Intro: A E Bm F#m E 
Verse 
       A  
this apartment 
                 E 
was rented for a reason 
            Bm    F#m 
but not the one 
             E 
others might suspect 
        A 
I'm not sure  
                           E 
I am missed or if he even notices 
         Bm  F#m 
I'm not home  
                      E 
but it doesn't really matter 
                      D 
I came here to be a stranger 
                 F#m 
in order to have tried everything 
                   D        E 
and after all I am used to 
                A 
be treated like one 
                      D 
I came here to be a stranger 
                 F#m 
in order to have tried everything 
                   D        E 
and after all I am used to 
                A 
be treated like one 
Verse 
I grew old at nineteen 
but it didn't seem to bother him 
he said he liked what he saw 
if he looked at me at all 
so I packed what I had 
determined to become  
someone rather than anyone 
                      D 
I came here to be a stranger 
                 F#m 
in order to have tried everything 
                   D        E 
and after all I am used to 
                A 
be treated like one 
                      D 
I came here to be a stranger 
                 F#m 
in order to have tried everything 
                   D        E 
and after all I am used to 
                A 
be treated like one