Pretend chords by The Tragically Hip

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Use Barre Chords (sounds better)
**for Cmaj7Cmaj7 during the chorus, play the
high E MajorE string open for the last strum**

F: 133211
G: 355433
Cmaj7: X35453 (X35450 for last strum)


Verse 1:
FF      Cmaj7Cmaj7
If I ask you a question
     FF    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Are you going to lie to me?
  FF     Cmaj7Cmaj7
Is that your question?
         FF   G+G
Because that one is easy

         Cmaj7Cmaj7
It's gripping the city
 FF       Cmaj7Cmaj7
And hitting the town
  FF     Cmaj7Cmaj7
And no one on earth is
      FF  G+G  FF
Doing this now


Chorus:
FF       G+G
If you can pretend
  Cmaj7Cmaj7    FF
And I can pretend
FF        G+G
Pretending won't end
  Cmaj7Cmaj7     FF
And then and well then


Verse 2:
FF          Cmaj7Cmaj7
If you take the chances
FF      Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'll take the bows
     FF    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Saying, "No one on earth is
 FF     G+G
Doing this now"

          Cmaj7Cmaj7
But if I ask you a question
    FF        Cmaj7Cmaj7
Are you going to lie to me?
  FF       Cmaj7Cmaj7
Is that your question?
    FF      G+G   FF
Because that one is easy

Chorus:
FF        G+G
If you don't pretend
  Cmaj7Cmaj7    FF
And I don't pretend
FF        G+G
Pretending might end
   Cmaj7Cmaj7       FF
But pretend can pretend to end, that's right


Outro:
FF       G+G
You can't pretend
Cmaj7Cmaj7         FF
Yes, I can, yes, I can, yes, I can
FF       G+G
You can't pretend
Cmaj7Cmaj7         FF
Yes, I can, yes, I can, yes, I can

FF      G+G
You can't pretend
Cmaj7Cmaj7         FF
Yes, I can, yes, I can, yes, I can
FF       G+G
You can't pretend
Cmaj7Cmaj7          FF
Yes, I can, yes, I can, yes, I can