Julia Jacklin - Less Of A Stranger

[Intro]
G G

[Verse 1]
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
The same eyes my friends do
C G
Looking in from the outside

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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?

[Chorus]
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

[Instrumental]
Dm C G G
(2x)

[Bridge]
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?

[Chorus]
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