Strangers In the Night

Words & Music by Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder & Bert Kampfert
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1966


Intro: Em7/6 A7 A7sus4 D Cdim(IV) A7

D9                   D
Strangers in my night exchanging glances,

DM7                   D6
Won'dring in the night  what were the chances

Bm              Bm7             Bm           Em Em9 Em Em7
We'd be sharing love before the night was through.

A7
Something in your eyes was so inviting,

A9                  A7      A9   A7
Something in your smile was so exciting 

Em7              A7   Em        A7sus4 A7   D Cdim(IV) A7
Something in my heart  told me I must have you.

Bridge:

DM7 
Strangers in the night, 

            D6               F#m              B7
Two lonely people, we were strangers in the night, 

                          Em
Until the moment when we said our first "hello," 

B+
Little did we know.

Em7               G6
Love was just a glance away, 

   A    A7sus4       A   A9   A
A warm em-bra-cing dance a - way!

D9                   D
Ever since that night  we've been together

DM7                   D6
Lovers at first sight   in love forever

Em                A7  Em             A7sus4 A7   D DM7 D6 F#m
It turned out so right   for strangers  in  the night.


(Instrumental interlude: repeat bridge)


D9                    D
Ever since that night   we've been together

DM7                  D6
Lovers at first sight   in love forever

Em                 A7 Em              A7sus4 A7    D DM7 D6 F#m D6
It turned out so right   for strangers  in   the night.

Once again, senility rears its ugly head. I saw a request for this one recently in one of the guitar newsgroups. I was about to refer them here, but fortunately checked the site first, only to discover I'd never done it. Oh, well...a mind is a terrible thing to lose.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.