The Pretender Lewis Capaldi

The Pretender

Lewis Capaldi

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342
0:00 3:31
Tuning Whole Step Down (D G C F A D)
Beat 4/4
Key: A
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| A | - |

[Verse 1]
A
I will be your shoulder to cry on
F#m
I  will make you laugh if you need
E
I will play the part if you say so
      D
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me
   F#m
To tell you the truth I'm a mess,
E
 I'm a fool
              D
You don't know that
E    F#m
 And you never will
In my mind,
E                          D
 it's instilled not to show that

[Chorus]
A
I spend almost all of my time
                 E
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
      F#m      D
And I know I'm so good at seeming
     E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
              D                   F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
                   E
Designed to deceive
   D                            A
So tell me who you want me to be

[Verse 2]
A
I can wear a million faces
      F#m
Cause I  don't like the one underneath
E
Always found it easy to fake it
      D
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me
   F#m                             E
To tell you the truth I'm the fraud in the room and I
    D
know that
E    F#m
 But you never will
In my mind,
E                          D
 it's instilled not to show that

[Chorus]
A
I spend almost all of my time
                 E
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
      F#m      D
And I know I'm so good at seeming
     E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
            A
I feel like everything I do is a lie
                       E
And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes
  F#m
I know,
    D                E
I'm no good at being who I am away from the light
              D                   F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
                   E
Designed to deceive
   D                            F#m
So tell me who you want me to be

[Bridge]
           E
And I'll be
          D                             E       F#m
Be my best impression of what you expect from me
            E         D
But what you don't see is

[Chorus]
A
I spend almost all of my time
                 E
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
  F#m      D
I know I'm so good at seeming
     E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
            A
I feel like everything I do is a lie
                       E
And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes
  F#m
I know,
    D                E
I'm no good at being who I am away from the light
              D                   F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
                A
And I'm an imposter,
                 E
but Hell is a mender
              D                   F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
                   E
Designed to deceive
   D                            A
So tell me who you want me to be

Bars

[Intro]
| A | - |

[Verse 1]
              | A   - | - - |
| F#m - | - - | E   - | - - |
| D   - | - - | F#m - | E - |
| D   - | - E | F#m - | E - |
| D   - | - - |

I will be your shoulder to cry on
I  will make you laugh if you need
I will play the part if you say so
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me
To tell you the truth I'm a mess,
I'm a fool
You don't know that
And you never will
In my mind,
it's instilled not to show that

[Chorus]
        | A   | -   |
| E | - | F#m | D   |
| E | - | D   | F#m |
| E | D | A   | -   |

I spend almost all of my time
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
And I know I'm so good at seeming
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
Designed to deceive
So tell me who you want me to be

[Verse 2]
| A   - | - - | F#m - | - - |
| E   - | - - | D   - | - - |
| F#m - | E - | D   - | - E |
| F#m - | E - | D   - | - - |

I can wear a million faces
Cause I  don't like the one underneath
Always found it easy to fake it
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me
To tell you the truth I'm the fraud in the room and I
know that
But you never will
In my mind,
it's instilled not to show that

[Chorus]
| A   | -   | E | - |
| F#m | D   | E | - |
| A   | -   | E | - |
| F#m | D   | E | - |
| D   | F#m | E | D |
| F#m |

I spend almost all of my time
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
And I know I'm so good at seeming
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
I feel like everything I do is a lie
And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes
I know,
I'm no good at being who I am away from the light
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
Designed to deceive
So tell me who you want me to be

[Bridge]
        | E - | D - | - E |
| F#m - | E - | D - | - - |

And I'll be
Be my best impression of what you expect from me
But what you don't see is

[Chorus]
| A   | -   | E | - |
| F#m | D   | E | - |
| A   | -   | E | - |
| F#m | D   | E | - |
| D   | F#m | A | E |
| D   | F#m | E | D |
| A   |

I spend almost all of my time
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
I know I'm so good at seeming
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
I feel like everything I do is a lie
And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes
I know,
I'm no good at being who I am away from the light
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
And I'm an imposter,
but Hell is a mender
I'm the pretender, what can I tell   ya?
Designed to deceive
So tell me who you want me to be

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