Chords with lyrics
capo: 1
A minorAm 
C majorC
Keep you in the dark
D MajorD 
FF
You know they all pretend
A minorAm C majorC
Keep you in the dark
D MajorD FF
And so it all began
A minorAm
Send in your skeletons
C majorC D MajorD FF
Sing as their bones go marching in... again
A minorAm
The need you buried deep
C majorC D MajorD
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
FF
Are you ready?
A minorAm
I'm finished making sense
C majorC
Done pleading ignorance
D MajorD FF
That whole defense
A minorAm
Spinning infinity, boy
C majorC
The wheel is spinning me
D MajorD
It's never-ending, never-ending
FF
Same old story
chorus:
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
verse:
A minorAm
In time or so i'm told
C majorC D MajorD FF
I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
A minorAm
The page is out of print
C majorC
We are not permanent
D MajorD
We're temporary, temporary
FF
Same old story
chorus:
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
A minorAm
I'm the voice inside your head
C majorC
You refuse to hear
A minorAm
I'm the face that you have to face
C majorC
Mirrored in your stare
A minorAm
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
C majorC
I'm the enemy
A minorAm
I'm the hand that will take you down
C majorC
Bring you to your knees
D MajorD
So who are you?
FF
Yeah, who are you?
D MajorD
Yeah, who are you?
FF
Yeah, who are you?
A minorAm C majorC
Keep you in the dark
D MajorD FF
You know they all pretend
chorus:
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
A minorAm
What if I say I'm not like the others?
C majorC D MajorD
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
FF
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
D MajorD FF
So who are you?
D MajorD FF
Yeah, who are you?
D MajorD FF
Yeah, who are you?
end on: A minorAm
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