Guitar chords Sit Down Stranger

Key:  G

          
G
 
            
G
                                                  
C
                            
G
 
I'm standin' at the doorway, my head down in my hands
            
C
                            
G
                                                
D
 
Not knowin' where to sit, not knowin' where I stand
        
G
                                                  
C
                            
G
 
My father looms above me, for him there is no rest
        
C
                            
G
                                                    
D
 
My mother's arms enfold me and hold me to her breast
              
G
                                                                    
C
                                    
G
 
"They say you've been out wanderin', they say you've traveled far
          
C
                        
G
                                                
D
 
Sit down, young stranger and tell us who you are"
          
G
                                                      
C
                                    
G
 
The room has all gone misty, my thoughts are all in spin
            
C
                        
G
                  
D
                                
G
 
"Sit down, young stranger and tell us where you been"
                                                                                      
C
                                  
G
 
"Well, I've been up to the mountain, I've walked down by the sea
      
C
                              
G
                                                      
D
 
I never questioned no one and no one questioned me
        
G
                                              
C
                              
G
 
My love was given freely and oft-times was returned
      
C
                        
G
                                          
D
 
I never came to borrow, I only came to learn
          
G
                                                            
C
                                
G
 
Sometimes it did get lonely, but it taught me how to cry
          
C
                              
G
                                              
D
 
And laughter came to easy for life to pass me by
      
G
                                                  
C
                              
G
 
I never had a dollar that I didn't earn with pride
                    
C
                        
G
                                      
D
 
'Cause I had a million daydreams to keep me satisfied"
                
G
     
C
  
G
  
C
  
G
  
D
  
G
 
            
A
                                                        
D
                              
A
 
"And will you gather daydreams, or will you gather wealth?
          
D
                                
A
                                                    
E
 
How can you find your fortune if you cannot find yourself?"
        
A
                                                                      
D
                            
A
 
My mother's eyes grow misty, there's a tremblin' in her hand
            
D
                        
A
                                          
E
 
"Sit down, young stranger, I do not understand
          
A
                                                                      
D
                                    
A
 
And will you try and tell us that you've been too long at school?
              
D
                              
A
                                                  
E
 
That knowledge is not needed, that power does not rule?
            
A
                                                    
D
                                      
A
 
That war is not the answer, that young men should not die?
          
D
                      
A
                                              
E
 
Sit down young stranger, I wait for your reply"
          
A
                                            
D
                            
A
 
"The answer is not easy for souls are not reborn
        
D
                                  
A
                                                                
E
 
To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the Crown of Thorns
          
A
                                          
D
                                
A
 
If Jesus had a reason, I'm sure he would not tell
                
D
                      
A
                                                        
E
 
They treated him so badly, how could he wish them well?"
          
A
                                                      
D
                            
A
 
The parlor now is empty, there's nothin' left to say
        
D
                      
A
                                                      
E
 
My father has departed, my mother's gone to pray
                  
A
                                                    
D
                            
A
 
There's rockets in the meadows and ships out on the sea
    
D
                  
A
                        
E
                    
A
 
"John loves Mary,"...does anyone love me?