The Pretender Chords by Foo Fighters
Tempo:
87.7 bpm
Chords used:
F
Am
F#
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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]
[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]
Key:
F
Am
F#
A
F#m
F
Am
F#
_ _ 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] _ _ _
_ _ _ [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] _ _ _