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The Great Pretender

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Capo on 1
The whole song is basically E-F-E-F-E-G-D-F  
  EMonica FsigheEd, rolled onto her Fside E  
She was so imGpressed that she just surrDendered. F  E  
She was moved by his wheels, she was just up from Wales 
He was fuelled by her coals and he was coming to catch her. 
Lose the sense of time, nail down the blinds 
And in the succulent dark, there's a sense of ending. 
Joking aside, the mechanical bride 
Has fallen prey to the Great Pretender.
Let me just point out discreetly, 
Though you never learn 
All those tawdry late-night Weepies 
I could make you weep more cheaply. 
As the empty moon enamels 
Monica with spoons and candles 
Bangs around without the light on 
Furniture to get it right on. 
Subtlely a lonely fishpool hums with little eels 
Often things that travel widely
Stay at home; the Trout obliges.
Monica sighed, rolled onto her side. 
She was so impressed that she just surrendered.

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The Great Pretender

by Brian Eno

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo on 1

E F E F E G D F

The whole song is basically -------

E F E F E

Monica sighed, rolled onto her side

G D F E

She was so impressed that she just surrendered.

She was moved by his wheels, she was just up from Wales

He was fuelled by her coals and he was coming to catch her.

Lose the sense of time, nail down the blinds

And in the succulent dark, there's a sense of ending.

Joking aside, the mechanical bride

Has fallen prey to the Great Pretender.

Let me just point out discreetly,

Though you never learn

All those tawdry late-night Weepies

I could make you weep more cheaply.

As the empty moon enamels

Monica with spoons and candles

Bangs around without the light on

Furniture to get it right on.

Subtlely a lonely fishpool hums with little eels

Often things that travel widely

Stay at home; the Trout obliges.

Monica sighed, rolled onto her side.

She was so impressed that she just surrendered.

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