[Verse 1] 
CBb There's a stranger in a photograph
FD I cannot recognize
CBb She has long hair, a velvet scarf,
FD A strange sadness in her eyes
FG She wears a dress, the perfect girl,
FG They say she's beautiful
BbC But when I look at her I feel
BbG It's sad but true that she's not real
 [Chorus] 
CF She is just an illusion
AmG Just a beautiful lie
CF A foreign intrusion
AmG On what should have been my life
GF And I hid behind her eyes
AmG And I cried behind her smile
CFG Until I killed her in a dark and stormy night
FG Now, shes just a stranger in a photograph
CFAmG* Just a stranger
 [Verse 2] 
CBb There's a stranger in a photograph
FD I cannot recognize
CBb Her gender was assigned to me
FD Despite my silent cries
FG Her body was a cage for me
FG In all these lonely years
BbC Her face a mask I had to wear
BbG To cover up my tears
 [Chorus] 
CF She is just an illusion
AmG Just a beautiful lie
CF A foreign intrusion
AmG On what could have been my life
GF And I hid behind her eyes
AmG And I cried behind her smile
CFG Until I killed her in a dark and stormy night
FG Now, shes just a stranger in a photograph
CFAmG* 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
BbF It may take years 'til I'm at peace
BbF With who I used to be
DmC But I look at her and then I smile
BbG I know that I am free
 [Chorus] 
CF 'Cause it is just an illusion
AmG Just a beautiful lie
CF A foreign intrusion
AmG On what should have been my life
GF And I hid behind her eyes
AmG And I cried behind her smile
CFG But now I'm sure she wont hurt me anymore
FG Because she's just a stranger in a photograph
 [Outro] 
FG Just a stranger
F She's just a stranger
G In a photograph
CFAmGC*