Pretender Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

Pretender by Sick Puppies is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Text
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Intro: 

D-----------------------| 
A-----------------------| 
F-----------------------| 
C----0------0---0------0| 
G-----------------------|(x2) 
C--0---00-----0--0--00--| 

First Verse 

I live with the life that i've made- 

D-----------------------| 
A-----------------------| 
F-----------------------| 
C----0------0---0------0| 
G-----------------------|(x2) 
C--0---00-----0--0--00--| 

D------------------------| 
A------------------------| 
F------------------------| 
C-------10---------10----| 
G------------------------| 
C--101010----10101010--10| 

D------------------------| 
A------------------------| 
F------------------------| 
C-------9-----------9----| 
G------------------------| 
C--9999--------9999-----9| 

(After the riff on the ninth fret, repeat the intro) 

Second Verse (X2): 

My confidence pours in this glass- 

D------------------------| 
A------------------------| 
F------------------------| 
C-0-x-0-x-0-x-00---------| 
G-0-x-0-x-0-x-00---------| 
C-0-x-0-x-0-x-00-00-10-12|(x2) 


D------------------------| 
A------------------------| 
F------------------------| 
C-10-x-10-x-10-x-1010----| 
G-10-x-10-x-10-x-1010----| 
C-10-x-10-x-10-x-1010----| 


D------------------------| 
A------------------------| 
F------------------------| 
C-9-x-9-x-9-x-99---------| 
G-9-x-9-x-9-x-99---------| 
C-9-x-9-x-9-x-99---------| 

D------------------------| 
A------------------------| 
F------------------------| 
C-0-x-0-x-0-x-00000000---| 
G-0-x-0-x-0-x-00000000---| 
C-0-x-0-x-0-x-00000000---| 

Chorus: 

Oooooh, I am the pretender- 

D------------------| 
A------------------| 
F------------------| 
C-10101010-9999999-| 
G-10101010-9999999-| 
C-10101010-9999999-| 

D--------------------------| 
A--------------------------| 
F--------------------------| 
C-0-x-00-x-12-x-00-x-0-x-0-| 
G-0-x-00-x-12-x-00-x-0-x-0-| 
C-0-x-00-x-12-x-00-x-0-x-0-| 

(Post Chorus Riff) (x2) 

D--------------------------| 
A--------------------------| 
F--------------------------| 
C--------------------------| 
G--------------------------| 
C-12-11-10--7-6-5-7-6-000--| 

D---------------------------| 
A---------------------------| 
F---------------------------| 
C---------------------------| 
G---------------------------| 
C-12-11-10--7-6-5-7-6-121212| 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante