The Pretender chords by Lewis Capaldi

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A augmentedA

Intro:

A augmentedA


Verse 1:
A augmentedA
I will be your shoulder to cry on
F# minorF#m
I will make you laugh if you need
E MajorE
I will play the part if you say so
   D MajorD
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me

Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA               E MajorE
To tell you the truth, I'm a mess, I'm a fool
      D MajorD    E MajorE
You don't know that
  F# minorF#m
And you never will
    E MajorE              D MajorD
In my mind, it's instilled not to show that

Chorus:
A augmentedA
I spend almost all of my time
         A/EA/E
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
   F# minorF#m   D MajorD
And I know I'm so good at seeming
A/EA/E               Asus2/E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
      D MajorD         F# minorF#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
      Asus2/E
Designed to deceive
  D MajorD               A augmentedA
So tell me who you want me to be

Verse 2:
A augmentedA
I can wear a million faces
F# minorF#m
'Cause I don't like the one underneath
E MajorE
Always found it easy to fake it
   D MajorD
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me

Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA                E MajorE
To tell you the truth, I'm the fraud in the room
      D MajorD    E MajorE
You don't know that
  F# minorF#m
And you never will
    E MajorE              D MajorD
In my mind, it's instilled not to show that

Chorus:
A augmentedA
I spend almost all of my time
         A/EA/E
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
   F# minorF#m   D MajorD
And I know I'm so good at seeming
A/EA/E               Asus2/E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
      A augmentedA
I feel like everything I do is a lie
            A/EA/E
And all the words just further pull the wool over my eyes
 F# minorF#m   D MajorD
I know I'm no good at being
A/EA/E           Asus2/E
Who I am away from the light
      D MajorD         F# minorF#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
      Asus2/E
Designed to deceive
  D MajorD              A augmentedA
So tell me who you want me to be


Bridge:
     E MajorE
And I'll be
    D MajorD                    F# minorF#m
Be my best impression of what you expect from me
     E MajorE     D MajorD
But what you don't see is


Chorus:
A augmentedA
I spend almost all of my time
         A/EA/E
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
   F# minorF#m   D MajorD
And I know I'm so good at seeming
A/EA/E               Asus2/E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
      A augmentedA
I feel like everything I do is a lie
            A/EA/E
And all the words just further pull the wool over my eyes
 F# minorF#m   D MajorD
I know I'm no good at being
A/EA/E           Asus2/E
Who I am away from the light
      D MajorD         F# minorF#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
       A/EA/E          Asus2/E
And I'm an imposter, my head is a mender
      D MajorD         F# minorF#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
      Asus2/E
Designed to deceive
  D MajorD               A augmentedA
So tell me who you want me to be