{title: Pretending} {artist: Eric Clapton} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 99} {key: E} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [A7] [E7] [E5] [(piano)] [Em] [A] [E5] [(terugloop)] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [E] how many times must we tell the tale? [Em7] How many times must we fall? [A/E] living in lost memory, you just re[E5]called [(terugloop)] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [E] working on the sound of the band, [Em7] trying to get the music right [A/E] two go out working, three stay [E5]home at night {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [A] that's when she [E]said she was pre[D]tending, [A] like she [E]knew the [D]plan [A] that's when I [E]knew she was pre[D]tending, pre[A]tending to [E]under[D]stand pre[E]tending, pre[Em7]tending pre[A]tending, pre[E5]tending [(terugloop)] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [E] satisfied but lost in love, [Em7] situations change [A] you're never who you used to think you are, how [E5]strange {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Solo} [E] [Em7] [A] [E5] [(terugloop)] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [E] I get lost in alibis, [Em7] sadness can't prevail [A] everybody knows strong love can't [E5]fail {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro} don't be pre[A]tending [E] [D] about how you [A]feel [E] [D] don't be pre[A]tending [E] [D] that your love is [A]real [E] [D] don't be pre[A]tending [E] [D] about how you [A]feel [E] [D] don't be pre[A]tending [E] [D] that your love is [A]real [E] [D] pre[E]tending, pre[Em7]tending pre[A]tending, pre[E5]tending {end_of_part} {start_of_part: End} [E] [Em7] [A] [E5] [E] [Em7] [A] [E5] [(terugloop)] {end_of_part}