"The Pretender"  -  Foo Fighters (*Am — Bass: A – B – C – A       **Am — Bass: F# – G – F#)

[Intro.]
Am   Am9   *Am   **Am/F#   Am/F

Am                     Am9 *Am                 **Am/F#        Am/F
Keep   you   in      the   dark,   you know they all,     pre-tend.
Am                     Am9 *Am                 **Am/F#        Am/F
Keep   you   in      the   dark,   and  so  it   all,      be-ga-a-a-an... [snare]

[Verse 1]
            
Send in your s

              
kel-e-tons... 

              
Sing as their 

              
bones go mar-c

           
hin'  in...   

        
      a-gain.
            
    The need y

              
ou buried deep

              
... the secret

              
s that you kee

           
p are at the r

        
ea-dy...Are yo

u rea-dy?
            
   I'm finishe

              
d makin' sense

              
, done pleadin

              
g ig-nor-ance.

           
 That who`le..

        
.    de-fense.


[Pre-Chorus]

   Spinning in

-fi-ni-ty, boy

.
              
The wheel is s

              
pinnin' me...I

           
t's ne-ver en-

            
din', ne-ver e

            
n-din'...   Sa

         
me  old  sto/r

    
y.


[Chorus] 

What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
            
What if I say 

            
I'm not just a

         
nother,  one o

f your plays? 

 You're the pr

etender...

What if I say 

I will never s

urrender?


[Interlude]   
          (x2)     

[Pre-chorus]
            
   In time or 

              
so I'm told...

              
   I'm just an

           
other soul for

             
 sale... oh, w


ell
            
   The page is

              
 out of print.

              
.   We are not

              
 permanent... 

           
We're temporar

         
y, tem-por-ar-

y
       
Same  old  sto

      
ry.

[Chorus] 

What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
            
What if I say 

            
I'm not just a

         
nother,  one o

f your plays? 

 You're the pr

etender...

What if I say 

I will never s

urrender?  [x2

]

       
Ooooohhhhh…

   

[Interlude]   
Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am (x2)

{Bridge]
      
I'm the    voi

           
ce in-side you

            
r head...     

         
 You re-fuse  

       
  to  hear.
      
I'm the    fac

           
e    that  you

            
 have to face,

         
 Mir -  rored 

        
 in your 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 t

  
o your knees.

         
So who...     

               
      are you?
         
Yeah who...   

               
      are you?
         
Yeah who...   

               
      are you?
         
Yeah who...   

            
      are you?

   
        [break

]

{Intro.]
Am         Am9             *Am                **Am/F#         Am/F
Keep  you  in         the  dark,  you know they all...    pre-tend.

[Chorus]

What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others?
            
What if I say 

            
I'm not just a

         
nother,  one o

f your plays? 

 You're the pr

e-ten-der...

What if I say 

I will never s

urrender?  [x2

]

[Chorus]
 Am         Am9             *Am                **Am/F#         Am/F
(Keep  you  in         the  dark,  you know they all...    pre-tend.

What if I say 

I'm not like t

he others? 
            
What if I say 

            
I'm not just a

         
nother,  one o

f your plays? 

 You're the pr

etender...

What if I say 

I will never s

urrender?  Ooo

oohhhhh…


         
So who...     

               
      are you?
         
Yeah who...   

               
      are you?
         
Yeah who...   

            
      are yo`u

   
?