{"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":790593,"song":"One Off Pretender","artist":"The View","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11592657-one-off-pretender-chords-by-the-view/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/790593?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nIntro\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]/[ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]/[ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLiving on them pills lying in squalor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat's the life of the late night bar crawler[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMost outrageous man I met he once said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"I could take a belly full of lead and wouldn't wind up dead.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe wants his song to make you shiver a little[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nlike there's a ghost coming your way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHave you ever been told that something's forever,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nand had your heart broken the very next day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShout it from the rooftop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can shout it from the rooftop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you can't tell it to the paper, they've already been paid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]/[ch]Am[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]/[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n\r\nTo be ten different people that's easy, it's easier than being yourself\r\nI'm the one off pretender I'm not happy, picking life off the shelf\r\nHe taught me, time wasted, is time spent well\r\nThe a mans dead if he doesn't have a story to tell\r\nDead if he's lying in a dirty jail cell\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nCoz when your down they'll kick you, the jury doesn't matter at all\r\nThe jury doesn't matter at all\r\nTell me officer when your baton kissed me, did it make you feel tall?\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]/[ch]Am[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]/[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nSolo\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]/[ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]/[ch]Bm[/ch] repeat\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd no one asked you where you come from,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo one told you of these times,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd no one asked you where you come from,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo one told you of these times,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n\r\nThis is your life don't waste it,\r\nWhy don't you run away?\r\nA man to reckon with he knows how to persuade,\r\nSays you won't get a sun tan in this government shade,\r\nDoes it make you quiver a little, the way they say,\r\n\"We're gonna fuck you , take a little bit of freedom away every day.\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nYou can shout it from the rooftops\r\nYou can shout it from the rooftops\r\nYou can shout it from the rooftops\r\nBut you can't tell it to the paper, they've already been paid.\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]/[ch]Am[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]/[ch]Em[/ch] Repeat till end.\r\n\r\nEnd on Em.\r","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nIntro\n\nC/Em/D/Bm\n\n\nVerse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nG/Am/C/Em\n\n\nVerse\n\nTo be ten different people that's easy, it's easier than being yourself\nI'm the one off pretender I'm not happy, picking life off the shelf\nHe taught me, time wasted, is time spent well\nThe a mans dead if he doesn't have a story to tell\nDead if he's lying in a dirty jail cell\n\n\nChorus\n\nCoz when your down they'll kick you, the jury doesn't matter at all\nThe jury doesn't matter at all\nTell me officer when your baton kissed me, did it make you feel tall?\n\nG/Am/C/Em\n\n\nSolo\n\nC/Em/D/Bm repeat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse\n\nThis is your life don't waste it,\nWhy don't you run away?\nA man to reckon with he knows how to persuade,\nSays you won't get a sun tan in this government shade,\nDoes it make you quiver a little, the way they say,\n\"We're gonna fuck you , take a little bit of freedom away every day.\n\n\nChorus\n\nYou can shout it from the rooftops\nYou can shout it from the rooftops\nYou can shout it from the rooftops\nBut you can't tell it to the paper, they've already been paid.\n\nG/Am/C/Em Repeat till end.\n\nEnd on Em.","chords":["C","Em","D","Bm","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}