Slash – The Great Pretender (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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G/B : X-2-0-0-3-3 C/E : X-X-2-0-1-0 Csus4 : X-3-3-0-1-X B/D# : X-6-4-4-4-X [Intro] Am Dm G C F B E Am Dm [Verse 1]
       G                  C      F   Bm
Easy come for some that's  easy go

               E            Am  G/B  C  F C/E  Dm
But it's never easy on your own

           G                    C             F     Bm
Times will change for those who,  who'd never know

              E                Am  G/B  C  F   G
Till it's too late to get back home
[Chorus]
          F                 C           Csus4 C
Great pretender, there will come a day

         G         F                      Am  G/B  C  F   G
When the last song fades and you've grown old

         F                C         Csus4  C
Great pretender, you cannot replace

        G        F    G   F  E   F   E
All the love you lost long   ago

Dm        E         Dm    C           Bm
Won't you take your final bow, you're on your own
[Interlude] Am Dm G C F B E Am Dm [Verse 2]
           G                  C         F      Bm
Lights for now they are still   shining bright

              E                    Am  G/B  C  F C/E  Dm
But you can't escape this truth in time

         G            C         F     Bm
Mask you wear is only   your disguise

            E               Am  G/B  C  F   G
To hide the tears that fall inside
[Chorus]
          F                 C           Csus4 C
Great pretender, there will come a day

         G         F                      Am  G/B  C  F   G
When the last song fades and you've grown old

         F                C         Csus4  C
Great pretender, you cannot replace

        G        F    G   F  E   F   E
All the love you lost long ago

Dm        E         Dm    C          G/B Am   F
Won't you take your final bow, you're on your own
[Bridge]
         G               C          F     C/E Dm
Do you remember when you   promised her

               G                 C            F
That you would be there till the end

          G                 C                F     C/E Dm
A distant dream led to the,   to the deepest hurt

                  G                   A
And though you've tried, you can't forget
[Guitar solo] Dm G C F Bm E Am G/B C F C/E Dm F G G/B C E F Am Bm B/D# E Am G/B C F G [Chorus]
G        F                 C           Csus4 C
Great pretender, there will come a day

         G         F                      Am  G/B  C  F   G
When the last song fades and you've grown old

         F                C         Csus4  C
Great pretender, you cannot replace

        G        F    G   F  E   F   E
All the love you lost long ago

Dm        E         Dm    C           Bm
Won't you take your final bow, you're on your own
[Outro] Am Dm G C F B E A