The Pretender - Foo Fighters

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[Verse 1]
            
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 ,  

          
defense

Spinning infin

ity, boy
 
The wheel is spinning 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 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 2]
 
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 permanent
          
We're tem-po-r

             
ary, tem-po-ra

   
ry
         
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]
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B|------------
G|------------
D|--2-----4---
A|--0--0--0--0
E|------------

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--0--0--0--0--
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--|--2--4-----
--|--0--0--0--
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5-----7-------
0--0--0-------
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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?


[Interlude]
            
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?


[Outro]
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|--2-----4---
A|--0--0--0--0
E|------------

--------------
--------------
--------------
--5-----7--2--
--0--0--0--0--
--------------

--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|--2--4-----
--|--0--0--0--
--|-----------

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5-----7-------
0--0--0-------
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So who are you

?

Yeah, who are 

you?

Yeah, who are 

you?