The Pretender Chords by Foo Fighters

Tempo:
86.6 bpm
Chords used:

Am

F

F#

Em

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Pretender chords
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[Am] [E] [Am] [F#]
[F]
[Am] Keep you in [Em] the [Am] dark and don't [F#]
let go, [F] pretend.
[Am] Keep you in [Em] the [Am] dark and [F#] so it all [F] began.
[E] [A] Send in your skeletons, soon as their bones come [F#m] marching in.
[F] Again.
deep, the secrets that you keep are ever ready.
100%  ➙  87BPM
Am
2311
F
134211111
F#
134211112
Em
121
A
1231
Am
2311
F
134211111
F#
134211112
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Learn the basic chords of Foo Fighters - The Pretender chords, with this master sequence: F#, F, Am, F#, Am, C, Am, Em and Am. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 43 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 87. With A Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Keep you in [Em] the [Am] dark and don't [F#]
let go, _ [F] pretend. _ _ _
[Am] Keep you in [Em] the [Am] dark and [F#] so it all _ [F] began. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ Send in your skeletons, soon as their bones come [F#m] marching in. _ _
[F] _ Again.
[A] _ Beneath you buried deep, the secrets that you keep are ever ready.
[F] Are you [Em] ready?
[Am] I'm [Em] finished [A] making sense, I'm bleeding in progress, [F#m] that whole _ [F] _
defense.
_ [G] _ [Am] And I'm asking the people, know where you're listening to [F#m] me.
Yes, they're the one, [F] they're the one, [G] [D] they're the same old [G] story.
[Am] What if I say I'm not like the [C] others?
What if I [Am] say I'm not [F#] just another guard in your place?
What's that, [F] though?
What if I say I don't have a surrender?
[Am] What if I say I'm not like the others?
[C] What if I [Am] say I'm not [F#] just another guard in your place?
What's that, [F] though?
What if I say I don't have a surrender?
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] In time, I'll show them, so I'm just another [F#m] soul to sell.
[Em]
[F] Oh well.
_ [G] _ [A] The pages out of this, we are not going to [F#m] tell.
Tempo, memory, [F] tempo, [Em] memory, [D] same old [G]
[Am] story.
What if I say I'm not like the others?
[C] What if I [Am] say I'm not just [F#] another guard in your place?
What's that, [F] though?
What if I say I don't have a [Am] surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just [F#] another one in your place?
You're the [F] pretender.
What if I say I will never [D] surrender?
[E] _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm the voice inside your head, the refusal 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 when you choose your means.
So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Who are you?
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Oh, [Em] don't [Am] you know that [F#] _ _ _
[F] you're a pretender?
_ _ [Am] What if I say I'm not like the others?
[C] What if I say I'm [Am] not just [F#] another guard in your place?
You're the [F] pretender.
What if I say I will never [Am] surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others?
[C] What if I say I'm [Am] not just [F#] another guard in your place?
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 [D] another guard in your place?
I'm not just [F] another passer-by, I'm a [Am] survivor.
I'm a survivor.
[E] [Am] I'm not just [F#] another voice.
I'm not [F] just another passer-by.
[D] _ [F#] _ [F#m] _ [G]
[A] So who are you?
And who are you?
And who are you? _ _ _ _

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This song is part of Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace album.

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