The Pretender chords by Foo Fighters (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Bm              A                  Bm     A
Keep you in the dark you know they all pretend
Bm              A              Bm    A
Keep you in the dark and so it all began


Verse 1:
Bm
Send in your skeletons
A                               Bm   A
Sing as their bones go marching in, again
Bm
The needs you buried deep
A                              Bm
The secrets that you keep, are ever ready
A

Are you ready
Bm
I'm finished making sense
A                             Bm       A
Done pleading ignorance, that whole defense
Bm
Spinning infinity, Boy
A
The wheel is spinning me
     Bm
It's never ending
A
Never ending
E
Same old story


Chorus:
Bm
What if I say I'm not like the others
A                                  E
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
E
You're the pretender
Bm                   A              E
What if I say I will never surrender
Bm
What if I say I'm not like the others
A                                  E
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
E
You're the pretender
Bm                   A              E
What if I say I will never surrender


Verse 2:
Bm         A
In time or so I'm told
Bm        A               Em       B     A
I'm just another sold for sale, oh well
B
The page is out of print
A                            E         A
We are not permanent, we're temporary, temporary
E
Same old story


Chorus:

Bm
What if I say I'm not like the others
A                                  E
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
Em
You're the pretender
Bm                   A              E
What if I say I will never surrender
Bm
What if I say I'm not like the others
A                                  E
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
Em
You're the pretender
Bm                   A              E
What if I say I will never surrender


Bridge:
D, E, D, E, E
D
I'm the voice inside your head
A
You refuse to hear
D
I'm the face that you have to face
A
Mirror in your stare
D
I'm what's left
D
I'm what's right
A
I'm the enemy
D
I'm the hand that'll take you down
A
Bring you to your knees
    D       A
So who are you
       D       A
Yeah, who are you
       D       A
Yeah, who are you
       D       A
Yeah, who are you


Break-Down:
Bm               A
Keep you in the dark
              Bm     A
You know they all pretend


Chorus:
Bm
What if I say I'm not like the others
A                                  E
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
E
You're the pretender
Bm                   A              E
What if I say I will never surrender
Bm
What if I say I'm not like the others
A                                  E
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
E
You're the pretender
Bm                   A              E
What if I say I will never surrender


Outro:
Bm                A
What if I say I'm not like the others?
  Bm              A
(Keep you in the dark)
Bm                A                Bm
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
  A             Bm
(You know they all)
Bm            A
You're the pretender
  Bm  A
(Pretend)
Bm                              A
What if I say I will never surrender?
Bm                A
What if I say I'm not like the others?
  Bm              A
(Keep you in the dark)
Bm                A                Bm
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
  A             Bm
(You know they all)
Bm            A
You're the pretender
  Bm  A
(Pretend)
Bm                              A
What if I say I will never surrender?

   E       Bm
So who are you?
      E       Bm
Yeah, who are you?
      E       Bm   A  E
Yeah, who are you?