Pretenders Chords

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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author aqsoccer03 [a] 231. Last edit on Oct 22, 2022

Chords

D
G
A
Em
Bm
E
F#m
B

Strumming

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Pretty straightforward song overall, it just gets tricky at the very end when the key changes and when the
basic strum pattern has a few tweaks (around the part where it says "We made our beds"). I've tried to tab it
as best as I could hear it but just play around with it and see what suits you best.
 
 
[Verse 1]
         D                   G         A           A
What's become of you in that bed?
            D                    G                 A          A
Painted the walls with all those pretty things you said
          D                  G            A                   A
I was the girl, you were the one, we were certain it would go on
 
[Chorus]
Em           A             Em         G
When we were happy hopping turnstiles
            D          A         D
We said goodbye to the dive bars
           G        Em     A
The gilded foyer unfolded
        Em             G
We were Rockefellers
            D               A
We were the best of the pretenders
        D             G             D       G       A         A
All our bets on being young forever
 
[Verse 2]
          D                G          A             A
Turn your face towards the sun
            D               G                       A         A
Because the skies a hundred shades of honey
        D              G              A             A
I don't recognize that face
      D                 G          A                A
Is it her, when did she leave that place?
 
 
[Chorus]
Em           A             Em         G
When we were happy hopping turnstiles
            D          A         D
We said goodbye to the dive bars
           G        Em     A
The gilded foyer unfolded
        Em             G
We were Rockefellers
            D               A
We were the best of the pretenders
        D             G             G       A       G         A
All our bets on being young forever
 
[Interlude]
Bm     E      Bm    F#m     F#m
 
[Change of key]
 
 
[Chorus]
             B             F#m          A
When we were happy hopping turnstiles
            E          B                E
We said goodbye to the dive bars
           A        F#m                 B
The gilded foyer unfolded
        F#m         A
We were Rockefellers
            E              B
We were the best of the pretenders
        E             A                 F#m
All our bets on being young forever
E B  F#m     A        E             E
  We laid our bets, we made our beds
         E    A         E           E
On being young forever
B  F#m      E                 E
   We made our bets, we laid our beds
              A              E
On being young, young forever
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