The Pretender chords by Foo Fighters (Ver. 3)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:
Am   x02210
F#m7b5 xx4555
Fmaj7  xx3210


Intro:
  Am              F#m7b5
e|-------5-7-5----------------------------5-|
B|-----5-------5------------------------5---|
G|---5-----------5------9---9---9-----5-----|
D|---------------------------------4--------|
A|-0---------------0----------0-------------|
E|-------------------7----8-----------------|

     Fmaj7
e|--------------5---5-----|
B|------------5---5---5---|
G|----------5-----------5-|
D|-4b5-4-3----------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|


Intro:
Am
Keep you in the dark
       F#m7b5   Fmaj7
You know they all   pretend
Am
Keep you in the dark
     F#m7b5  Fmaj7
And so it all   began


Verse:
Am
Send in your skeletons
Am
Sing as their bones
      F#m7b5  F   Am
Go marching in   again
Am
The need you buried deep
               F#m7b5
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
F        Am
Are you ready?
Am
I’m finished making sense
Am
Done pleading ignorance
   F#m7b5   F   Am
That whole  defense

Am
Spinning infinity, boy
Am
The wheel is spinning me
   F#m7b5    F     Em
It’s never-ending, never-ending
Dm  Em F#m7b5 G
Same old story


Chorus:
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One  of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One  of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?


Bridge:
Am Am

Verse:
Am
In time or so I’m told
Am            F#m7b5   F  Am
I’m just another soul for sale  oh, well
  Am
The page is out of print
Am
We are not permanent
   F#m7b5   F
We’re temporary, temporary
Dm  Em F#m7b5 G
Same old story


Chorus:
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One  of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One  of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?


Instrumental:
D Em F#m7b5 G Am Am


Bridge:
Am
I’m the voice inside your head
Am
You refuse to hear
Am
I’m the face that you have to face
Am
Mirrored in your stare
Am
I’m what’s left, I’m what’s right
Am
I’m the enemy
Am
I’m the hand that will take you down
Am
Bring you to your knees


  Am
So who  are you? yeah, who  are you?
   Am
Yeah, who are you? yeah, who are you?


Breakdown:
Am
Keep you in the dark
       F#m7b5   Fmaj7
You know they all   pretend


Chorus:
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One  of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?
Am
What if I say I’m not like the others?
Am
What if I say I’m not just another
F#m7b5
One  of your plays?
F#m7b5
You’re the pretender
Fmaj7
What if I say I will never surrender?


Verse:
 Am
(Keep you in the dark)
       F#m7b5   Fmaj7
(You know they all   pretend)
 Am
(Keep you in the dark)
       F#m7b5   Fmaj7
(You know they all   pretend)


Bridge:
D Em F#m7b5 G


Outro:
  Am
So who  are you? yeah, who are you?
   Am
Yeah, who are youuuuu?