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Pretender Acoustic Tab by AJR

Pretender Acoustic tab by AJR

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

In the parts which are tagged with a * you start strumming muted and then release the strings one by one.

Intro:
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---1---1---2---2-|
 B|---3---3---3---3-|---4---4---4---4-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
 G|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|  x1
 D|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|---------0---0---|
 A|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
 E|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-----------|

Verse:
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---1---1---2---2-|
 B|---3---3---3---3-|---4---4---4---4-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
 G|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|  x4
 D|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|---------0---0---|
 A|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
 E|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-----------|

Chorus:
    Gm              D#maj             Bbmaj             Fmaj    Dmaj
 E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|
 B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|  *
 G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|  x2
 D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
 E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|

Break:
    Gm              D#maj             Bbmaj             Fmaj    Dmaj
 E|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-1-1-------------|-1-1-----2-2-----|
 B|-3-3-------------|-1-1-------------|-3-3-------------|-1-1-----2-2-----|
 G|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-2-2-----3-3-----|  x2
 D|-5-5-------------|-5-5-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-----4-4-----|
 A|-5-5-------------|-6-6-------------|-1-1-------------|-3-3-----4-4-----|
 E|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-----2-2-----|


Verse:
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---1---1---2---2-|
 B|---3---3---3---3-|---4---4---4---4-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
 G|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|  x4
 D|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|---------0---0---|
 A|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
 E|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-----------|

Chorus:
    Gm              D#maj             Bbmaj             Fmaj    Dmaj
 E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|
 B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|  *
 G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|  x2
 D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
 E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|


Break:
    Gm              D#maj             Bbmaj             Fmaj    Dmaj
 E|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-1-1-------------|-1-1-----2-2-----|
 B|-3-3-------------|-1-1-------------|-3-3-------------|-1-1-----2-2-----|
 G|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-2-2-----3-3-----|  x2
 D|-5-5-------------|-5-5-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-----4-4-----|
 A|-5-5-------------|-6-6-------------|-1-1-------------|-3-3-----4-4-----|
 E|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-----2-2-----|

Outro:
    Gm              D#maj             Bbmaj             Fmaj    Dmaj
 E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|
 B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|  *
 G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|  x1
 D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
 A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
 E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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