*Am  - Bass: A – B – C – A

**Am – Bass: F# – G – F#

Intro: Am – Am9 – *Am – **Am/F# – Am/F

Am    -    Am9 – *Am
Keep you in         the dark

**Am/F# – Am/F
You know they all     pretend

Am    -    Am9 – *Am
Keep you in         the dark

**Am/F# – Am/F
And so it all      began

A5
Send in your skeletons

F#5      F5
Sing as their bones go marching in… again

A5
The need you buried deep

F#5
The secrets that you keep are at the ready

F5
Are you ready?

A5
I’m finished making sense

F#5            F5
Done pleading ignorance that whole defense

A5
Spinning infinity, boy

The wheel is spinning me

F#5               F5
It’s never-ending, never-ending

D5     E5  F#5    G5
Same old story

Chorus 1:

A5
What if I say I’m not like the others

F#5
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?

You’re the pretender

F5
What if I say I will never surrender?

A5
What if I say I’m not like the others?

F#5
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays

You’re the pretender

F5
What if I say I will never surrender?

Interlude:

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 (x2) -Am

A5
In time or so I’m told

F#5            F5
We’re temporary, temporary

D5     E5  F#5    G5
Same old story

Back to: Chorus 1

D5  E5   F#5  G5
Ooooohhhhh…

Interlude:

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am (x2)

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am…
I’m the voice inside your head

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am…
You refuse to hear

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am…
I’m the face that you have to face

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am…
Mirrored in your stare

Am -Am6 -Am7 -Am6 -Am…
I’m what’s left, I’m what’s right

Am                   Am – Aadd9 – A5
I’m the enemy

Asus – Am – Aadd9…
I’m the hand that will take you down

Asus – Am – Aadd9…
Bring you to your knees

A5        Am7 A5              Am7
So who…          are you?

A5            Am7 A5             Am7
Yeah, who…        are you?

A5            Am7 A5             Am7
Yeah, who…        are you?

A5            Am7 A5             Am7
Yeah, who…        are you?

Am    -    Am9 – *Am
Keep you in         the dark

**Am/F# – Am/F
You know they all     pretend

Back to: Chorus 1

Chorus 2:

A5
What if I say I’m not like the others?

(Keep you in the dark)

F#5
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?

(You know they all… pretend)

You’re the pretender

F5
What if I say I will never surrender?

A5
What if I say I’m not like the others?

(Keep you in the dark)

F#5
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?

(You know they all… pretend)

You’re the pretender

F5
What if I say I will never surrender?

D5  E5   F#5  G5
Ooooohhhhh…

Am – Am6 – Am7 – Am6 – Am…
So who are you?

Am – Am6 – Am7 – Am6 – Am…
Yeah, who are you?

Am – Am9 – C – Am9 – Am…
Yeah, who are you?

Ending: A5