Billy Talent
Don't Need To Pretend
Billy Talent III
2009 Warner Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bm -   x24432
A -    x02220
Em -   022000
G -    320033
D -    xx0232
A/C# - x476xx
F#m -  244222


Intro: Bm--A--G--Em--


Verse 1:
Bm                A
  Swimming in the dark
                      G   Em
we're bound to drift apart
Bm                    A
  And I just can't go on
                    G   Em
pretending we're in love
Bm                     A/C#
  We play with matches in 
D   A          A/C# D    G Em
the rain but never  learn
Bm                   A/C#
  We try to light it but 
D   A      A/C# D
the fire never  burns
G
  (We try to light it but 
    Em
the fire never burns)


Refrain 1:
A
  You thought that love was 
       D
just a casting call
        A
well its our turn to quit
           Em                F#m
before the curtain falls see yeah


Chorus 1: Drumbeats switch to fast punk
G
  Don't need to      
pretend to love me
Bm
  you don't need to 
           A/C# D
pretend to want me
G
  You don't need to 
pretend to need 
  Bm
me  we just never 
were meant to
   A D
Am I wrong?
     A
Am I right?
       Em      Bm
Have I lost my mind
A       G   Em
lost my mind


Verse 2:
Bm                       A
  Now I dance around her heart
                        G   Em
like an actor plays the part
Bm                    A/C#
  I hit the stage and I 
D   A          A/C# D
get blinded by the  light
G
  (I hit the stage and I 
    Em
get blinded by the light)
Bm                      A/C#
  I read the script but I 
D    A            A/C# D
just can't recite the  lines
G
  (I read the script but I 
     Em
just can't recite the lines)


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
G
  Don't need to      
pretend to love me
Bm
  we just never were 
         A/C# D
meant to ever be
G
  You don't need to 
pretend to need 
  Bm
me  we just never 
were meant to
   A D
Am I wrong?
     A
Am I right?
       Em
Have I lost my mind
   A D
Am I wrong?
     A
Am I right?
       G       Em
Have I lost my mind


Guitar Solo: Bm--A--G--Em-- x2


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 3:
G
  Don't need to      
pretend to love me
Bm
  you don't need to 
           A/C# D
pretend to want me
G
  You don't need to 
pretend to need 
  Bm
me  we just never 
were meant to
   A D
Am I wrong?
     A
Am I right?
       Em
Have I lost my mind
    F#
see yeah


Chorus 4:
G
  Don't need to      
pretend to love me
Bm
  we just never were 
         A/C# D
meant to ever be
G
  You don't need to 
pretend to need 
  Bm
me  we just never 
were meant to
   A D
Am I wrong?
     A
Am I right?
       Em
Have I lost my mind
   A   D            A
So get on with your life 
                 Em
cause we're just wasting time
   A D
Am I wrong?
     A
Am I right?
       G       Em  Bm(hold)
Have I lost my mind