The Pretender

Intro A 



A 
I will be your shoulder to cry on 
F#m 
I will make you laugh if you need 
E 
I will play the part if you say so 
      D 
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me 



A                             E 
To tell you the truth, I'm a mess, I'm a fool 
           D        E 
You don't know that 
    F#m 
And you never will 
       E                           D 
In my mind, it's instilled not to show that 



A 
I spend almost all of my time 
                 A/E 
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind 
      F#m      D 
And I know I'm so good at seeming 
A/E                             A2/E 
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife 
           D                  F#m 
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya? 
            A2/E 
Designed to deceive 
   D                              A 
So tell me who you want me to be 



A 
I can wear a million faces 
       F#m 
'Cause I don't like the one underneath 
E 
Always found it easy to fake it 
      D 
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me 



   A                             E 
To tell you the truth, I'm the fraud in the room 
       D        E 
And I know that 
    F#m 
But you never will 
       E                           D 
In my mind, it's instilled not to show that 

 

A 
I spend almost all of my time 
                 A/E 
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind 
      F#m      D 
And I know I'm so good at seeming 
A/E                             A2/E 
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife 
            A 
I feel like everything I do is a lie 
                       A/E 
And all the words just further pull the wool over my eyes 
  F#m      D 
I know I'm no good at being 
A/E                     A2/E 
Who I am away from the light 
           D                  F#m 
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya? 
            A2/E 
Designed to deceive 
   D                           A 
So tell me who you want me to be 



          E 
And I'll be 
       D                                       F#m 
Be my best impression of what you expect from me 
          E         D 
But what you don't see is 



A 
I spend almost all of my time 
                 A/E 
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind 
      F#m      D 
And I know I'm so good at seeming 
A/E                             A2/E 
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife 
            A 
I feel like everything I do is a lie 
                       A/E 
And all the words just further pull the wool over my eyes 
  F#m      D 
I know I'm no good at being 
A/E                     A2/E 
Who I am away from the light 
           D                  F#m 
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya? 
             A/E                    A2/E 
And I'm an imposter, my head is a mender 
           D                  F#m 
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya? 
            A2/E 
Designed to deceive 
   D                              A 
So tell me who you want me to be