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Stranger In The Crowd
(Winfield Scott)

Copyright Elvis Presley Music Inc.

RCA studio session - June 4-8, 1970 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville
June 5, 6-9 pm, 10 pm-1 am, 1:30-4:30 am

ZPA4 1604-09

Overdub sessions for RCA - July 20, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville
ZPA4 1604-09

December 1970 LP RCA LSP 4445 Elvis, That's The Way It Is
Outtakes:

Takes 1 (fs), 2 (fs), 3 (fs), 4 (fs), 5 and 9 master rough mix: May 5, 2008 CD FTD 88697 29696-2 That's The Way It Is

I'd been standing on the corner since a quarter after seven
I was down to my last cigarette and the clock in the window
had a quarter to eleven
I was watching all the people passing by goin' places
Just the loneliest guy in the town lookin' for a friendly smile
But all that I could see was faces and then
Just like a taste of milk and honey
I found the stranger I'd been lookin' for

* Though in a way my cup of love was overflowin'
I knew the stranger in the crowd and I would be strangers no more

Love had found us on the corner at a quarter to eleven
I thought you were too good to be true
All my life I had believed that angels only lived in heaven
But now we shared a taste of milk and honey
Each day is sweeter than the day before

My cup of love was overflowing
Because a stranger in the crowd and I would be strangers no more
Play it Sam

Deep inside my cup of love was overflowin'
I found the stranger I'd been lookin' for

* Repeat

I knew the stranger in the crowd and I would be strangers no more
La la ........

Standard tuning.

Intro: C/G Csus4 Csus2/G C 2x

C I've been standing on a corner Dm Since a quarter after seven G I was down to my last cigarette C And the clock in the window Dm G At a quarter to eleven

C I was watching all the people Dm Passing by me going places G Just the loneliest guy in the town C Am Looking for a friendly smile Dm G But all that I could see were faces

C G And then, just like the taste of milk and honey G C I found the stranger I've been looking for C G Like a wave, my cup of love was overflowing G I knew the stranger in the crowd C And I would be stranger no more

C The love that comes on the corner Dm At a quarter to eleven G I thought you were to good to be true C All my life I had believed Dm G That angels only live in heaven C G But now, we share the taste of milk and honey G C Each day is sweeter than the day before

C G My cup runned overflowing G because the stranger in the crowd C And I would be stranger no more

Solo: C Dm G C

C G Deep inside, my cup of love was overflowing G C I found the stranger I've been looking for C G Like a wave, my cup of love was overflowing G I knew the stranger in the crowd C And I would be stranger no more G I knew the stranger in the crowd C And I would be stranger no more

Intro chords:

C/G Csus4 Csus2/G C e --3-- --3-- --3-- --3-- B --5-- --6-- --3-- --5-- G --5-- --5-- --5-- --5-- D --5-- --5-- --5-- --5-- A --3-- --3-- --3-- --3-- E --3-- ----- --3-- -----