The Pretender Chords by Foo Fighters

Tempo:
87.7 bpm
Chords used:

F

Am

F#

A

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Keep [B] [Am] [F#]
[F]
[Am] you in [Bm] the dark, [Am] you [F#] know they all [F] pretend.
[Am] Keep you in [Bm] the [Am] dark and [F#] so it all [F] began.
[E] [A] Surrender your skeletons, swing your cell phones, come [F#m] marching in.
[F] Again, [Am] beneath your buried teeth, secrets that should [F#] keep forever.
[F] Ready, are you [G] ready?
sense, done bleeding and broken, [F#m] sad hope,
100%  ➙  88BPM
F
134211111
Am
2311
F#
134211112
A
1231
F#m
123111112
F
134211111
Am
2311
F#
134211112
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To start learning Foo Fighters - The Pretender chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F#m, F, Am, F#m, Am, D, A and F#m. A good strategy is to initiate at 43 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 86 BPM. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of A Minor.

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_ _ Keep [B] _ [Am] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ you in [Bm] the dark, [Am] you [F#] know they all _ [F] _ pretend. _ _
[Am] Keep you in [Bm] the [Am] dark and [F#] so it all _ _ [F] began. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Surrender your skeletons, swing your cell phones, come [F#m] marching in. _
[F] Again, _ [Am] _ _ beneath your buried teeth, secrets that should [F#] keep forever. _
[F] Ready, are you [G] ready?
[A] I'm finished making sense, done bleeding and broken, [F#m] sad hope, _
[F] defense.
_ _ [G] _ [A] Spinning and spinning, stream furrowed, no one listening to [F#m] me.
It's never ending, [F] never [G] ending, [D] same old [Am] story.
What if I say I'm not like the others?
[C] What if I say I'm [Am] not just [F#] another one of your plays?
You're the [F] pretender, what if I say I will never [Am] surrender?
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 the [F] pretender, what if I say I will never surrender?
[A] _ _ _ _ Sometimes I'm so untold, I'm just [E] another [F#m] soul for sale.
[F] Oh well, _ _ [A] pages out of press, we are not from the [F#m] next attempt.
Oh, memory, [F] _ symbol, memory, same [D] old story.
[Am] 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 the [F] pretender, what if I say I will never [Am] surrender?
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 the [F] pretender, what if I say I will never [D] surrender?
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm the voice inside your head, you refuse to hear.
I'm the face that you have to face, mirrored in your stare.
I'm what's left, I'm what's right, I'm the enemy. _
I'm the hand that'll take you down, you choose no means.
So who are you?
Who are you?
Who are _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F] you?
I'm the pretender.
_ _ [Am]
What if I say I'm not like the [B] others?
What if [C] I say I'm not [F#] just another one of your plays?
You're the [F] pretender, what if I say I will never surrender?
[Am] What if I say I'm not like the [B] others?
What [C] if I say I'm not [F#] just another one of your plays?
You're the [F] pretender, what if I say I will never [Am] surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others?
[B] What if I [C] say I'm not just [D] another one of your plays?
_ [F] _ ♪♪ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] I yelled.
I yelled. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _

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

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