The Pretender Chords by Lewis Capaldi

[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
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
A                             E
To tell you the truth, I'm a mess, 

I'm a fool
           D        E
You don't know that
    F#m
And you never will
       E                    
In my mind, it's instilled 
        D
not to show that
 

[Chorus]
A
I spend almost all of my time
                 A/E
Feeling like I'm falling 

even further behind
      F#m      D
And I know I'm so good at seeming
A/E                             Asus2/E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
           D                  F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
            Asus2/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
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
A                            
To tell you the truth, I'm the 
  E
fraud in the room
           D        E
You don't know that
    F#m
And you never will
       E                     
In my mind, it's instilled 
        D
not to show that
 

[Chorus]
A
I spend almost all of my time
                 A/E
Feeling like I'm falling 

even further behind
      F#m      D
And I know I'm so good at seeming
A/E                             Asus2/E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
            A
I feel like everything I do is a lie
                       A/E
And all the words just further pull 

the wool over my eyes
  F#m      D
I know I'm no good at being
A/E                     Asus2/E
Who I am away from the light
           D                  F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
            Asus2/E
Designed to deceive
   D                           A
So tell me who you want me to be
 
 
[Bridge]
          E
And I'll be
       D                  
Be my best impression of 
                      F#m
what you expect from me
          E         D
But what you don't see is
 
 
[Chorus]
A
I spend almost all of my time
                 A/E
Feeling like I'm falling 

even further behind
      F#m      D
And I know I'm so good at seeming
A/E                             Asus2/E
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
            A
I feel like everything I do is a lie
                       A/E
And all the words just further 

pull the wool over my eyes
  F#m      D
I know I'm no good at being
A/E                     Asus2/E
Who I am away from the light
           D                  F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
             A/E     
And I'm an imposter, 
               Asus2/E
my head is a mender
           D                  F#m
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
            Asus2/E
Designed to deceive
   D                              A
So tell me who you want me to be

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ℹ️ About This Song

On the 19th of May 2023, the track was released and produced by Nick Atkinson, Lewis Capaldi & Edd Holloway.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• BPM: 115
• Key: A
• Capo: No Capo
• Chords: A, A/E, Asus2/E, D, E, F#m
• Suggested Strumming: D UD UD UD U
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
A – x02220 A/E – 02220 Asus2/E – 002200 D – xx0232 E – 022100 F#m – 244222	A – 2100 A/E – 2100 Asus2/E – 2402 D – 2220 E – 1402 F#m – 2120

Track Info

• Song: The Pretender
• Artist: Lewis Capaldi
• Produced by Nick Atkinson, Lewis Capaldi & Edd Holloway
• Release Date: May 19, 2023