One Off Pretender Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][Em][Am][Em]
[Am][D][Am][Em][D][Am][D][C][Em]
[D][Bm][C][Em][D][Bm]

[Verse 1]
[C]Living on them pills,
he was [Em]lying in squalor
[D]That's the life of the late [Bm]night bar crawler
[C]Most outrageous man I met[Em] he once said
I could take a [D]belly full of lead
and wouldn't [Bm]wind up [Em]dead

[Verse 2]
[C]He wanted his song to make you [Em]shiver
A [D]little like there's a ghost
coming your [Bm]way
[C]Have you ever been told
[Em]that something's forever
[D]And had your heart broken
the very next [Bm]day?

[Verse 3]
Shout it from [G]the [Bm]rooftop
You can shout it from [G]the [Em]rooftop
[C]But you can't tell it to the pap[D]er
[C]They've already been pai[G]d[Am][A][C][Em]

[Verse 4]
To [C]be ten different people that's [Em]easy
It's [D]easier than being your[Bm]self
[C]I'm the one who pretend
[Em]s that I'm not happy
[D]Picking life off the shelf
[Bm]He taught me

[Verse 5]
[C]time was[Em]ted
[D]is time spent wel[Bm]l
[Em]The a man's [C]dead if he doesn't
have a [Em]story to tell
[D]Dead if he's lying in a
dirty jail [Am]cell[Bm]

[Verse 6]
'Cause when your down [G]they'll
kick you
The jury doesn't matter at [Bm]all,
the jury doesn't [G]matter at all
[C]Tell me officer when your baton kissed me did it make you feel [G]tall?[Am]
[C][Em]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Em][D][Bm][C]
[Em][D][Bm][C][Em][D][Em][C]
[Em][D][Bm][C]
And [Em]no one asked

[Verse 7]
[D]you
where [Bm]you [C]come from
[Em]No one t[D]old you of[Bm] these tim[C]es
[Em]No one a[D]sked you w[Bm]here you c[C]ome from
[Em]No one t[D]old you of[Em] these tim[Am]es
[Em][D][Am][Em][Am][Em]

[Verse 8]
[Em]This is your life don't [D]waste it
Why don't you run [Bm]away?
A [C]man to reckon with,
he knows [Em]how to persuade
You won't [D]get a sun tan in this
[Bm]government [C]shade
Does it make you [Em]quiver a little

[Verse 9]
[D]
the way [Bm]they say
[C]That we're gonna fuc[Em]k you
Take a [D]little bit of freedom away
[Em]every[Bm]day

[Verse 10]
You can shout it from the [G]rooftops[Bm]
You can shout it from [G]the [D]rooftops[Bm]
You can shout it from [G]the [D]rooftops
[C]But you can't tell it to the paper
They've already been [Em]paid[D]

[Outro 1]
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[C][Em][G][A][Am][Bm][Em][G]
[A][Am][C][Em]