The Pretender

Foo Fighters

Composed by: Chris Shiflett / Nate Mendel / Taylor Hawkins / Dave Grohl
key: F# Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro Riff

Guitar 2  (Chris)
e||----------------7-------------|-----------------------------||
B||------------10-----10---------|--------10-----10-----10-----||
G||---------(b9)------------(b9)-----|---------(b9)-----(b9)-----(b9)----||
D||-----10-------------------10--|--------10-----10-----10-----||
A||--0---------------------------|--0----------------0------(b9)-||
E||------------------------------|-----7------8----------------||

e||-----------------------------|----------------0-------------||
B||-------------10--------------|------------10-----10---------||
G||----------(b9)-----------------|---------(b9)------------(b9)-----||
D||------10---------------------|-----10-------------------10--|| x 3 
A||---------------(9)-9b--(b9)-8--|------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------|------------------------------||

Verse
Guitar 1 (Dave) {Palm Mute these chords the 4th time round}
e||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--0-0----------0-0-0-0-----------||
B||--1-1---------1-1-1-1-------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||
G||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||
D||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||
A||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--0-0----------0-0-0-0-----------||
E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||

e||----------------------------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------|| 
B||--3-3---------3-3-3-3-------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||
G||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||x4 
D||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--3-3----------3-3-3-3-----------||
A||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--3-3----------3-3-3-3-----------||
E||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||

Guitar 2
e||--0-0-2-0-3-0-5-0---0-2-0-3-0-5~-||
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5~-||
G||---------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------||
E||---------------------------------||

Pre Chorus
Guitar 1 
e||-2~-----------------------------------||
B||-3~-----------------------------------||
G||-2~-----------------------------------||
D||-0~-----------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-| 
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)10-10-10-10-| 
E|------------------------------------------| 

Chorus
Guitar 1
e||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

e||--7--7--7--7--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--0--0--0--0--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--0--0--0--0-||
E||--------------7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--X--X--X--X-||

e||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

e||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)|| x 2
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
{A B C A F# F}
e||--------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------||
D||-777777777777777777778888101010107777-||
A||-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-xxxx-||
E||-5555555555555555555577778-8-8-8-5555-||

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------||
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
E||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------|| x 2
D||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
A||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
E||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||


Post Chorus
Guitar 2
e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
G||----------------2-------------2---|| x 1 
D||--2-X-4-X-5-X-4-2-X-X-4-X-5-X-2---||
A||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||----------------------------------||

Verse
Guitar 1 {Palm Mute these chords the 2nd time round}
e||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--0-0----------0-0-0-0-----------||
B||--1-1---------1-1-1-1-------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||
G||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||
D||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||
A||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--0-0----------0-0-0-0-----------||
E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||

e||----------------------------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------|| 
B||--3-3---------3-3-3-3-------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||
G||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||x2 
D||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--3-3----------3-3-3-3-----------||
A||--0-0---------0-0-0-0-------------|--3-3----------3-3-3-3-----------||
E||--2-2---------2-2-2-2-------------|--1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||

Guitar 2
e||--0-0-2-0-3-0-5-0---0-2-0-3-0-5--||
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5--||
G||---------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------||
E||---------------------------------||

Pre Chorus
Guitar 1 
e||-2~-----------------------------------||
B||-3~-----------------------------------||
G||-2~-----------------------------------||
D||-0~-----------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-| 
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)10-10-10-10-| 
E|------------------------------------------| 

Chorus
Guitar 1
e||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

e||--7--7--7--7--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--0--0--0--0--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--0--0--0--0-||
E||--------------7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--X--X--X--X-||

e||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

e||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)|| x 2
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
{A B C A F# F}
e||--------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------||
D||-777777777777777777778888101010107777-||
A||-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-xxxx-||
E||-5555555555555555555577778-8-8-8-5555-||

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------||
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
E||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------|| x 2
D||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
A||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
E||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||


Post Chorus
Guitar 1 
e||-2~-----------------------------------||
B||-3~-----------------------------------||
G||-2~-----------------------------------||
D||-0~-----------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-| 
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)10-10-10-10-| 
E|------------------------------------------| 

BRIDGE

Guitar 2
Bridge Part 1
e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
G||----------------2-------------2---|| x 6
D||--2-X-4-X-5-X-4-2-X-X-4-X-5-X-2---||
A||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||----------------------------------||

Guitar 2
Bridge Part 2 
e||--------------------------||  
B||--------------------------||  
G||--------------------------|| x 4 
D||--10~---10-(b9)----7--5-----|| 
A||--0~~---0--0--0--0--0-----||  
E||--------------------------||  

Guitar 2
Bridge Part 3
e||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||--------------------------|| x 4
D||-12----12-10-X--(b9)-10-----||
A||-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||
E||--------------------------||

Guitar 2
Bridge Part 4
e||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||-----------12----14-------|| x 8
D||--14----14-X--X--X--12----||
A||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----||
E||--------------------------||

Guitar 1 {after part 4 is played 4 times}
e||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
B||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
G||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| x 4
D||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| 
A||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
E||-------------------------||

Guitar 2
e||----------------7-------------|-----------------------------||
B||------------10-----10---------|--------10-----10-----10-----||
G||---------(b9)------------(b9)-----|---------(b9)-----(b9)-----(b9)----||
D||-----10-------------------10--|--------10-----10-----10-----||
A||--0---------------------------|--0----------------0------(b9)-||
E||------------------------------|-----7------8----------------||

e||-----------------------------|------------(0)---------------||
B||-------------10--------------|------------10----------------||
G||----------(b9)-----------------|---------(b9)-------------------|| x 1
D||------10---------------------|-----10-----------------------|| 
A||---------------(9)-9b--(b9)-8--|------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------|------------------------------||

Last Chorus
Guitar 1
e||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

e||--7--7--7--7--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--0--0--0--0--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--0--0--0--0-||
E||--------------7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--X--X--X--X-||

e||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

e||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
B||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
G||--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)|| x 4
D||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
A||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
E||-------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2 Last chorus
{A B C A F# F}
e||--------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------||
D||-777777777777777777778888101010107777-||
A||-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-xxxx-||
E||-5555555555555555555577778-8-8-8-5555-||

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------|| 
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
E||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------|| x 2
D||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| 
A||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
E||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||

E||----------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------||
G||-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|| 
D||-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----||
A||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||
E||----------------------------------------------------||

e||----------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------||
G||-14-14-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--||
D||-x--x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---||
A||-12-12-7-7-7-7-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-10-10-10-10 (b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)--||
E||----------------------------------------------------||  

e||----------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------||
G||-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(b9)-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
D||-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--||
A||-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-7--(b9)-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
E||----------------------------------------------------||

e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|| x 2
D||-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----||
A||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---||
E||---------------------------------||

Post Chorus
Guitar 1 
e||-2~-----------------------------------||
B||-3~-----------------------------------||
G||-2~-----------------------------------||
D||-0~-----------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-| 
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)10-10-10-10-| 
E|------------------------------------------| 

Outro
Guitar 1
e||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
B||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
G||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| Strum
D||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| 
A||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
E||-------------------------||

Guitar 2
e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
G||----------------2-------------2---|| x 4
D||--2-X-4-X-5-X-4-2-X-X-4-X-5-X-2---||
A||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||----------------------------------||

e||--------------------------||  
B||--------------------------||  
G||--------------------------|| x 2 
D||--10~---10-(b9)----7--5-----|| 
A||--0~~---0--0--0--0--0-----||  
E||--------------------------||  

Both Guitars
e||-0-0----------0-0-0-0-----------||
B||-1-1----------1-1-1-1-----------||
G||-2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||
D||-2-2----------2-2-2-2-----------||
A||-0-0----------0-0-0-0-----------||
E||--------------------------------||

Intro Riff x 3
Verse x 4
Pre Chorus
Chorus x 2
Bridge part 1 x 2
Verse x 2
Pre Chorus
Chorus x 2
Post Chorus
Bridge part 1 x 6
Bridge part 2 x 4
Bridge part 3 x 4
Bridge Part 4 x 8
Intro Riff 
Chorus x 4 
Post Chorus
Bridge Part 1 x 4
Bridge Part 2 x 2 

Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend
Keep you in the dark
And so it all began

Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones go marching in... Again
The need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Are you ready?
I'm finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That whole defense

Spinning infinity, Boy
The wheel is spinning me
It's never-ending, never-ending
Same old story

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender? (x2)

In time our soul untold
I'm just another soul for sale... Oh, well
The page is out of print
We are not permanent
We're temporary, temporary
Same old story

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender? (x2)

I'm the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear
I'm the face that you have to face
Mirrored in your stare
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
I'm the enemy
I'm the hand that will take you down
Bring you to your knees

So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?

Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender? (x4)

So who are you?
Yeah who are you?

By Renan.
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