Pretend

E                           F#      E
Sometimes I wish that we could all forget
E                     F#     E
Your figure fades into a silhouette
  B      F#     E
But I hear you breathing
 B   F#     E
I'm done believing

E                                 F#        E
We're painting portraits but the canvas is blank
E                    F#             E
If this life is a gift then who do we pay?
 G#m      F#                E
You're desperate for the answer
 G#m  F#               E
It eats at you like cancer

E                  B          F#                E
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend
      E               B                F#                E
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again

E                          F#       E
Your head is filled with unproven thoughts
E                     F#       E
Twisting theories into bigger knots
  B    F#       E           B       F#   E
And I feel you dreaming, you're done believing

E                       F#          E
Try to avoid us but I'm weak to the bone
E                          F#      E
My inner compass points me to the unknown
 G#m     F#                 E
But I still keep running faster
G#m    F#                    E
Yea someday I'll find the answer

E                  B          F#                E
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend
E                     B                F#                E
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again
E    G#m   F#                E
Ooooooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
      E               B                 F#                E
We'll paint the walls instead, and I'll pretend, pretend  pretend again

E           G#m
I wanted to know you
         F#                E
Though I still don't know myself
E                   G#m
I've got so much to show you
          F#               E    ( E  G#m  F#  E )
Won't you show me the way out

E                  B          F#               E
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend
E                    B           F#                E
I don't want this to end so I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again
E     B  F#                E
Ooooooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
E                 B          F#                E     ( E  G#m  F#  E )
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend instead

E           G#m
Lights turn low
E           B
Lights turn low cuz
                E        G#m
I don't want to see this ghost so
           F#              E
Can I just pretend pretend pretend instead