tab by iveks, pls be gentle
note that this is transposed from the original Foo Fighters' The Pretender.
[intro]
D#m | Cm7b5 Bmaj
D#m | Cm7b5
[verse]
D#m
Keep you in the dark
Cm7b5 Bmaj
You know they all pretend
D#m
Keep you in the dark
Cm7b5 Bmaj
And so it all began
[drums]
[verse]
D#m
Send in your skeletons
G#/C B
Sing as their bones go marching in... again
D#m
They need you buried deep
G#/C
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Bmaj C#
Are you ready?
D#m
I'm finished making sense
C#
Done pleading ignorance
G#/C B (C#)
That whole defense
D#m
Spinning infinity, boy
C#
The wheel is spinning me
G#/C B (C#)
It's never-ending, never-ending
G#
Same old story...
[chorus]
D#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
D#m (D#m) (Fm) (F#) (Cm7b5) G#/C
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
G#
You're the pretender
B (C#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
D#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
D#m (D#m) (Fm) (F#) (Cm7b5) G#/C
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
G#
You're the pretender
B (C#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B C#
[verse]
D#m
In time or so I'm told
G#/C B (C#)
I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
D#m
The page is out of print
C#
We are not permanent
G#/C B (C#)
We're temporary, temporary
G#
Same old story...
[chorus]
D#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
D#m (D#m) (Fm) (F#) (Cm7b5) G#/C
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
G#
You're the pretender
B (C#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
D#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
D#m (D#m) (Fm) (F#) (Cm7b5) G#/C
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
G#
You're the pretender
B (C#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B C#
[interlude]
D#5
I'm the voice inside your head
D#5
You refuse to hear
D#5
I'm the face that you have to face
D#5
Mirrored in your stare
D#5
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
D#5
I'm the enemy
D#5
I'm the hand that will take you down
D#5
Bring you to your knees
D#5
So who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?
D#5
Yeah, who are you?!
[chorus]
D#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
D#m (D#m) (Fm) (F#) (C#) G#/C
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
G#
You're the pretender
B (C#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
D#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
D#m (D#m) (Fm) (F#) (C#) G#/C
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
G#
You're the pretender
D#m
Keep you in the...
[instrumental]
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B
D#m | D#m (D#m Fm F# Cm7b5) | G# | B C#
[outro]
D#m | D#m | Cm7b5 | Bmaj
D#m | D#m | Cm7b5 | Bmaj
D#m
Keep you in the dark
Cm7b5 Bmaj
You know they all pretend
D#m
Keep you in the dark
Cm7b5 Bmaj
And so it all began