{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2667015,"song":"The Pretender","artist":"Jake Wesley Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521251-the-pretender-chords-by-jake-wesley-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2667015?type=chord","rating":4.61986,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe picked me from my parents home[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe took me to the latest showing of a movie[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't remember well[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause all I see is him[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRugged in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe lit me up[/tab]\r\n\r\nRewrote my name\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe smoked his weed and I hesitated[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Heavenly Father, if I sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill you ever look at me the same again?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was champagne, I was underaged[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrinking on a bender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was better being the pretender[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLightning storm on my sweet sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI locked my door, told him my teenage dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we embraced like the sand and the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI handed over contraband parts of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter that, well I'm sure you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe never called again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis headlights never showed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe rest, I guess is history[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll I see is him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRugged in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was champagne, I was underaged[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrinking on a bender[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was better than being the pretender[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHallelujah, he loves me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHallelujah, he wants me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe wants me not, not, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was champagne[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was enraged[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCussing like a sailor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo much harder feeling like a failure[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was foolish[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he was the pretender[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRewrote my name\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nG    A\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG A D","chords":["D","G","A","E","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}