Pretender chords by Rebecca Butler Watanabe

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G D B7 Em A D


Verse 1:
G                         D
When we began our love story
                      B    Em
Well, it was obvious for me
                                  A
As soon as it got good, it’d be a one-man show
C
Though we are always with each other
D

In the end, I’m nothing but a spectator


Verse 2:
G                               D
Your cold, indifferent “I’m sorry”
          B7                   Em
It’s always the same story
                                            A
Now that I'm used to it, well, it ain’t so bad no more
Am
But this romance with you has slowed, that’s the way it goes
                                                   G
I’ve realized it’s nearing the end now for sure

Bridge:
Cmaj7                  B7
If only we could have chosen
Em                              Dm7    G
To meet on a different road and
Cmaj7                         B7
A different way to have known you
Em                  Dm7         G
A different way our paths could cross
Cmaj7                               B7
I wish that I could have found some new
Em                        Dm   G
Perspective to tell you I love you
Cmaj7                  B7      Em     G
Or a whole new personality, but I know
Am                            D
No matter how I wish, it’s no use, and so

Chorus:
G
Goodbye, though we tried,
                 D             B7
There’s just not meant to be a you and I
Em
It hurts, but it can’t be denied
Dm7                    G             Cmaj7
But still it’s hard to set aside the past
Cmaj7
Just touching your hair
Bm7                      Am7
I feel the pain so deep inside
             D                G
But it feels right, but no, goodbye
                                D               B7
What am I to you now, babe, and what are you to me?
Em
The answer is a mystery
    Dm7          G               Cmaj7
And I don’t even want to see the facts
                          Bm7
If there’s just one thing
                                                  Am    D
Yeah, just one simple thing that I know for sure
                             G
It’s that you are beautiful

Verse 3:
G                         D
Some people spew out such nonsense
           Bm7                E
Talking of love and its logic
                          A
But I can’t relate at all, it’s so unfamiliar
Am                                         D
Like I’m on a plane and looking down on a darkened town
                                G
That I’ve never seen, much less been to ever before

Bridge:
Cmaj7                 B7
If only we could have chosen
Em                     Dm7         G
To meet on a different road and
Cmaj7                   B7
A different way to have known you
Em                  Dm7          G
A different way our paths could cross
Cmaj7                         B7
I wish that my heart had been pure enough
Em                          Dm7          G
To hold on tight when I was gifted love
Cmaj7               B7                Em                G
I wish I could say “I love you” with no responsibility
          Am                         D
But this wishing, what good does it do for me?

Chorus:
        G
Goodbye, our endline
           D                B7
Is looming there beyond our hands entwined
    E
And every time we draw it out
Dm7                  G                   Cmaj7
The more it hurts to think about a day
                       Bm7
You’re not by my side
                                      Am7
And that’s a truth that makes me cry
             D               G
From all the misery inside

Bridge:
Bm7 Em A Asus4 A Dsus4 D

Chorus:
        G
Goodbye, though we tried,
                 D             B7
There’s just not meant to be a you and I
Em
It hurts, but it can’t be denied
Dm7                     G                   Cmaj7
But still it’s hard to set aside the past
                           Bm7
Just touching your hair
                        Am7
I feel the pain so deep inside
             D              G
But it feels right, but no, goodbye
                      D                  B7
What am I to you now, babe, and what are you to me?
    Em
The answer is a mystery
Dm7              G                       Cmaj7
And I don’t even want to see the facts
                             Bm7
If there’s just one thing
                                  Am                 D
Yeah, just one simple thing that I know for sure
                             Cmaj7  Bm7  Am  B7  Em  D
It’s that you are beautiful
                           Cmaj7  Bm7  Am  D
And its not something bad
                    G
You are so beautiful