"The Pretender"  -  Foo Fighters (*Am ? Bass: A - B - C - A          **Am ? Bass: F# - G - F#)
   Am - Am9 - *Am - **Am/F# - Am/F

Am (x02210@1)             Am9*Am (x02413@1)		                   **Am/F#      Am/FKeep (102210@1)  you   in      the   dark,   you know they all,        pretend.
Am (x02210@1)            Am9- (x02413@1)*Am		       **Am/F#                  Am/FKeep (102210@1)  you   in        the dark,   and so it all,                   began...


A5 (x022xx@1)								    F#5 (244xxx@1)  F5Send (133xxx@1)in your skeletons...Sing as their bones go marchin' in... a-gain.
A5 (x022xx@1)									 F#5 (244xxx@1)   The need you buried deep...the secrets that you keep are at the rea-dy...
A5Are (x022xx@1)you ready?
A5 (x022xx@1)		      F#5 (244xxx@1)          F5 (133xxx@1)    I'm finished makin' sense...Done pleading ig-nor-ance.  That whole............defense.


A5 (x022xx@1)    Spinning infinity, boy.
F#5 (244xxx@1) F5D5        E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1)    G5The (355xxx@1)wheel is spinnin' me...It's never-ending, never-endin'...   Same  old  story.

 x2
A5 (x022xx@1)
What if I say I'm not like the others?
                                                            F#5What (244xxx@1)if I say I'm not just another,  one of your plays?  You're the pretender...   
F5What (133xxx@1)if I say I will never surrender?

   Am (x02210@1) Am6 (x02212@1) Am7 (x02010@1) Am6(x2) (x02212@1)    Am (x02210@1)
A5 (x022xx@1)							   F#5 (244xxx@1)            F5 (133xxx@1)   In time or so I'm told...   I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
A5 (x022xx@1)						        F#5 (244xxx@1)F5 (133xxx@1)   The page is out of print..   We are not permanent... We're temporary, temporary
D5 (xx023x@1)      E5 (022xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1)    G5Same (355xxx@1) old  story.

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D5 (xx023x@1) E5 (022xxx@1)  F#5 (244xxx@1) G5Ooooohhhhh (355xxx@1)

   Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am (x2)


Am (x02210@1)Am6 (x02212@1) Am7 (x02010@1)Am6 (x02212@1)   Am (x02210@1)	Am (x02210@1)Am6 (x02212@1) Am7 (x02010@1)Am6 (x02212@1)Am (x02210@1)I'm the voice inside your head...  You refuse to hear.
Am (x02210@1)Am6 (x02212@1) Am7 (x02010@1)Am6 (x02212@1)   Am (x02210@1)    Am (x02210@1)Am6 (x02212@1)Am7 (x02010@1)Am6 (x02212@1)AmI'm (x02210@1)the face that you have to face,  Mirrored in your stare.
Am (x02210@1)Am6 (x02212@1)Am7 (x02010@1)Am6 (x02212@1)Am (x02210@1)       Am (x02210@1)                   Am- (x02210@1)Aadd9- (x02420@1)A5I'm (x022xx@1)what's left, I'm what's right,  I'm the enemy.
Asus4 (x02230@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Aadd9 (x02420@1)		Asus4 (x02230@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Aadd9I'm (x02420@1)the hand that will take you down... Bring you to your knees

A5 (x022xx@1)        Am7A5                   Am7So (x02010@1)who...               are you?
A5 (x022xx@1)        Am7A5                   Am7Yeah (x02010@1)who...           are you?
A5 (x022xx@1)         Am7A5                   Am7Yeah (x02010@1)who...           are you?
A5 (x022xx@1)         Am7A5                   Am7Yeah (x02010@1)who...           are you?

Am (x02210@1)            Am9 (x02413@1)     *Am                                   **Am/F#          Am/FKeep (102210@1) you  in             the  dark,  you know they all...        pretend.

[Chorus x2]

[x2]
What if I say I'm not like the others?
(Keep     you     in       the           dark)
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
(You        know    they   all...      pretend)
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?