Lewis Capaldi - THE PRETENDER

                CAPO: 2

[Intro]
G


[Verse 1]
G
I will be your shoulder to cry on
Em
I will make you laugh if you need
D
I will play the part if you say so
      C
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me


[Pre-Chorus]
   Em                        D
To tell you the truth, I'm a mess, I'm a fool
          C         D
You don't know that
    Em
And you never will
      D                           C
In my mind, it's instilled not to show that


[Chorus]
G
I spend almost all of my time
                 D
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
      Em       C
And I know I'm so good at seeming
         D
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
           C                  Em
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
              D
Designed to deceive
    C                          G
So, tell me who you want me to be


[Verse 2]
G
I can wear a million faces
       Em
'Cause I don't like the one underneath
D
Always found it easy to fake it
      C
Yeah, I'll be anybody but me


[Pre-Chorus]
   Em                          D
To tell you the truth, I'm the fraud in the room
      C         D
And I know that
    Em
But you never will
      D                           C
In my mind, it's instilled not to show that


[Chorus]
G
I spend almost all of my time
                 D
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
      Em       C
And I know I'm so good at seeming
         D
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
            G
I feel like everything I Do is a lie
                       D
And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes
  Em          C             D
I know I'm no good at being who I Am away from the light
           C                  Em
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
              D
Designed to deceive
    C                          Em
So, tell me who you want me to be


[Bridge]
         D
And I'll be
      C                             D         Em
Be my best impression of what you expect from me
         D         C
But what you don't see is


[Chorus]
G
I spend almost all of my time
                 D
Feeling like I'm falling even further behind
      Em       C
And I know I'm so good at seeming
         D
Like I'm not on the edge of a knife
            G
I feel like everything I Do is a lie
                       D
And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes
  Em          C             D
I know I'm no good at being who I Am away from the light
           C                  Em
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
             G                     C
And I'm an imposter, but Hell is a mender
           C                  Em
I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?
              D
Designed to deceive
    C                          G
So, tell me who you want me to be