Verse
Fm
I'll pretend that you're gone, on vacation
Fm
And you'll be back in a week or maybe two
Fm
And when the phone rings I'll pretend it's you calling
A#m Fm
To tell me you miss me and you're coming home soon
[Verse 2]
I'll pretend I don't hear when silence tells me
D# C# A#m Fm
That I'll have to get by on my own
Fm D# Fm
I'll pretend I don't hear when loneliness speaks so clear
(D#) (C#) A# A#m Fm
And try to tell me you're not coming home (not coming home)
[Verse 3]
A#m C#
Right now my life
C# D# Fm
Ain't nothing but a dream
A#m
How long can I fool myself?
Cm C#m Fm D#
Into believing you're coming back to me
[Verse 4]
A#m C# Fm
I can see you laying in his bed
Fm D#
Like I caught the two of you in fact
A#m C#
Everybody told me it was coming
N.C.
But I chose to be blind
[Verse 5]
A# C# A#m
I'll pretend your clothes are hanging in the closet
N.C. Fm
And I'll pretend your perfume fills the air
Fm
And as I sit in our favourite restaurant
A#m D# Fm
I'll pretend that you're meeting me there
[Verse 6]
Fm C# Fm
I'll pretend when I visit our old friends
A#m Cm C# Fm
That you're sitting down by my side
Fm
And when our old friends ask how am I doing?
Fsus4 C# Fm
I'll pretend I'm not losing my mind
[Outro]
C#
Although they know I'm lying
D# Fm
They know I'm lying
A#m
I can't live like this
Fm
I forgive you
Fm
Please come back
Fm
I can't live like this
C#
I love you
Fm
And I forgive you
N.C.
And I want you