The Stranger At My Door Chords & Lyrics - Brandi Carlile

[VERSE]
[Am]I have seen the [Dm]firewatcher’s[Am] daughter.
[Am]watching fires b[Dm]urn from smoke to [Am]black.
there's [F]nothing she won't [G]burn, from [C]Styro[G/B]foam to[Am] urns.
to [E]someone else's ashes in a [Am]sack... (..oh god i love her)

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am]

[VERSE]
[Am]You can scorch the m[Dm]etal, you can [Am]even melt the glass.
[F]You can pass the time here, fire [Am]lives into the past
An a[G]ll-consuming flame, that r[C]efines and[G/B] new [Am]begins
It'll [E]take your family heirlooms, but it can take your darkest s[Am]ins
It's a [F]good ol' bedtime story, give you [Am]nightmares 'til you die
And the [G]ones that love to tell it, hide the [Am]mischief in their eyes
[G]Cond[F]emn their sons to Hades
And Gehe[C]nna is f[G/B]ull of guys, alive and [Dm]well
But there ain't no [E]hell for a firewatcher's daugh[Am]ter

[BRIDGE]
[Am]woo[Dm]ooo[Am]ooo
[Am]woo[Dm]ooo[Am]ooo
[F]wo[G]oo[Am]ooo

[VERSE]
We e[Am]xercise the [Dm]demons of the [Am]things we used to know
The [F]gnashing of the teeth become the [Em]remnants of our homes
We [G]think we're moving on, from mate[C]rials [G/B]we long[Am]
To [E]forget we ever sold our[Am] souls to own
There's a c[Am]hilling absolu[Dm]tion that we're g[Am]iven from our birth
A [F]powerful delusion and a [Am]plague upon the earth
But [G]nothing scares me more
Than the [C]stranger[G/B] at my d[Am]oor
Who I [E]fail to give shelter, time, [Am]and worth
It's a [F]good ol' bedtime story, give you [Am]nightmares 'til you die
And the [G]ones that love to tell it, hide the [Am]mischief in their eyes
Conde[F]mn their sons to Hades
And Gehe[C]nna is ful[G/B]l of guy[Am]s, alive and w[Dm]ell
But there ain't no [E]hell for a firewatcher'[Am]s daughter