Lirik dan Chord Lagu Pretender dari The Maine

Lagu bergenre pop-rock ini dirilis pada Juli 2021 melalui 8123 Records dan Photo Finish Records.

“Pretender” muncul sebagai trek ketujuh dalam album kedelapan mereka yang berjudul XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Pretender” dari The Maine.

[Intro]
Intro: C

[Verse]
                              C
There's always a reason
      G                          Am
To stay inside your head
C                                        G
   But you'll never make it out
                           C
So you found a reason (give me a reason)
      G                        Am
To make-believe instead
C                                        G
   Now you're somebody else

[Pre-Chorus]
                        F           C       G       Am
But you don't have to hide your scars
                F       C              G
Not from me tonight, at all

[Chorus]
                      F        C
(Show me the real you)
     G                            Am
Misunderstood, can feel so good
F                 C
You don't have to hide yourself
                       G
Pretender, pretender
                        F       C
(Show me the real you)
     G                       Am
Surrender, yeah, I wish you would
F                                C
  You don't have to hide yourself
      G
Pretender, pretend

[Verse]
                            C
That you are an ocean (you are an ocean)
G                   Am
Strong but delicate (strong but delicate)
C                                               G
   It doesn't matter where you run
                              C
For the next two minutes
   G                               Am
Pretend that you are infinite (you are infinite)
C                                      G
   And the hiding out is done

[Pre-Chorus]
                      F             C        G         Am
But you don't have to hide your scars
                F        C             G
Not from me tonight, at all

[Chorus]
                      F        C
(Show me the real you)
     G                           Am
Misunderstood, can feel so good
F                   C
  You don't have to hide yourself
       G
Pretender, pretender
                       F        C
(Show me the real you)
     G                       Am
Surrender, yeah, I wish you would
F                                C
  You don't have to hide yourself
     G
Pretender, pretend

[Bridge]
                                F               C
We all play roles as people, believe me
          G               Am
We're lying to ourselves
          F                           C                     G
You don't belong, you don't belong at all (yeah, yeah)
                                        F           C
You gotta be brave to be here, believe me
    G                         Am
I hope you find yourself
        F                            C          G
You don't belong, you don't belong

[Chorus]
                       F        C
(Show me the real you)
    G                            Am
Misunderstood, can feel so good
F                  C
  You don't have to hide yourself
     G
Pretender, pretender
                       F         C
(Show me the real you)
  G                           Am
Surrender, yeah, I wish you would
F                               C
  You don't have to hide yourself
      G
Pretender, pretend