Strange Man ukulele

Strange Man

• A

Sang by Donna Jean Godchaux & Jerry Garcia Band
Original performance by Dorothy Love

VERSE 1

A
A Samarian woman came running to the city
  D                      A
To talk about the man she saw

She took her pitcher and went to the well
B7                E
Water she intended to draw
        A                                                    D
Well the stranger she met there, she didn't know where he came from
      Ebdim                              A
But he told her every sinful thing she had done
B7        E            A  D  A
Blessed my soul and was gone

VERSE 2

A                              E
Her friends in town asked her "Do you know the man?"
    A        D      A
She said "No I never saw him before."
                E
They asked her "But did you get his name?"
                    A          D      A
She said "He didn't tell me and I don't know."
      D
Oh but when he spoke my soul caught on fire
    A                  C            D          Ebdim
And I'll remember this day until the day that I die
A                        E    A        D  A
He stopped by to bless my soul and was gone

VERSE 3

A
The stranger was next seen in our city
      D                    A
He was standing off an angry mob
                                                        B7
Defending a woman who'd been caught in the very act of adultery
                  E
For pity and mercy she sought
        A                                                    
He said "Ye who is without sin, cast the stone!"
            D.                        Ebdim                          D  A
And when he raised her from the ground all her accusers they were gone
                    B7      E    A          D  A
He gave her a smile, waved farewell and was gone

VERSE 4

A                              E
Her friends in town asked her "Do you know the man?"
    A        D      A
She said "No I never saw him before."
                E
They asked her "But did you get his name?"
                    A          D      A
She said "He didn't tell me and I don't know."
        D
Whoa but when he touched me I felt the power from the arms
    A              C#        D      Ebdim
And I don't plan or can or do no wrong
A                  B7      E      A      D  A
Glad he stopped by, blessed my soul and was gone


(REPEAT CHORD PROGRESSION VERSE 1)


VERSE 5

A                            E
This time the crowd asked her "Don't you know the man?"
    A        D      A
She said "No I never saw him before."
                E
They asked her "But did you get his name?"
                    A          D      A
She said "He didn't tell me and I don't know."
        D
Whoa but when he touched me I felt the power from the arms
    A              C#        D      Ebdim
And I don't plan or can or do no wrong
A                      B7      E      A      D  A
I'm glad he stopped by, blessed my soul and was gone

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