Pretending Chords

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Pretending by Alec Benjamin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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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 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante