Jerry Garcia Band - Strange man
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Sang by Donna Jean Godchaux & Jerry Garcia Band
Original performance by Dorothy Love
VERSE 1
AA Samarian woman came running to the city
ToD talk about the man sheA saw
She took her pitcher and went to the well
B7Water she intendedE to draw
Well theA stranger she met there, she didn't know where he camDe from
But heEbdim told her every sinful thing she haAd done
B7Blessed myE soul and wasA goDne A
VERSE 2
AHer friends in town asked her "EDo you know the man?"
She Asaid "No DI neverA saw him before."
They asked her "EBut did you get his name?"
She said "He didn't Atell me andD I don'At know."
Oh butD when he spoke my soul caught on fire
And AI'll remember this Cday until theD day that IEbdim die
AHe stopped by to bless myE soulA and was DgonAe
VERSE 3
AThe stranger was next seen in our city
He wasD standing off an angrAy mob
Defending a woman who'd been caught in the very act of aB7dultery
For pity and mercyE she sought
He said A"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
He gave her a smile,B7 waved fEareweAll and was DgonAe
VERSE 4
AHer friends in town asked her "EDo you know the man?"
She Asaid "No DI neverA saw him before."
They asked her "EBut did you get his name?"
She said "He didn't Atell me andD I don'At know."
Whoa butD when he touched me I felt the power from the arms
And AI don't plan orC# can or doD no wroEbdimng
AGlad he stopped by,B7 blessedE my souAl and wDas Agone
(REPEAT CHORD PROGRESSION VERSE 1)
VERSE 5
AThis time the crowd asked herE "Don't you know the man?"
She Asaid "No DI neverA saw him before."
They asked her "EBut did you get his name?"
She said "He didn't Atell me andD I don'At know."
Whoa butD when he touched me I felt the power from the arms
And AI don't plan orC# can or doD no wroEbdimng
AI'm glad he stopped by,B7 blessedE my souAl and wDas Agone