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Pretend

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[Intro]
Bb F Bb
[Verse]
BbPretend you're stFill in love with Bbme
And things are wFhat they used to Bbbe
EbJust one last time before you Bbgo
Pretend (that) you still love me Fso
[Verse]
BbPretend I'm stFill the only oBbne
And all our drFeams have just bBbegun
EbI know our love's come to an Bbend
So one more time let's just pretFend
[Chorus]
BbMaybe there's a chance that Ebyou could change your mind
If you just pretend you lFove me one more tBbime
I don't want to be a meEbmory or a fBbriend
Darlin' you don't have to lFove me just pretBbend
[Instrumental] 
Bb F Bb F Bb Eb Bb F
[Chorus]
BbMaybe there's a chance that yEbou could change your mBbind
If you just pretend you lFove me one more tBbime
I don't want to be a mEbemory or a fBbriend
Darlin' you don't have to lFove me just pretBbend
[Outro]
I don't want to be a mEbemory or a fBbriend
Darlin' you don't have to lFove me just pretBbend
Darlin' you don't have to lFove me just pretBbend

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Pretend

by The Mavericks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Bb F Bb

[Verse]

Bb F Bb

Pretend you're still in love with me

F Bb

And things are what they used to be

Eb Bb

Just one last time before you go

Pretend (that) you still love me so

[Verse]

Bb F Bb

Pretend I'm still the only one

F Bb

And all our dreams have just begun

Eb Bb

I know our love's come to an end

So one more time let's just pretend

[Chorus]

Bb Eb

Maybe there's a chance that you could change your mind

F Bb

If you just pretend you love me one more time

Eb Bb

I don't want to be a memory or a friend

F Bb

Darlin' you don't have to love me just pretend

[Instrumental]

Bb F Bb F Bb Eb Bb F

[Chorus]

Bb Eb Bb

Maybe there's a chance that you could change your mind

F Bb

If you just pretend you love me one more time

Eb Bb

I don't want to be a memory or a friend

F Bb

Darlin' you don't have to love me just pretend

[Outro]

Eb Bb

I don't want to be a memory or a friend

F Bb

Darlin' you don't have to love me just pretend

F Bb

Darlin' you don't have to love me just pretend

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