TV
            G6                
Preening ourselves in the snow
          E   
Forget my name
        Dsus2/F#
But I'm over you
        Aadd9  
Blended sunrise
           G6         
And it's a dying world
        E        
Humming Rheingold
               Dsus2/F#   
We scavenge up our clothes

[Chorus]
       E       
All my violence
        F#m            Aadd9 
Raining tears upon the sheets
      E      
I'm resentful
          Dsus2                 Aadd9
For we're strangers when we meet

[Instrumental]
Asus2           A    A
F#m      D      E    F#m/C#
F#m      D      E    F#m/C#

[Verse 3]
           E      
Cold tired fingers
F#m         D            
Tapping out your memories
        E      
Halfway sadness
F#m        D      
Dazzled by the new
      A     
Your embrace
       F#m              
It was all that I feared
              E   
That whirling room
            F#m7 
We trade by vendu

[Chorus]
       E      
Steely resolve
   F#m          Asus2
Is falling from me
        E   
My poor soul
    D               Asus2
All bruised passivity
         E      
All your regrets
      D              Asus2
Ride rough-shod over me
       E   
I'm so glad
           D                 Asus2
That we're strangers when we meet
       E       
I'm so thankful
           F#m               Asus2
That we're strangers when we meet
       E     
I'm in clover
          D                 Asus2
For we're strangers when we meet
          E   
Heel head over
          F#m               D   EF#m7
But we're strangers when we meet

[Outro]
D                 E   
Strangers when we meet
F#m7              D   
Strangers when we meet
E                 F#m7
Strangers when we meet
D                 E   
Strangers when we meet
F#m7              D   
Strangers when we meet
E                 F#m7
Strangers when we meet
D                 E   
Strangers when we meet
F#m7              D   
Strangers when we meet
E                 F#m7
Strangers when we meet
D    E    F#m7    E   Esus4