The Pretender

Intro: 0:00
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Verse 1: 0:11
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Keep you in the dark.
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You know they all
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Pretend.
0:22
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Keep you in the dark,
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And so it all
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Began.

Instrumental: 0:33
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Verse 2: 0:36
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  Send in your skeletons.
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Sing as their bones come marching
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In    again.
0:47
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  The need you buried deep,
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  The secrets that you keep are
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At the ready.  Are you ready?
0:58
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  I'm finished making sense,
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  Done pleading ignorance,
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That old   defense.
1:09
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  Spinning infinity, but
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  The wheel is spinning me.
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It's never-ending, never-ending.
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Same old story.

Chorus: 1:23
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What if I say I'm
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Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
1:34
  Am
What if I say I'm
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Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?

Instrumental: 1:45
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Verse 3: 1:48
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  In time, or so i'm told,
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  I'm just another soul for
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Sale. Oh, well.
1:59
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  The page is out of print
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  We are not permanent, we're
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Temporary,  temporary.
 D   D     D D7
Same old story.

Chorus: 2:13
  Am
What if I say I'm
 Am
Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
2:24
  Am
What if I say I'm
 Am
Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
D  D     | D D7
Oo-ooooo - o-oooooh.

Instrumental: 2:38
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Bridge: 2:44
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I'm the voice inside your head
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You refuse to hear.
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I'm the face that you have to face,
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Mirrored in your stare.
2:55
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I'm what's left. I'm what's right.
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I'm the enemy.
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I'm the hand that will take you down,
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Bring you to your knees.
3:05
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So who are you?
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Yeah, who are you?
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Yeah, who are you?
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Yeah, who are you?

Verse 4: 3:17
 Am
Keep you in the dark.
 Am
You know they all
    F  | F
Pretend.

Chorus: 3:28
  Am
What if I say I'm
 Am
Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
3:39
  Am
What if I say I'm
 Am
Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?

Chorus: 3:50
  Am
What if I say I'm
 Am
Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
4:01
  Am
What if I say I'm
 Am
Not like the others?
        Am
What if I say I'm not just
Am
  Another one of your plays?

 Am
You're the pretender.
  F
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
D  D     | D D7
Oo-ooooo - o-oooooh.

Coda: 4:15
     Am
So who are you?
        Am
Yeah, who are you?
        Am
Yeah, who are who?
4:23
Am:Am! Am:Am:Am:Am!