Tuning:

"The Pretender" - Foo Fighters (*Am — Bass: A – B – C – A **Am — Bass: F# – G – F#) [Intro.] Am Am9 *Am **Am/F# Am/F Am Am9 *Am **Am/F# Am/F Keep you in the dark, you know they all, pre-tend. Am Am9 *Am **Am/F# Am/F Keep you in the dark, and so it all, be-ga-a-a-an... [snare] [Verse 1]

^A5Send in your skel-e-tons... Sing as their bones go mar-chin' ^F#5in... a-^F5gain. ^A5 The need you buried deep... the secrets that you keep are ^F#5at the rea-dy...^F5Are you rea-dy? ^A5 I'm finished makin' sense, done pleading ig-nor-ance. That ^F#5who`le... de-^F5fense.

[Pre-Chorus]

^A5 Spinning in-fi-ni-ty, boy. The wheel is spinnin' me...It's ^F#5ne-ver en-din', ^F5ne-ver en-din'... ^D5Same ^E5old ^F#5sto/ry. ^G5

[Chorus]

^A5What if I say I'm not like the others? ^AWhat if I ^Bsay I'm ^Cnot just ^Aanother, ^F#5one of your plays? You're the pretender... ^F5What if I say I will never surrender?

[Interlude] Am Am6 Am7 Am6 (x2) Am [Pre-chorus]

^A5 In time or so I'm told... I'm just another s^F#5oul for sale... oh, ^F5well ^A5 The page is out of print.. We are not permanent... W^F#5e're temporary, tem-po^F5r-ar-y ^D5Same ^E5old ^F#5story. ^G5

[Chorus]

^A5What if I say I'm not like the others? ^AWhat if I ^Bsay I'm ^Cnot just ^Aanother, ^F#5one of your plays? You're the pretender... ^F5What if I say I will never surrender? [x2]

^D5Ooooo^E5hhhhh…^F#5 ^G5 [Interlude] Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am (x2)

{Bridge] Am Am6 Am7 Am6 Am Am Am6 Am7 Am6 Am… I'm the voice in-side your head... You re-fuse to hear.

^AmI'm ^Am6the ^Am7face ^Am6that you ^Amhave to face, ^AmMir - ^Am6rored ^Am7in your ^Am6stare^Am. ^AmI'm ^Am6what's ^Am7left, ^Am6I'm ^Amwhat's right, ^AmI'm the enemy. ^Am

^Aadd9

^A5 ^AsusI'm the ^Amhand ^Aadd9that will take you down... ^AsusBring ^Amyou to ^Aadd9your knees.

^A5So who... ^Am7 ^A5 are you? ^Am7 ^A5Yeah who...^Am7 ^A5 are you? ^Am7 ^A5Yeah who...^Am7 ^A5 are you? ^Am7 ^A5Yeah who...^Am7 ^A5 are you? ^Am7 [break]

{Intro.] Am Am9 *Am **Am/F# Am/F Keep you in the dark, you know they all... pre-tend. [Chorus]

^A5What if I say I'm not like the others? ^AWhat if I ^Bsay I'm ^Cnot just ^Aanother, ^F#5one of your plays? You're the pre-ten-der... ^F5What if I say I will never surrender? [x2]

[Chorus] Am Am9 *Am **Am/F# Am/F (Keep you in the dark, you know they all... pre-tend.

^A5What if I say I'm not like the others? ^AWhat if I ^Bsay I'm ^Cnot just ^Aanother, ^F#5one of your plays? You're the pretender... ^F5What if I say I will never surrender? Ooooohhhhh…

^A5So who... ^Am7 ^A5 are you? ^Am7 ^A5Yeah who...^Am7 ^A5 are you? ^Am7 ^A5Yeah who...^Am7 ^A5 are yo`u? ^Am7

Foo Fighters - The pretender