[Verse 1]
C Bb
There's a stranger in a photograph
F D
I cannot recognize
C Bb
She has long hair, a velvet scarf,
F D
A strange sadness in her eyes
F G
She wears a dress, the perfect girl,
F G
They say she's beautiful
Bb C
But when I look at her I feel
Bb G
It's sad but true that she's not real
[Chorus]
C F
She is just an illusion
Am G
Just a beautiful lie
C F
A foreign intrusion
Am G
On what should have been my life
G F
And I hid behind her eyes
Am G
And I cried behind her smile
C F G
Until I killed her in a dark and stormy night
F G
Now, shes just a stranger in a photograph
C F Am G*
Just a stranger
[Verse 2]
C Bb
There's a stranger in a photograph
F D
I cannot recognize
C Bb
Her gender was assigned to me
F D
Despite my silent cries
F G
Her body was a cage for me
F G
In all these lonely years
Bb C
Her face a mask I had to wear
Bb G
To cover up my tears
[Chorus]
C F
She is just an illusion
Am G
Just a beautiful lie
C F
A foreign intrusion
Am G
On what could have been my life
G F
And I hid behind her eyes
Am G
And I cried behind her smile
C F G
Until I killed her in a dark and stormy night
F G
Now, shes just a stranger in a photograph
C F Am G*
Just a stranger
[Bridge]
Bb* F*
And even though it hurts sometimes
Bb* F*
To look back on these days
Bb* F*
I know they've made me stronger
Dm* C*
In so many differnet ways
Bb F
It may take years 'til I'm at peace
Bb F
With who I used to be
Dm C
But I look at her and then I smile
Bb G
I know that I am free
[Chorus]
C F
'Cause it is just an illusion
Am G
Just a beautiful lie
C F
A foreign intrusion
Am G
On what should have been my life
G F
And I hid behind her eyes
Am G
And I cried behind her smile
C F G
But now I'm sure she wont hurt me anymore
F G
Because she's just a stranger in a photograph
[Outro]
F G
Just a stranger
F
She's just a stranger
G
In a photograph
C F Am G C*
