tab by iveks, pls be gentle
note that this is transposed from the original Foo Fighters' The Pretender.
[intro]
F#m | D#m7b5 Dmaj
F#m | D#m7b5
[verse]
F#m
Keep you in the dark
D#m7b5 Dmaj
You know they all pretend
F#m
Keep you in the dark
D#m7b5 Dmaj
And so it all began
[drums]
[verse]
F#m
Send in your skeletons
B/D# D
Sing as their bones go marching in... again
F#m
They need you buried deep
B/D#
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Dmaj E
Are you ready?
F#m
I'm finished making sense
E
Done pleading ignorance
B/D# D (E)
That whole defense
F#m
Spinning infinity, boy
E
The wheel is spinning me
B/D# D (E)
It's never-ending, never-ending
B
Same old story...
[chorus]
F#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
F#m (F#m) (G#m) (A) (D#m7b5) B/D#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
B
You're the pretender
D (E)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
F#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
F#m (F#m) (G#m) (A) (D#m7b5) B/D#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
B
You're the pretender
D (E)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D E
[verse]
F#m
In time or so I'm told
B/D# D (E)
I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
F#m
The page is out of print
E
We are not permanent
B/D# D (E)
We're temporary, temporary
B
Same old story...
[chorus]
F#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
F#m (F#m) (G#m) (A) (D#m7b5) B/D#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
B
You're the pretender
D (E)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
F#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
F#m (F#m) (G#m) (A) (D#m7b5) B/D#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
B
You're the pretender
D (E)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D E
[interlude]
F#5
I'm the voice inside your head
F#5
You refuse to hear
F#5
I'm the face that you have to face
F#5
Mirrored in your stare
F#5
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
F#5
I'm the enemy
F#5
I'm the hand that will take you down
F#5
Bring you to your knees
F#5
So who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?
F#5
Yeah, who are you?!
[chorus]
F#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
F#m (F#m) (G#m) (A) (E) B/D#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
B
You're the pretender
D (E)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
F#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
F#m (F#m) (G#m) (A) (E) B/D#
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
B
You're the pretender
F#m
Keep you in the...
[instrumental]
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D
F#m | F#m (F#m G#m A D#m7b5) | B | D E
[outro]
F#m | F#m | D#m7b5 | Dmaj
F#m | F#m | D#m7b5 | Dmaj
F#m
Keep you in the dark
D#m7b5 Dmaj
You know they all pretend
F#m
Keep you in the dark
D#m7b5 Dmaj
And so it all began