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Pretender by Olivia Rodrigo

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Verse 1:
Em      B C  B 
   What lies 
Em  B C B 
   Behind 
Em                 B    C                B 
Your pretty house with your white picket fence 
Em               B        C           B 
And all the Barbies that you call?your?friends 
 
Verse 2:
Em            B C B 
   'Cause your life's 
Em  B C B 
   A?lie 
Em    B              C  B 
Nothing's as good as it seems 
Em                    B    C        B 
   And?you're not the girl of their dreams 
 
Pre-Chorus
        Em 
Oh, and maybe your life is all flowers 
C               B 
Maybe I'm insecure 
Em 
Maybe you're good at taking pictures 
C                     B 
Maybe you're a pretender (oh)

Em    B 
Pretender 
    C                     B 
I'm pointing my finger at you 
     Em   B 
Pretender 
   C               D   B 
If only they knew what I knew 
      C                           B 
Yeah, if only they knew what I knew (mm, mm) 

 
Verse 3:
Em       B C  B 
   I'm happy 
Em    B  C  B 
   In me 
Em        B      C             B 
   Think that's supposed to be enough 
Em        B 
So why am I sulking calling your bluff 
 
Pre-Chorus
Em 
Maybe your life is all flowers 
C              B 
Maybe I'm insecure 
    Em                                   C 
And maybe you're good at taking pictures 
                B 
You're a pretender-er-er 

 

      Em  B 
Pretender 
    C                     B 
I'm pointing my finger at you 
      Em  B 
Pretender 
   C                     B 
If only they knew what I knew 
         C                   B 
Yeah, if only they knew what I knew (ah, mm) 

 
Bridge:
      Em  B 
Pretender 
               G             C#m 
I guess you're really not so bad 
Em        E 
Maybe you pretend 
        B             G              Em 
But you look like you got the life I wish I had 
          B 
I created you 
      G           C#m    Em 
To be plastic and deadly 
          B 
I created you 
G              Em   G 
To hide my own envy 
               C#     
To hide my own envy, yeah 
 

      Em  B 
Pretender 
C                        B 
I wish I knew what you knew 
      Em  B 
Pretender 
C                B     Em  B 
If only I was like you 
      C           D        B 
Maybe I'm a pretender like you