Tom: E 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