| C | F G | C | F G |  

[Verse 1]
C           F         G        C
Somewhere between the here and now
F               C   G
   Heartaches begin
          C       C  G  G7
I'll just pretend
C              F        G7  C
  You'll never know the way    I feel
F                C
   We've reached the end
G7           C       C  C7
   I'll just pretend

[Chorus]
F                    C
Pretending you still   love me
    F            C
The way you used to do
F                   Em     Am
Pretending that the prom-i-ses
D7                  G
You made will still come true
F            G         G  G
  They still come true
C           F         G7   C
  And if by chance we meet again
F             C
  We'll smile   and then
G       C            C  C
   I'll just pretend

[Solo]
| C | C | F | G | C | C |

| F | F | C | C | G | G |

| C | C | C | C


[Chorus]
  F                 C
Believing don't come  easy
F               C
Pretending it's not true
  F                   Em       Am
I can't convince this heart of mine
     D7               G
That you're pretending  too
F                        G     Ab Ab7
  That you're pretending too (key change)

Db           Gb        Ab    Db
   And if by chance we meet again
Gb             Db
    We'll smile   and then
Ab7              Db
    I'll just pretend
Gb             Db
    We'll smile   and then
Ab               Db   Gb  Ab Db
    I'll just pretend