Tom: Em
Em B C B
What lies
Em B C B
Behind
Em B C B
Your pretty house with your white picket fence
Em B C B
And all the Barbies that you call your friends
[Verse 2]
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 B
And you're not the girl of their dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
NC 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
Em B
Pretender
C D B
If only they knew what I knew
C B
Yeah, if only they knew what I knew (mm, mm)
[Verse 3]
Em B C B
I'm happy
Em B C B
In me
Em B C B
Think that's supposed to be enough
Em B NC
So why am I sulking calling your bluff
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Maybe your life is all flowers
C B
Maybe I'm insecure
Em C
And maybe you're good at taking 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 Em
But you look like you got the life 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# NC
To hide my own envy, yeah
[Chorus Variant]
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
