The Pretender - Foo Fighters

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[Intro]
            
Keep you in th

             
e dark you kno

            
w they all pre


tend
            
Keep you in th

             
e dark and so 

       
it all began


[Verse 1]

Send in your s

keletons
             
Sing as their 

              
bones go march

       
ing in, again

The needs you 

buried deep
             
The secrets th

              
at you keep, a

   
re ever ready

Are you ready

I'm finished m

aking sense
             
Done pleading 

              
ignorance, tha

         
t whole defens

e

Spinning infin

ity, Boy

The wheel is s

pinning me
     
It's never end

ing

Never ending

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 pre

tender
            
What if I say 

             
I will never s

        
urrender

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 pre

tender
            
What if I say 

             
I will never s

        
urrender


[Verse 2]
         
In time or so 

I'm told
           
I'm just anoth

            
er sold for sa

            
le, oh well

The page is ou

t of print
             
We are not per

              
manent, we're 

          
temporary, tem

porary

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 pre

tender
            
What if I say 

             
I will never s

        
urrender

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 pre

tender
            
What if I say 

             
I will never s

        
urrender


[Bridge]
D, E, D, E, E

I'm the voice 

inside your he

ad

You refuse to 

hear

I'm the face t

hat you have t

o face

Mirror in your

 stare

I'm what's lef

t

I'm what's rig

ht

I'm the enemy

I'm the hand t

hat'll take yo

u down

Bring you to y

our knees
           
So who are you
             
Yeah, who are 

 
you
             
Yeah, who are 

 
you
             
Yeah, who are 

 
you


[Break-Down]
            
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 pre

tender
            
What if I say 

             
I will never s

        
urrender

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 pre

tender
            
What if I say 

             
I will never s

        
urrender


[Outro]
            
What if I say 

    
I'm not like t

he others?
            
(Keep you in t

    
he dark)
            
What if I say 

             
I'm not just a

       
nother one of 

your plays?
             
(You know they

  
 all)
            
You're the pre


tender
    
(Pretend)
            
What if I say 

              
I will never s

    
urrender?
            
What if I say 

    
I'm not like t

he others?
            
(Keep you in t

    
he dark)
            
What if I say 

             
I'm not just a

       
nother one of 

your plays?
             
(You know they

  
 all)
            
You're the pre


tender
    
(Pretend)
            
What if I say 

              
I will never s

    
urrender?

          
So who are you

?
             
Yeah, who are 


you?
             
Yeah, who are 

     
you?

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