tab by iveks, pls be gentle
note that this is transposed from the original Foo Fighters' The Pretender.
[intro]
G#m | Fm7b5 Emaj
G#m | Fm7b5
[verse]
G#m
Keep you in the dark
Fm7b5 Emaj
You know they all pretend
G#m
Keep you in the dark
Fm7b5 Emaj
And so it all began
[drums]
[verse]
G#m
Send in your skeletons
C#/F E
Sing as their bones go marching in... again
G#m
They need you buried deep
C#/F
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Emaj F#
Are you ready?
G#m
I'm finished making sense
F#
Done pleading ignorance
C#/F E (F#)
That whole defense
G#m
Spinning infinity, boy
F#
The wheel is spinning me
C#/F E (F#)
It's never-ending, never-ending
C#
Same old story...
[chorus]
G#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
G#m (G#m) (A#m) (B) (Fm7b5) C#/F
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
C#
You're the pretender
E (F#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
G#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
G#m (G#m) (A#m) (B) (Fm7b5) C#/F
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
C#
You're the pretender
E (F#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E F#
[verse]
G#m
In time or so I'm told
C#/F E (F#)
I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
G#m
The page is out of print
F#
We are not permanent
C#/F E (F#)
We're temporary, temporary
C#
Same old story...
[chorus]
G#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
G#m (G#m) (A#m) (B) (Fm7b5) C#/F
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
C#
You're the pretender
E (F#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
G#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
G#m (G#m) (A#m) (B) (Fm7b5) C#/F
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
C#
You're the pretender
E (F#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
[instrumental]
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E F#
[interlude]
G#5
I'm the voice inside your head
G#5
You refuse to hear
G#5
I'm the face that you have to face
G#5
Mirrored in your stare
G#5
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
G#5
I'm the enemy
G#5
I'm the hand that will take you down
G#5
Bring you to your knees
G#5
So who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?
G#5
Yeah, who are you?!
[chorus]
G#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
G#m (G#m) (A#m) (B) (F#) C#/F
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
C#
You're the pretender
E (F#)
What if I say that I will never surrender?
G#m
What if I say I'm not like the others?
G#m (G#m) (A#m) (B) (F#) C#/F
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
C#
You're the pretender
G#m
Keep you in the...
[instrumental]
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E
G#m | G#m (G#m A#m B Fm7b5) | C# | E F#
[outro]
G#m | G#m | Fm7b5 | Emaj
G#m | G#m | Fm7b5 | Emaj
G#m
Keep you in the dark
Fm7b5 Emaj
You know they all pretend
G#m
Keep you in the dark
Fm7b5 Emaj
And so it all began