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Pretending

Alec Benjamin

PopMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F
C×
Am×
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              F                        C 
In this masquerade, she can't feel the pain 
               Am                    G 
Cover up her heart, with a little paint 
                         F                     C 
While he's pulling out a flask, to hide it all away 
                         G 
There's nothing left to say 
 
Am 
He knows that they're drowning 
F                C                      Am 
She hopes that there's still something left 
                       G 
Let go now cause he's leaving 
 
                       F 
But she'd be fine pretending 
                C                    Am             G 
Things were alright, even while its ending keep it inside 
                  F 
She can feel them bending 
                  C                      Am 
All their love is pending so what is she defending? 
G             F                    C 
Even when she says she'll open her eyes 
                  Am             G 
All her words are empty when she denies 
                      F 
But she can feel them bending 
                  C                      Am 
All their love is pending so what is she defending? 
G                       F     C     Am     G 
But she'd be fine prete eh eh eh eh eh eh (she'd be fine) 
 
              F                         C 
Step into the light, to look him in the eye 
           Am                         G 
Feeling so exposed, she tries to stay composed 
                 F                       C           Am          G 
But every little fight, and every little lie is impossible to hide 
 
F                      C 
He knows that there're drowning 
Am              G                       F 
She hopes that there's still something left 
       C              Am 
Let go now cause he's leaving 
 
                  F                      C 
But she'd be fine pretending things were alright 
               Am             G 
Even while its ending keep it inside 
                   F 
She can feel them bending 
                  C                      Am 
All their love is pending so what is she defending? 
G             F                    C                       Am               G 
Even when she says she'll open her eyes, all her words are empty when she denies 
                      F 
But she can feel them bending 
                  C                       Am 
All their love is pending so what is she defending? 
G                       F     G     Am   C 
But she'd be fine prete eh eh eh eh eh (she'd be fine) 
 
F                           C 
I hate to watch her hurt, I know it isn't right 
Am                               G 
But she can find the courage to leave it all behind 
F                           C 
I wish I had I the words to help her realize 
Am                          G 
That there is just no way to bring this back to life 
 
F                      C         Am 
He knows that, they're drowning 
                  F                      C 
But she'd be fine pretending things were alright 
               Am               G 
Even while its ending keep it inside 
                  F 
She can feel them bending 
                  C                       Am 
All their love is pending, so what is she defending? 
G             F                    C 
Even when she says she'll open her eyes 
                  Am             G 
All the words are empty when she denies 
                      F                         C 
But she can feel them bending all their love is pending so what is 
    Am 
She defending 
G                       F C Am G 
But she'd be fine prete eh eh eh eh 
          F 
She'd be fine 
          
 

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F · C · Am · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.