Capo
1
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Beginner
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Key: Ab
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
G
Verse 1:
G
Pull goodbye back in my mouth, put the rain back in the clouds
D
Burn the thought of leaving town in the ashtray
G C
Tie the flowers back on the vine, paint the light back in your eyes
D
Tell your daddy he was right and I’m sorry
Chorus:
C G D
Some nights, I drink too much, I think about us
Em D C
I scheme up and I dream up some alternate ending
G D
Where we’re still in love and it’s messing me up
Em D C
And I don’t know if I’m good or just good at pretending
Verse 2:
G D
Fade the real into the fiction, swear the heart don’t know the difference
Em D
Gave it to you and I didn’t want it back, babe
C G D
Thought about you on your birthday, heard you laughing in the hallway
Em D
It gets better, so they all say
Chorus:
C G D
Some nights, I drink too much, I think about us
Em D C
I scheme up and I dream up some alternate ending
G D
Where we’re still in love and it’s messing me up
Em D C
And I don’t know if I’m good or just good at pretending
G D
We had some alternate ending
[Interlude]
Em D C G D
Em D
Bridge:
C G D
Some nights, I lay awake and I try to fake
Em D
Being happy that you’re happy now
C G D
Some nights, I almost chase the missing you away
Em D
But damn if it don’t come back ‘round
Chorus:
C G D
Some nights, I drink too much, I think about us
Em D C
I scheme up and I dream up some alternate ending
G D
Where we’re still in love and it’s messing me up
Em D C
And I don’t know if I’m good or just good at pretending
G D Em
We had some alternate ending
D C G D Em D C
Good at pretending (So good at pretending)
Outro:
G
I don’t know if I’m good
D
I hope that you’re good
Em D C
I’ve gotten pretty good at pretending
G
I don’t know if I’m good
D
I hope that you’re good
Em D C
I’ve gotten pretty good at pretending
G
I don’t know if I’m good
D
I hope that you’re good
Em D C
I’ve gotten pretty good at pretending
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Published: April 4, 2026
Last Updated: April 4, 2026