Pretender

[First Part]

Em      B C  B
   What lies
Em  B C B
   Behind
Em                 B    C       
Your pretty house with your 
         B
white picket fence
Em               B        
And all the Barbies that you 
C           B
call your friends

[Second Part]

Em            B C B
   'Cause your life's
Em  B C B
   A lie
Em    B              C  B
Nothing's as good as it seems
Em                    B    C    
   And you're not the girl of 
    B
their dreams

[Pre-Chorus]

        Em
Oh, and maybe your life is all 
flowers
C               B
Maybe I'm insecure
Em
Maybe you're good at taking pictures
C                     B
Maybe you're a pretender (oh)

[Chorus]

    Em    B
Pretender
    C                     B
I'm pointing my finger at you
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     Em   B
Pretender
   C               D   B
If only they knew what I knew
      C                           
Yeah, if only they knew what I knew 
B
(mm, mm)

[Third Part]

Em       B C  B
   I'm happy
Em    B  C  B
   In me
Em        B      C             
   Think that's supposed to be 
B
enough
Em        B
So why am I sulking calling your 
bluff

[Pre-Chorus]

Em
Maybe your life is all flowers
C              B
Maybe I'm insecure
    Em                         
And maybe you're good at taking 
          C
pictures
                B
You're a pretender-er-er

[Chorus]

      Em  B
Pretender
    C                     B
I'm pointing my finger at you
      Em  B
Pretender
   C                     B
If only they knew what I knew
         C                   B
Yeah, if only they knew what I knew 
(ah, mm)

[Bridge]

      Em  B
Pretender
               G             C#m
I guess you're really not so bad
Em        E
Maybe you pretend
        B             G           
But you look like you got the life
   Em
 I wish I had
          B
I created you
      G           C#m    Em
To be plastic and deadly
          B
I created you
G              Em   G
To hide my own envy
               C#
To hide my own envy, yeah

[Chorus]

      Em  B
Pretender
C                        B
I wish I knew what you knew
      Em  B
Pretender
C                B     Em  B
If only I was like you
      C           D        B
Maybe I'm a pretender like you