Intro
Fm G# D#
Fm G# D#
C#maj7 D# Fm
[Verse 1]
Fm G# D#
If I never had to catch that train
Fm G# D#
If nobody would have called my name
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
If you never, would I have ever found out
Fm G# D#
You had questions and you knew names
Fm G# D#
Hidden secrets linked in chains
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
Wrapped in circles locked in squares
[Chorus]
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
7 layers grazed and wearing thin
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 Cm Fm G# D# Fm G# D#
7 layers I've been hiding in
[Verse 2]
Fm G# D#
Fathers' eyes and my fathers' smile
Fm G# D#
I couldn't tell I was just a child
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
Missing memories replaced by doubts
Fm G# D#
Speaking tongues into my ears
Fm G# D#
told herself what she had to hear
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
but did she ever think I'd never find out
[Chorus]
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
7 layers grazed and wearing thin
C#maj7 D# Amno5
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 Cm Fm
7 layers I've been hiding in
[Bridge]
C#maj7 Fm
Spinning round and round in circles
Cm C#maj7
Tie me like a ball of string
C#maj7 Fm
Running around in all your secrets
Cm C#maj7
One by one unraveling
[Chorus]
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 D# Fm D#
7 layers grazed and wearing thin
C#maj7 D# Amno5
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 Cm Fm
7 layers I've been hiding in
C#maj7 Fm Cm C#maj7 Fm Cm C#maj7
Ooohh ooohh Ooohh ooohh
[Chorus]
C#maj7 D# Fm
I was a stranger in my own skin
C#maj7 Cm Fm
7 layers I've been hiding in