Intro: Am – Am9 – *Am – **Am/F# – Am/F

Am    –    Am9 – *Am
Keep you in         the dark

                    **Am/F# – Am/F
You know they all     pretend

Am    –    Am9 – *Am
Keep you in         the dark

            **Am/F# – Am/F
And so it all      began

A5
    Send in your skeletons

                                                F#5      F5
Sing as their bones go marching in... again

A5
    The need you buried deep

                                             F#5
The secrets that you keep are at the ready

F5
Are you ready?

A5
    I'm finished making sense

                                           F#5            F5
Done pleading ignorance that whole defense

A5
    Spinning infinity, boy

The wheel is spinning me

     F#5               F5
It's never-ending, never-ending

D5     E5  F#5    G5
Same old story

Chorus 1:

A5
What if I say I'm not like the others

                                                F#5
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

You're the pretender

F5
What if I say I will never surrender?

A5
What if I say I'm not like the others?

                                                F#5 
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays

You're the pretender

F5
What if I say I will never surrender?
[Foo Fighters: The Pretender Chord – learnguitarmusic.com]

Interlude:

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 (x2) -Am

A5
    In time or so I’m told