tab by iveks, pls be gentle
note that this is transposed from the original Foo Fighters' The Pretender.
[intro]
Em | C#m7b5 Cmaj
Em | C#m7b5
[verse]
Em
Keep you in the dark
C#m7b5 Cmaj
You know they all pretend
Em
Keep you in the dark
C#m7b5 Cmaj
And so it all began
[drums]
[verse]
Em
Send in your skeletons
A/C# C
Sing as their bones go marching in... again
Em
They need you buried deep
A/C#
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Cmaj D
Are you ready?
Em
I'm finished making sense
D
Done pleading ignorance
A/C# C (D)
That whole defense
Em
Spinning infinity, boy
D
The wheel is spinning me
A/C# C (D)
It's never-ending, never-ending
A
Same old story...
[chorus]
Em
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Em (Em) (F#m) (G) (C#m7b5) A/C#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
A
You're the pretender
C (D)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
Em
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Em (Em) (F#m) (G) (C#m7b5) A/C#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
A
You're the pretender
C (D)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C D
[verse]
Em
In time or so I'm told
A/C# C (D)
I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
Em
The page is out of print
D
We are not permanent
A/C# C (D)
We're temporary, temporary
A
Same old story...
[chorus]
Em
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Em (Em) (F#m) (G) (C#m7b5) A/C#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
A
You're the pretender
C (D)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
Em
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Em (Em) (F#m) (G) (C#m7b5) A/C#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
A
You're the pretender
C (D)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C D
[interlude]
E5
I'm the voice inside your head
E5
You refuse to hear
E5
I'm the face that you have to face
E5
Mirrored in your stare
E5
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
E5
I'm the enemy
E5
I'm the hand that will take you down
E5
Bring you to your knees
E5
So who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?
E5
Yeah, who are you?!
[chorus]
Em
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Em (Em) (F#m) (G) (D) A/C#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
A
You're the pretender
C (D)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
Em
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Em (Em) (F#m) (G) (D) A/C#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
A
You're the pretender
Em
Keep you in the...
[instrumental]
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C
Em | Em (Em F#m G C#m7b5) | A | C D
[outro]
Em | Em | C#m7b5 | Cmaj
Em | Em | C#m7b5 | Cmaj
Em
Keep you in the dark
C#m7b5 Cmaj
You know they all pretend
Em
Keep you in the dark
C#m7b5 Cmaj
And so it all began