The Pretender chords by Foo Fighters (Ver. 3)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:
Am      x02210
F#m7b5  xx4555
Fmaj7   xx3210


Intro:
   Am                            F#m7b5
e|-------5-7-5----------------------------5-|
B|-----5-------5------------------------5---|
G|---5-----------5------9---9---9-----5-----|
D|---------------------------------4--------|
A|-0---------------0----------0-------------|
E|-------------------7----8-----------------|

         Fmaj7
e|--------------5---5-----|
B|------------5---5---5---|
G|----------5-----------5-|
D|-4b5-4-3----------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|


Intro:
Am
Keep you in the dark
              F#m7b5     Fmaj7
You know they all     pretend
Am
Keep you in the dark
          F#m7b5    Fmaj7
And so it all      began


Verse:
Am
Send in your skeletons
Am
Sing as their bones
            F#m7b5   F     Am
Go marching in      again
Am
The need you buried deep
                              F#m7b5
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
F               Am
Are you ready?
Am
I’m finished making sense
Am
Done pleading ignorance
     F#m7b5     F      Am
That whole    defense

Am
Spinning infinity, boy
Am
The wheel is spinning me
     F#m7b5        F         Em
It’s never-ending, never-ending
Dm   Em  F#m7b5 G
Same old  story


Chorus:
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One   of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One   of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?


Bridge:
Am Am

Verse:
Am
In time or so I’m told
Am                        F#m7b5     F    Am
I’m just another soul for sale   oh, well
    Am
The page is out of print
Am
We are not permanent
      F#m7b5     F
We’re temporary, temporary
Dm   Em  F#m7b5 G
Same old  story


Chorus:
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One   of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One   of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?


Instrumental:
D Em F#m7b5 G Am Am


Bridge:
Am
I’m the voice inside your head
Am
You refuse to hear
Am
I’m the face that you have to face
Am
Mirrored in your stare
Am
I’m what’s left, I’m what’s right
Am
I’m the enemy
Am
I’m the hand that will take you down
Am
Bring you to your knees


   Am
So who   are you?  yeah, who   are you?
      Am
Yeah, who are you?  yeah, who are you?


Breakdown:
Am
Keep you in the dark
              F#m7b5     Fmaj7
You know they all     pretend


Chorus:
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One   of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One   of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?


Verse:
 Am
(Keep you in the dark)
              F#m7b5     Fmaj7
(You know they all     pretend)
 Am
(Keep you in the dark)
              F#m7b5     Fmaj7
(You know they all     pretend)


Bridge:
D Em F#m7b5 G


Outro:
   Am
So who   are you?  yeah, who  are you?
      Am
Yeah, who are youuuuu?