The Pretender Chords by Foo Fighters

Tempo:
86.35 bpm
Chords used:

Am

F

F#

Em

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Foo Fighters - The Pretender chords
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Key:
Am
2311
F
134211111
F#
134211112
Em
121
F#m
123111112
Am
2311
F
134211111
F#
134211112
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To learn Foo Fighters - The Pretender chords with lyrics, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: F#, F, Am, Em, Am, F#, Am, Am. To get a solid grasp, start slowly at 43 BPM and then match the original tempo of 86 BPM. Given the song's key of C, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[Am] [Em] [Am] [F#] .
[F] .
[Am] Keep you in the [Em] dark, [Am] you know [F#] they don't [F] pretend.
.
[Am] Keep you in the [Em] dark [Am] and so [F#] it all [F] begins.
.
[E] [Am] Send in your skeletons, sing as their bones come [F#m] marching in [F].
again.
[Am] Beneath you buried deep, the secrets that you [F#m] keep are in the hole.
[F] Ready?.
Are you [A] ready?.
I'm finished making sense, completing [Em] it will [F#m] pass.
Inside of the [F].
fence, [A] bending and in the [Am] street, the wheel is spinning,.
[F#m] it's never [F] ending, never [D] ending, same old [Am] song.
What if I say I'm not John Deere?.
What if I say I'm not just [F#] another one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of [Am] random?.
What if I say I'm not like the others?.
[Em] What if I [C] say I'm [Am] not just [F#] another one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of [A] random?.
In time I'll soar on told, I'm just another [F#m] soul for sale.
[Em] [F] Oh well.
[G] [A] We just out of breath.
We are not from the [F#m] next step.
Temple [F] memory, temple memory, [D] same old [C#] story.
[Am].
What if I say I'm not like the others?.
[Em] What if I [Am] say I'm not just [F#] another one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of [Am] random?.
What if I say I'm not like the others?.
What if I say I'm not just [F#] another one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of [D] random?.
[E] [D] [G] [A] .
I'm the voice inside your head.
You refuse to hear.
I'm the face that you have to face.
Mirror in your stare.
I'm what's left.
I'm what's right.
I'm Kennedy.
I'm the hand that'll take you down.
And you to your knees.
So who are you?.
Yeah, who are you?.
[Am] I [Em] don't [Am] know.
They [F#] [F] pretend.
[Am] What if I say I'm not like the others?.
[Em] What if I [Am] say I'm not just [F#] another one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of random?.
[Am] What if I say I'm not like the others?.
What [C] if I [Am] say I'm not [F#] just another one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of [Am] random?.
What if I say I'm not like the others?.
[Am] What if I say I'm not just another [D] one of your plays?.
What if [F].
I say I'm [Am] not just another [F#] one of your plays?.
You're a [F] pretender.
What if I say I'm a palace of random?.
[D] [F#m] [G] I'm [A] so cold!.
I'm yellow!.
Get home!.
I'm yellow!.
Get home!.
I'm warm!.
[B]

Facts about this song

This song was written by Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett and Nate Mendel.

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