• Song:

    Pretend

  • Artist:

    Lights

  • Album:

    The Listening

I know this is 100% correct; I've played it with the song and it sounds extremely accurate.

STANDARD TUNING, NO CAPO

INTRO: 

A (x02220@1)E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)(x2)


VERSE:

A (x02220@1)                            EOnce (022100@1)in a while I act like a child
               F#m (244222@1)          ETo (022100@1)feel like a kid again
   D (xx0232@1)                        A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)EIt (022100@1)gets like a prison in the body I'm living in
                    ACause (x02220@1)everyone's watching
                        EAnd (022100@1)quick to start talking
                F#m (244222@1)   EI'm (022100@1)losing my innocence
D (xx0232@1)                           A (x02220@1)                      E (022100@1)               
Wish I were a little girl without the weight of the world


CHORUS:
            A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)      F#mIt (244222@1)would be nice to start over again
  E (022100@1)          ABefore (x02220@1)we were men
      E (022100@1)      F#mI've (244222@1)give my bend
   ELets (022100@1)play pretend



INTERLUDE:
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)


VERSE:
               ARemember (x02220@1)the times
                E (022100@1)We had soda for wine
            F#m (244222@1)        EAnd (022100@1)got by on gratitude
D (xx0232@1)                    
The worst they could do to you
A (x02220@1)                   EWas (022100@1)check your attitude

                            AYeah, (x02220@1)when fights were for fun
                   EWe (022100@1)had water for guns
                      F#m (244222@1)           EAnd (022100@1)a place we could call our own
DHow (xx0232@1)we lost hold of that
A (x02220@1)                     EI (022100@1)guess I'll never know



CHORUS:
            A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)      F#mIt (244222@1)would be nice to start over again
  E (022100@1)          ABefore (x02220@1)we were men
      E (022100@1)      F#mI've (244222@1)give my bend
   E (022100@1)             ALets (x02220@1)play pretend
     E (022100@1)              F#mAnd (244222@1)when it's the end
    E (022100@1)              AOur (x02220@1)lives will make sense
        E (022100@1)         F#mWe'll (244222@1)love, we'll bend
      E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)
Let's play pretend
F#m (244222@1)       E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)   Lets play pretend
                   AIt's (x02220@1)not gonna be long
                    EBefore (022100@1)we're all gone
                F#m (244222@1)          EWith (022100@1)nothing to show for them
D (xx0232@1)             
Stop taking lives, come on
A (x02220@1)                  ELets (022100@1)all grow up again

(Chorus repeat x2 if not reprise version)


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