The Pretender - Foo Fighters

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Keep you in th

    
e dark
              
You know they 

       
all pretend
            
Keep you in th

    
e dark
             
And so it all 

  
began
            
Send in your s

  
keletons
            
Sing as their 

              
bones go march

        
ing in... agai


n
            
The need you b

       
uried deep
            
The secrets th

              
at you keep ar

     
e ever ready

Are you ready?

I'm finished m

aking sense

Done pleading 

ignorance
         
That whole def


ense

Spinning infin

ity, boy

The wheel is s

pinning me
          
It's never-end

     
ing, never-end

ing
D    E   F#  G    <--(Octaves)
Same old story

chorus:


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?

verse:
 
In time or so 

i'm told
            
I'm just anoth

            
er soul for sa

/         
le... oh, well

The page is ou

t of print

We are not per

manent
          
We're temporar

   
y, temporary
        
Same old story

chorus:


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?

Bridge:


I'm the voice 

inside your he

ad

You refuse to 

hear

I'm the face t

hat you have t

o face

Mirrored in yo

ur stare

I'm what's lef

t, I'm what's 

right

I'm the enemy

I'm the hand t

hat will take 

you down

Bring you to y

our knees

So who are you

?

Yeah, who are 

you?

Yeah, who are 

you?

Yeah, who are 

you?
            
Keep you in th

    
e dark
            
You know they 

      
all pretend

chorus:

What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender

What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?


What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
         
What if I say 

         
I'm not just a

          
nother one of 

   
your plays?

You're the pretender


What if I say 

that I'll neve

r surrender?
            
So who are you

?
             
Yeah, who are 

 
you?
             
Yeah, who are 

  
you?

End with Am

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