Capo 9
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Intro: D, G
Verse 1
D G
In the morning on the train
D G
sitting and staring at the rain
D G A
or bury yourself in your books.
A D G D G
Don't look at no strangers, no don't give them any looks.
D G
Well you ask yourself why you're so afraid,
D G
why you hesitate when someone asks your name.
D G A
But they'll come too close if you tell them the truth.
A D G D G
Who's to say they want something from you?
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Chorus
C A D G
Well your just a shell of your former youth.
C A D G
That stranger in the mirror, oh, that's you.
D G D G
Why do you look so blue?
Verse 2
Then the only man you ever loved, he thought was going to marry you, died in a car
accident when he was only twenty-two. Then you just decided love wasn't for you.
And every year since then has proved it to be true.
Chorus
Now your just a shell of your former youth. That stranger in the mirror, oh,
that's you. Why do you look so blue?
Bridge
Em A D G
Maybe tomorrow you will make a change.
Em A D G
Maybe some day soon you will find the strength.
Chorus
Now your just a shell of your former youth. That stranger in the mirror, oh,
that's you. Why do you look so blue?
