A Welcome Stranger - The Stonemans

A Welcome Stranger

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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"A Welcome Stranger" - The Stonemans
Track 7 of 11 on the album "A Stoneman Christmas" (1968)
 
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuNTTeF4BzE [!]
 
[Intro]
D
 
[Chorus]
D G D
Santa Claus, who fears no danger
A A7 D F#m
Over all the world, a ranger
D Bm A
Everywhere, a welcome stranger
A7 D
Who speeds afar on Christmas Eve
 
[Verse 1]
D A7
Oh, Santa Claus sat all alone, his pipe upon his knee
D
A funny look about his eyes, a jolly chap was he
G Em
His queer old cap was twisted, torn, his wig was disarrayed
G A7 D
He said, amused, while lost in thought, "I must be on my way"
 
[Chorus]
D G D
Santa Claus, who fears no danger
A A7 D F#m
Over all the world, a ranger
D Bm A
Everywhere, a welcome stranger
A7 D
Who speeds afar on Christmas Eve
 
[Mandolin Solo]
D
A7 D
D
A7 D
 
[Verse 2]
D A7
Oh, Santa Claus sat all alone, his pipe upon his knee
D
A funny look about his eyes, a jolly chap was he
G Em
His queer old cap was twisted, torn, his wig was disarrayed
G A7 D
He said, amused, while lost in thought, "I must be on my way"
 
[Chorus]
D G D
Santa Claus, who fears no danger
A A7 D F#m
Over all the world, a ranger
D Bm A
Everywhere, a welcome stranger
A7 D
Who speeds afar on Christmas Eve

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