Pretending chords by Orla Gartland

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

verse 1:
G+G           B minorBm
I saw the face in the window
C majorC            G+G
Lighting up a cigarette
            B minorBm
Smokey brown eyeshadow
          C majorC           G+G
I learnt it from a woman on the internet

             B minorBm
How the hell have you been, babe?
C majorC            G+G
Put your coat on the bed
Let me get you a cup
B minorBm         C majorC
Sip it up up, right to your head

pre-chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD
All the people over there
             E minorEm
They don't seem to have a care
           G+G
I'm so fucking self aware, it's exhausting
C majorC          D MajorD
And no matter how I try
         E minorEm
I repeat it every night, every night, every night, every night


chorus:
  G+G
I'm done pretending, pretending
A minorAm
Done pretending
E minorEm                   C majorC
All of my heroes are way more sad than me
       G+G
A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending
A minorAm       E minorEm
One pretending?
               C majorC                G+G
Oh, who are you so afraid to be, to be? to be? to be? to be


verse 2:
            B minorBm
I lied about liking your dress
 C majorC            G+G
I lied about sticking around
             B minorBm            C majorC           G+G
I lied about knowing the band that you talked and talked all night about

             B minorBm
So take it up with the jury
    C majorC              G+G
'Cause I don't really care anymore
                 B minorBm         C majorC
And if you listen real close you might just hear the penny drop on the floor

pre-chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD
All the people over there
             E minorEm
They don't seem to have a care
           G+G
I'm so fucking self aware, it's exhausting
C majorC          D MajorD
And no matter how I try
         E minorEm
I repeat it every night, every night, every night, every night


chorus:
  G+G
I'm done pretending, pretending
A minorAm
Done pretending
E minorEm                   C majorC
All of my heroes are way more sad than me
       G+G
A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending
A minorAm       E minorEm
One pretending?
               C majorC
Oh, who are you so afraid to be, to be? to be? to be? to be

D/AD/A C majorC E minorEm
D/AD/A C majorC E minorEm C majorC

outro:
        D MajorD              C majorC
(A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending, one pretending?)
     D MajorD  C majorC
Leave me alone
(A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending, one pretending?)
      D MajorD C majorC
I wanna go home
(A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending, one pretending?)
     D MajorD  C majorC
Leave me alone
(A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending, one pretending?)
     N.C.
I wanna go—
(A minorAm I the only one pretending, pretending, one pretending, pretending?)

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