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The Pretender Tab by Foo Fighters

  • Am

  • Am/B

  • Am/C

    2

  • D9/F#

    4

  • Fmaj7

  • G

  • D5

    5

  • Dsus2

  • D

  • Dsus4

  • A5

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Intro 1
(A minor) (A minor/B) (A minor/C) (A minor) (D9/F#)
E|-----------------7----------------|---------0-------0-------0--------| B|-------------10------10-----------|---------10------10------10-------| G|---------9---------------9--------|---------9-------9-------9--------| D|-----10----------------------10---|----------------------------------| A|-0--------------------------------|-0-------------------0-------9----| E|----------------------------------|-----7-------8--------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(F minoraj7)
E|---------0------------------------|-----------------0----------------| B|-------------10-------------------|-------------10------10-----------| G|-----9-----------9----------------|---------9---------------9--------| D|-10-------------------------------|-----10----------------------10---| A|---------------------9b--9---8----|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(A minor) Keep you in the dark
(A minor/B) You (A minor/C) know (A minor) they (D9/F#) all pre (F minoraj7) tend
(A minor) Keep you in the dark
(A minor/B) And (A minor/C) so (A minor) it (D9/F#) all be (F minoraj7) gan
(A minor) (A minor)
E|-0---0---2---0---3---0---5---0----|-----0---2---0---3---0---5--------| B|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|-----5---5---5---5---5---5--------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 1
(A minor) Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones go marching in, (D9/F#)
again (F minoraj7)
(A minor) The need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are (D9/F#) ever ready
(F minoraj7) Are you ready? (G major)

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Verse 2
(A minor) I'm finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That whole (D9/F#) defense (F minoraj7) (G major)
(A minor) Spinning infinity, boy
The wheel is spinning me
It's (D9/F#) never-ending, (F minoraj7) never-ending (G major)
(D5) Same (Dsus2) old (D major) sto (Dsus4) ry
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9----|-11--11--11--11--12--12--12--12---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7----|-9---9---9---9---10--10--10--10---| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chorus 1
(A minor) What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if (A minor/B) I say (A minor/C) I'm not just (A minor) another (D9/F#) one
of your plays? You're the pretender
(F minoraj7) What if I say I will never surrender?
(A minor) What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if (A minor/B) I say (A minor/C) I'm not just (A minor) another (D9/F#) one
of your plays? You're the pretender
(F minoraj7) What if I say that I'll never surrender?
(A5) (A5)
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-2-------4-------5-------7---2----|-----2---4-------5-------7--------| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|-----0---0---0---0---0---0--------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 3
(A minor) In time or so I'm told
I'm just another soul for sale, (D9/F#)
oh well (F minoraj7) (G major)
(A minor) The page is out of print
We are not permanent
We're (D9/F#) temporary, (F minoraj7) temporary (G major)
(D5) Same (Dsus2) old (D major) sto (Dsus4) ry
Chorus 2
(A minor) What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if (A minor/B) I say (A minor/C) I'm not just (A minor) another (D9/F#) one
of your plays? You're the pretender
(F minoraj7) What if I say I will never surrender?
(A minor) What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if (A minor/B) I say (A minor/C) I'm not just (A minor) another (D9/F#) one
of your plays? You're the pretender
(F minoraj7) What if I say that I'll never surrender?
(D5) (Dsus2) (D major) (Dsus4)
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9----|-11--11--11--11--12--12--12--12---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7----|-9---9---9---9---10--10--10--10---| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(A5) (A5)
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-2-------4-------5-------7---2----|-----2---4-------5-------7--------| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|-----0---0---0---0---0---0--------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(A5) (A5)
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-2-------4-------5-------7---2----|-----2---4-------5-------7--------| A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|-----0---0---0---0---0---0--------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bridge 1
(A5) I'm the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear
I'm the face that you have to face
Mirrored in your stare
(A5) I'm what's left, I'm what's right I'm
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-10--10--9-------7---5-------10---|-----10--9-------7---5------------| A|-0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----|-----0---0---0---0-------0---0-0--| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
the enemy I'm
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-10--10--9-------7---5-------10---|-----10--9-------7---5------------| A|-0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----|-----0---0---0---0-------0---0-0--| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
the hand that will take you down
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-12--12--10------9---10------12---|-----12--10------9---10-----------| A|-0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----|-----0---0---0---0-------0---0-0--| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bring you to your knees So who
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-12--12--10------9---10------12---|-----12--10------9---10------14---| A|-0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----|-----0---0---0---0-------0---0----| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(A5) are you? Yeah, who
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|---------12------14---------------|---------12------14---------------| D|-----14--------------12------14---|---------------------12------14---| A|-0---0---------------0-------0----|-----0---------------0-------0----| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
are you? Yeah, who
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|---------12------14---------------|---------12------14---------------| D|---------------------12------14---|---------------------12------14---| A|-----0---------------0-------0----|-----0---------------0-------0----| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(A5) are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Interlude 1
(A minor) Keep you in the dark
(A minor/B) You (A minor/C) know (A minor) they (D9/F#) all pre (F minoraj7) tend
Chorus 3
(A minor) What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if (A minor/B) I say (A minor/C) I'm not just (A minor) another (D9/F#) one
of your plays? You're the pretender
(F minoraj7) What if I say I will never surrender?
(A minor) What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if (A minor/B) I say (A minor/C) I'm not just (A minor) another (D9/F#) one
of your plays? You're the pretender
(F minoraj7) What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Chorus 4
(A minor) (Keep you in the dark)
(A minor/B) (You (A minor/C) know (A minor) they (D9/F#) all pretend) (F minoraj7)
(A minor) (Keep you in the dark)
(A minor/B) (You (A minor/C) know (A minor) they (D9/F#) all pretend) (F minoraj7)
(D5) (Dsus2) (D major) (Dsus4)
Outro 1
So who (A5) are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
(A5) (A5)
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