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by Keane


PRETEND THAT YOU ARE ALONE
KEANE

Album:PERFECT SYMMETRY


STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 2 (Scroll down for no-capo version)

CHORD CHART (capo-relative)
  3x0013
  x02230
  x33011
    xx0211

INTRO:
 -  -     x2
 - 

VERSE:
                                           
We are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees
                                
We are blisters on the earth
                                          
We are not the flowers, we're the strangling weeds
                 
In the meadow

                                               
And love is just our way of looking out for ourselves
                                    
When we don't want to live alone
                                    
So step into the vacuum, tear off your clothes
                       
And be born again

CHORUS:
   
Pretend that you're alone now
            
And everything's gone
     
Just animal reflex
                  
There's no one looking on
   
Forget about fashion
             
Forget about the law

Pretend that you're alone now

VERSE:
                                            
I wonder what I'd do, if I could wake up every morning
                       
With a clean slate
                                                
I'd burn through the cities, I'd tear through the towns
                               
Cos there's no deals to make
                                      
So break out of the cages, the delicate structures
                             
We cling to all our lives
                                              
Cos we are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees
                                  
When we were trying to fly

CHORUS:
   
Pretend that you're alone now
            
And everything's gone
     
Just primal desire
            
No right and no wrong
   
Forget about the future
        
Forget about blame
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now

Pretend that you're alone now

SOLO:  |  -  -  |  - 

e|--3--3--3---0--|   x3
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

e|--3-----3------|
B|------------5\-|       \ slide to the following note
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

e|---------------|   x4
B|--0--0--0------|
G|-----------2---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

BRIDGE (SOLO played over):
                   
She's not waiting for tomorrow
                       
And she has no love in her eyes
                            
Oh no, I wanna come down right now
                                         
But oh no(?), I wanna get out right now

 -  - 

CHORUS:
   
Pretend that you're alone now
            
And everything's gone
     
Just animal reflex
                  
There's no one looking on
   
Forget about religion
        
Forget about shame

Pretend that you're alone now


CHORUS:
   
No numbers in your phone now
                 
There's nothing going on
     
Just primal desire
            
No right and no wrong
   
Forget about fashion
        
Forget about fame
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now

Pretend that you're alone now
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now

OUTRO:
Gsus4 -(Fsus2)          Repeat and fade...
Do do do do...

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STANDARD TUNING - NO CAPO

CHORD CHART
  133311
  x24400
  300033
    022030

INTRO:
 -  -     x2
 - 

VERSE:
                                          
We are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees
                               
We are blisters on the earth
                                         
We are not the flowers, we're the strangling weeds
                 
In the meadow

                                              
And love is just our way of looking out for ourselves
                                    
When we don't want to live alone
                                   
So step into the vacuum, tear off your clothes
                      
And be born again

CHORUS:
   
Pretend that you're alone now
            
And everything's gone
     
Just animal reflex
                  
There's no one looking on
   
Forget about fashion
             
Forget about the law

Pretend that you're alone now

VERSE:
                                            
I wonder what I'd do, if I could wake up every morning
                      
With a clean slate
                                               
I'd burn through the cities, I'd tear through the towns
                               
Cos there's no deals to make
                                      
So break out of the cages, the delicate structures
                             
We cling to all our lives
                                              
Cos we are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees
                                  
When we were trying to fly

CHORUS:
   
Pretend that you're alone now
            
And everything's gone
     
Just primal desire
            
No right and no wrong
   
Forget about the future
        
Forget about blame
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now

Pretend that you're alone now

SOLO:  |  -  -  |  - 

e|--5--5--5------|   x3
B|------------7--|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

e|--5-----5------|
B|------------7\-|       \ slide to the following note
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

e|---------------|   x4
B|--2--2--2------|
G|-----------4---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

BRIDGE (SOLO played over):
                   
She's not  waiting for tomorrow
                       
And she has no love in her eyes
                           
Oh no, I wanna come down right now
                                        
But oh no(?), I wanna get out right now

 -  - 

CHORUS:
   
Pretend that you're alone now
            
And everything's gone
     
Just animal reflex
                  
There's no one looking on
   
Forget about religion
        
Forget about shame

Pretend that you're alone now


CHORUS:
   
No numbers in your phone now
                 
There's nothing going on
     
Just primal desire
            
No right and no wrong
   
Forget about fashion
        
Forget about fame
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now
                         ()
Pretend that you're alone now

OUTRO:
Asus4 -(Gsus2)          Repeat and fade...
Do do do do...