Pretender chords by Rebecca Butler Watanabe

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G D MajorD B7B7 E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD


Verse 1:
G+G             D MajorD
When we began our love story
           BB  E minorEm
Well, it was obvious for me
                 A augmentedA
As soon as it got good, it’d be a one-man show
C majorC
Though we are always with each other
D MajorD
In the end, I’m nothing but a spectator

Verse 2:
G+G                D MajorD
Your cold, indifferent “I’m sorry”
     B7B7          E minorEm
It’s always the same story
                      A augmentedA
Now that I'm used to it, well, it ain’t so bad no more
A minorAm
But this romance with you has slowed, that’s the way it goes
                          G+G
I’ve realized it’s nearing the end now for sure

Bridge:
Cmaj7Cmaj7         B7B7
If only we could have chosen
E minorEm               Dm7Dm7  G+G
To meet on a different road and
Cmaj7Cmaj7             B7B7
A augmentedA different way to have known you
E minorEm         Dm7Dm7     G+G
A augmentedA different way our paths could cross
Cmaj7Cmaj7                B7B7
I wish that I could have found some new
E minorEm            DmDm  G+G
Perspective to tell you I love you
Cmaj7Cmaj7         B7B7   E minorEm   G+G
Or a whole new personality, but I know
A minorAm              D MajorD
No matter how I wish, it’s no use, and so

Chorus:
G+G
Goodbye, though we tried,
         D MajorD       B7B7
There’s just not meant to be a you and I
E minorEm
It hurts, but it can’t be denied
Dm7Dm7          G+G       Cmaj7Cmaj7
But still it’s hard to set aside the past
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Just touching your hair
Bm7Bm7           Am7Am7
I feel the pain so deep inside
       D MajorD        G+G
But it feels right, but no, goodbye
                D MajorD        B7B7
What am I to you now, babe, and what are you to me?
E minorEm
The answer is a mystery
  Dm7Dm7     G+G        Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I don’t even want to see the facts
             Bm7Bm7
If there’s just one thing
                         A minorAm  D MajorD
Yeah, just one simple thing that I know for sure
               G+G
It’s that you are beautiful

Verse 3:
G+G             D MajorD
Some people spew out such nonsense
      Bm7Bm7        E MajorE
Talking of love and its logic
             A augmentedA
But I can’t relate at all, it’s so unfamiliar
A minorAm                     D MajorD
Like I’m on a plane and looking down on a darkened town
                G+G
That I’ve never seen, much less been to ever before

Bridge:
Cmaj7Cmaj7         B7B7
If only we could have chosen
E minorEm           Dm7Dm7     G+G
To meet on a different road and
Cmaj7Cmaj7          B7B7
A augmentedA different way to have known you
E minorEm         Dm7Dm7     G+G
A augmentedA different way our paths could cross
Cmaj7Cmaj7             B7B7
I wish that my heart had been pure enough
E minorEm             Dm7Dm7     G+G
To hold on tight when I was gifted love
Cmaj7Cmaj7        B7B7        E minorEm        G+G
I wish I could say “I love you” with no responsibility
     A minorAm             D MajorD
But this wishing, what good does it do for me?

Chorus:
    G+G
Goodbye, our endline
      D MajorD        B7B7
Is looming there beyond our hands entwined
  E MajorE
And every time we draw it out
Dm7Dm7         G+G          Cmaj7Cmaj7
The more it hurts to think about a day
            Bm7Bm7
You’re not by my side
                   Am7Am7
And that’s a truth that makes me cry
       D MajorD        G+G
From all the misery inside

Bridge:
Bm7Bm7 E minorEm A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

Chorus:
    G+G
Goodbye, though we tried,
         D MajorD       B7B7
There’s just not meant to be a you and I
E minorEm
It hurts, but it can’t be denied
Dm7Dm7           G+G          Cmaj7Cmaj7
But still it’s hard to set aside the past
              Bm7Bm7
Just touching your hair
            Am7Am7
I feel the pain so deep inside
       D MajorD       G+G
But it feels right, but no, goodbye
           D MajorD         B7B7
What am I to you now, babe, and what are you to me?
  E minorEm
The answer is a mystery
Dm7Dm7       G+G            Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I don’t even want to see the facts
               Bm7Bm7
If there’s just one thing
                 A minorAm         D MajorD
Yeah, just one simple thing that I know for sure
               Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7 A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm D MajorD
It’s that you are beautiful
              Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7 A minorAm D MajorD
And its not something bad
          G+G
You are so beautiful