Pretending by Eric Clapton Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Pretending guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Pretending by Eric Clapton using guitar or guitar.
This song by Eric Clapton can also be played by that instruments.
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Pretending guitar chords has rhythm and included in Journeyman (1989) album.
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Pretending by Eric Clapton Guitar Chords


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PRETENDING by Jerry Lynn Williams (performed by Eric Clapton)
Tab(chords and words actually) submitted by Andy Citron

Piano intro, a few drum hits, then guitar solo around verse chords (lick 1)

How many times must we tell the tale?
[G/E]How many times must we fall?
[A/E]Living in lost memory
You just recalled (lick 1, guitar only)

Working on the sound of the band (2 part harmony)
Trying to get the music right
Two go out working
Three stay home at night (lick 2)
That’s when she said she was pretending
Like she knew the plan
That’s when I knew she was pretending
Pretending to understand
Pretending, pretending
Pretending, pretending (2nd time, repeat ‘pretending’ part before solo)

(second time guitar solo here)

Satisfied but lost in love (2 part harmony)
Situations change (2 part harmony)
You’re never who you used to think you are
How strange (lick 2)

Chorus

I get lost in alibis
Sadness can’t prevail
Everybody knows strong love
Can’t fail (lick 2)

Don’t be pretending about how you feel (3 part harmony when singing)
Don’t be pretending that your love is real (the word ‘pretending’)
Don’t be pretending about how you feel
Don’t be pretending that your love is real
Pretending, pretending
Pretending, pretending

lick 1 E D B A G E E (octave lower)
lick 2 A B D B G D E

Notes: E5 may be E maj or E min, it isn’t clear. The rythm plays E5 and
the solo sometimes plays major 3rd sometimes minor 3rd.

Also, the its not clear if the Em7 is an Em7 or a G with an E in the bass.

I find that these ambiguities are part of the appeal of the song.

If you want to learn Eric Clapton Pretending guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Pretending. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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