The Pretender - Foo Fighters

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[Intro]
            
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[Intro]

Keep you in th

e dark
              
You know they 

     
all     preten


d

Keep you in th

e dark
          
And so it all 

    
     began

[Verse]

Send in your s

keletons

Sing as their 

bones
            
Go marching in

        
      again

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    

        
defense


Spinning infin

ity, boy

The wheel is s

pinning me
        
It's never-end

             
ing, never-end

 
ing
     
Same old  stor

 
y

[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]
 

[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  stor

 
y

[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?

[Instrumental]
     

[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 y

ou?  yeah, who

   are you?
      
Yeah, who are 

you?  yeah, wh

o are you?

[Breakdown]

Keep you in th

e dark
              
You know they 

     
all     preten


d

[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]
 
(Keep you in t

he dark)
              
(You know they

     
 all     prete


nd)
 
(Keep you in t

he dark)
              
(You know they

     
 all     prete


nd)

[Bridge]
   

[Outro]
   
So who   are y

ou?  yeah, who

  are you?
      
Yeah, who are 

youuuuu?

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