Am
Keep you in the dark
D F
You know they all pretend
Am
Keep you in the dark
D F
And so it all began
Am
Send in your skeletons
Am F#/D Fsus2
Sing as their bones go marching in... again
Am
The need you buried deep
Am F#/D
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Fsus2
Are you ready?
Am
I'm finished making sense
Am
Done pleading ignorance
F#/D Fsus2
That whole defense
Am
Spinning infinity, boy
Am
The wheel is spinning me
F#/D Fsus2
It's never-ending, never-ending
D E F# G <--(Octaves)
Same old story
chorus:
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
verse:
Am
In time or so i'm told
Am F#/D F
I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well
Am
The page is out of print
Am
We are not permanent
F#/D Fsus2
We're temporary, temporary
D E F# G
Same old story
chorus:
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
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You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Bridge:
Am
I'm the voice inside your head
Am
You refuse to hear
Am
I'm the face that you have to face
Am
Mirrored in your stare
Am
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
Am
I'm the enemy
Am
I'm the hand that will take you down
Am
Bring you to your knees
D
So who are you?
D
Yeah, who are you?
D
Yeah, who are you?
D
Yeah, who are you?
Am
Keep you in the dark
Am D F
You know they all pretend
chorus:
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
Am
What if I say I'm not like the others?
Am C13 Cm13 Am Am6
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
Fm7
What if I say that I'll never surrender?
D
So who are you?
D
Yeah, who are you?
D
Yeah, who are you?
End with Am
