Less Of A Stranger Chords by Julia Jacklin

Intro | G  | G  |


G
Never gonna know you
    G
The way that I want to
     C                    G
I'll never see you in the wild
       G
You're never gonna see me through
    G                       C
The same eyes my friends do
                       G
Looking in from the outside


           Am
Don't want her to change
      C            G
Pick apart, or rearrange her
    Am                 C
Oh, I just wish my own mother was
           G
Less of a stranger


     G
Ever since I left your body
                       C
Been a breathless fast swimmer
            G
Slow on the sand
          G
"Will the race bend back home?"
             G
You said you hate being alone
           Dm               C               G
Did you forget the starting gun was in your hand?


           Am
Don't want her to change
        C                  G
She's always been the entertainer
    Am                 C
Oh, I just wish my own mother was
           G
Less of a stranger


Instru | Dm  | C  | G  | G  |
       | Dm  | C  | G  | G  |


       G
When I look into the mirror
                        C
I see my father, when I close my eyes
      G
I see you
         G
When you look into the mirror
          G
Does your father appear?
Dm                  C               G
Eyes closed, do you see your mother too?


            Am         C       G
Sometimes I wonder, do I intimidate her?
      Am               C
Do my questions and my pain
                    G
Take like skin to a razor?
           Am
Don't want her to change
        C                G
Or feel bad for life's remainder
    Am                 C
Oh, I just wish my own mother was
           G
Less of a stranger